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What is a Personnel Lift
If you’re on the hunt for a ‘Mobile Elevating Work Platform’, you’ve likely come across a spectrum of machines offering various advantages. There are often so many to choose from, it is important to choose the right MEWP for the job!
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When planning a work-from-height project, you’ll likely want to consider a variety of MEWPs to help you complete the task in hand. If so, we’d like to suggest telescopic booms as a contender for the best boom lift for the job.
Reading on, we’ve explored the practical uses of telescopic booms, to give you an idea of whether this piece of equipment is the right fit for your next project.
Continue reading '10 Uses of a Telescopic Boom Lift'Dos and Donts for Using Scissor Lifts and Cherry Pickers
Scissor lifts and cherry pickers (boom lifts) are among the most versatile and widely used pieces of access equipment to enable safe work at height. But with that versatility comes responsibility. These machines are heavy and powerful, and unfortunately, every year, accidents occur that could be avoided with better planning, training, or daily processes and procedures. For project managers and Health and Safety leads, understanding the key dos and don’ts of scissor lift and cherry picker use isn’t just best practice, it’s a legal and moral obligation.
This guide covers the essentials to help you keep your teams safe, stay compliant, and run your projects without costly delays or incidents for you, your team or your families…
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Stephen Garside
6th March 2026
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Training
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Your Ultimate Guide To Hirehub
Here at Horizon Platforms, we’re proud of being able to meet the different needs of our varied client base. So, in addition to our standard mobile elevated work platform hire service, we also offer an online hiring option powered by HireHub, our online customer platform.
In this guide, Horizon Platforms shares everything you need to know about HireHub and how to easily control the hiring of work-at-height platforms online.
Continue reading 'Your Ultimate Guide To Hirehub'Winter Proof Your Mewp The Simple Step That Prevents Downtime
As temperatures drop, powered access platforms can become more vulnerable to performance issues, with flat batteries being one of the biggest issues. For teams working on installs, maintenance or repairs, winter downtime isn’t just inconvenient, it can cost time, money, and reputation.
The good news? In this article, our Aftersales Manager, Todor Ilinov runs you through one simple solution that can dramatically reduces the impact of the winter on a MEWP’s battery.
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