Brandon Hire’s Swansea branch has hired six lighting towers to the BBC’s ‘Biggest Weekend’ music festival held at Singleton Park, just outside the City centre. The safety of the visitors was of paramount importance; therefore the event organisers contacted Brandon Hire’s Swansea branch requesting some substantial engine-powered lighting sets that would ensure the safe passage of both foot traffic and vehicles into the main arena.
“We have close links with the event teams at Swansea Council and they recommended us to the organisers of the Biggest Weekend. The requirement was for good quality lighting along with extended running times between refuelling,” said Brandon Hire’s Swansea branch manager, Chris Lewis.
“We decided that due to the importance of this very prestigious event, the X-Eco LED lighting sets would be the best product to cover the organiser’s responsibilities. We have had previous experience with these units and always found them more than satisfactory,” added Chris.
MHM Plant, the power and lighting specialists, were the suppliers of the X-Eco LED lights. The X-Eco LED features six energy saving LED lamps and is fitted with AMOSS safety system, which automatically lowers the mast if the lighting set is moves while the mast is still erected. In addition, it has a fully bunded fuel tank that prevents fuel and oil from falling onto the ground, thus eliminating the possibility of slips and ground contamination.
Brandon Hire was established in 1971 and is a major national tool and equipment hire business with over 900 employees, operating from a network of 143 locations across the UK. The company became part of Vp plc, the equipment rental specialist, in November 2017, following the acquisition of Brandon Hire Group Holdings Limited.
MHM is headquartered in Port Talbot, South Wales and supplies a range of power generation machines, lighting and related equipment throughout the UK. The company also operated a rehire service to rental companies wishing to provide a hire service to their clients without having to endure costly capital outlay.
