Our Team

Gary Knight
Managing Director

Gary joined the company in 2008, his previous experience within the hire industry has been an excellent advantage to the business growing the customer base, fleet within the business.

Gary schedules the deliveries and manages the invoicing & customer order processing.
Along side Andy in October 2024, Gary became joint owner and Director of the business.

Andy George
Managing Director

Andy joined the management team in 2014. Andy had been working with Gary in various business roles since 1999, and hiring from Express Hire whilst working for a national company.

Andy looks after the customer accounts, human resources, business marketing, and customer order processing. 
Along side Gary in October 2024, Andy became joint owner and Director of the business

Sam Howell
General Manager

Sam joined the office in August 2020 during the covid times, he has years of experience in various other hire companies, he is an expert in access equipment and also holds a HGV licence just in case it is needed.
With the product knowledge and skill set nothing is too much trouble for Sam.

In 2024 Sam was promoted to General Manager where his managerial skills are growing all the time.

Steve
Delivery Team

Steve joined the team in 2014, although he has always had an interest in what is going on as he is the former Directors son. Steve works along side Aaron, Richard, Martyn and Glen

Glen
Delivery Team

Glen joined the business in 2015 and has developed through the ranks undergoing training to operate machines on site. Glen has the pleasure of our smaller vehicle helping him get to the sites the lorries cant reach. Glen works along side Aaron, Martyn, Richard and Steve.

Aaron
Delivery Team

Aaron joined Express Hire in 2019 and works along side Glen, Martyn, Richard, and Steve in our HGV delivery fleet. Aaron has the pleasure of driving one of our 32 tonne trucks

Richard
Delivery Team

Richard joined Express in 2020, he works along side Aaron, Glen, Martyn and Steve in our HGV delivery fleet. Richard has keen skills with the telehandler fleet. Richard drives our other 32 tonne truck.

Martyn
Delivery Team

Martyn joined the company business in 2022 and works along side Aaron, Glen, Richard and Steve. Although driving our 26 tonne truck, Martyn is our rapid reponse driver.

Stuart
Workshop Team

Stuart, who joined us back in 2017, is always dirty. Stuart can be found in our wash bay. He Loves the rain as every little bit of water helps wash off the machines. Stuart prepares our machines to make them ready for hire.
Stuart works with our workshop guys keeping an eye on all the equipment..

Jared 
Workshop Team

Jared joined Express in 2021, and works as Yard Supervisor. Making sure the fleet is ready for hire and for the delivery drivers. Jared runs a tight ship.

Spud
Workshop Team

Spud joined the team in 2022, he has specialist knowledge of some of the brands we run from our fleet. He works along side Phil from the workshop and Jared from the Yard. 

Phil
Workshop Team

Phil joined also joined the workshop team in 2022, he has developed his skills and knowledge since being with us. He works along side Spud and Jared to complete our current workforce