History

Clive Potter bought a wallpaper stripper for use on his house thinking there was a possibility of hiring it from the family ironmongers shop in Hockley called Inifer Potter & Son Ltd. Mark Newell joined bringing mechanical skills. The company was trading as Potters Hire.

Bought first delivery vehicle a Ford pick up.

Expanded the hire department but still working from the corner of the shop.

Opened a depot in Rayleigh, 34 Eastwood Road, originally called Potters Hire.

The Rochford depot was opened which was to become head office. Hire ceases from Hockley.

Mark One Hire purchased their first powered access machines; Nifty lift and Genie Scissors.

The Rochford depot was extended and meant there was the much needed space for the growing fleet of equipment. Space was also used to create a fully equipped purpose built workshop in which to carry out maintenance work.

The first 7.5 ton lorry was bought for transporting powered access.

Rochford was extended by taking over part of Cottis Transport yard at rear.

Chelmsford Depot was opened to serve the north of the county.

Due to increasing need to train staff on powered access, Mark One Hire in Rochford decided to become a certified IPAF training centre to train staff and customers. Mark One Hire also becomes a PASMA Certified training centre.

Further extension of Rochford depot due to the purchase of the former site of Purdeys Timber. This will give a larger area in which to expand the access fleet, which now stands at over 120 machines.

First 26 ton HGV vehicle was purchased to run alongside 7.5 ton vehicles.

Basildon depot opened. 32 ton truck purchased for powered access.

Second 32 ton truck and 18 ton truck purchased for powered access. Powered access was relocated to a new central depot at Rawreth.

After many customer requests decision made to hire mini excavators and skip loading dumpers again so a fleet of Kubota machines was purchased.

The success of the mini excavators and dumpers led to the formation of Mark One Plant and more machines being added to the fleet.

To expand the fleet beyond diggers and dumpers, the purchase of a Stihl ST6P was completed. This woodchipper is the first step into investing in bigger types of Plant equipment.

As a continued investment into the hire fleet, Mark One invested over £500,000 in new equipment and delivery vehicles. Mark One is committed to keeping our hire fleet up to date for use by our customers.

Further investment in our Plant fleet has added a Dragon CR300 Concrete Crusher and Hydraulic Tracked Trencher. Our commitment to keeping our fleet up to date continues with further investment in all types of equipment including Mixers and Breaking Equipment.

We added a brand new Volvo FM420 to our fleet, bringing our total fleet to over 30 vehicles. This new HGV will be based at our Powered Access centre that operates out of Rawreth. We are dedicated to investing in new vehicles to provide reliable and safe deliveries of our equipment to our customers.