Tool hire chain HSS Hire now has a presence in 15 Selco builders鈥� merchant branches.
HSS opened its first satellite operations inside four Selco branches 鈥� Slough, Milton Keynes, Tottenham and Ashton-under-Lyne 鈥� at the end of last year.
HSS desks are now inside Selco in West Thurrock, Charlton, Rochester, Camberley, Walthamstow, Crayford, Cricklewood, Purley South Croydon, Catford, Redhill and Guildford.
Selco head of development Craig Bowler said: 鈥淲e鈥檝e been thrilled with the way that our partnership with HSS Hire has been received by our customers. In all the branches we have already launched HSS Hire, the response has been fantastic and our customers are thriving on the fact they can purchase their materials and fulfil their hire requirements at the same time.
鈥淓xpanding the partnership was always in the pipeline and we are delighted to have taken the next steps in that process.鈥�
Each HSS Hire satellite desk can found at Selco trade counters, with HSS Hire teams in place to offer specialist advice for the offering.
HSS Hire director Nick Hadley added: 鈥淲e were confident that the Selco partnership would be successful for all parties and that鈥檚 exactly how it has turned out. There is a natural fit between the services offered by a builders merchant and a tool and equipment hire specialist.鈥�
The HSS-Selco alliance mirrors that Speedy Hire and B&Q began in 2020, with Speedy hire points inside nearly 40 B&Q stores around the country. Speedy withdrew its in-store presence earlier this year, taking a 拢2m hit on the investment costs of the initiative. [See previous report here.]However, the relationship continues with Speedy equipment available to hire through B&Q tills and its website.
HSS Hire isn鈥檛 the only external service that Selco has introduced over the last 12 months, though.
The Brick Store was created in four Selco branches earlier this year to mark the start of a partnership with Chiltern Brick & Tile.
A special 鈥榮how wall鈥� displaying more than 200 types of bricks for sale was erected in Selco stores in Enfield, Milton Keynes, Hemel Hempstead and St Albans. This was then rolled out to 聽Watford, Cricklewood and Tottenham and the more recently to Coventry, Leicester and Peterborough.
Customers in these branches can either match their brick with one displayed or use the QR code to provide their information and request a call.
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