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Trading with Frank Key – The New NormalA great deal has changed over the past few months and as a business, Frank Key has had to take many tough decisions and try to adapt.From the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak, all of the decisions we have taken were in an attempt to control the spread of the virus while considering the safety and well-bei..

Covid-19 Update 16 May 2020. Frank Key Group took the decision to temporarily close its network of five building supplies branches and 15 plant and tool hire depots in March, in an attempt to help control the spread of Covid-19, placing the safety and well-being of our staff, customers and business partners at the heart of this decision.  Since mid..

4 May 2020. Frank Key Group took the decision to temporarily close its network of five building supplies branches and 15 plant and tool hire depots in March, in an attempt to help control the spread of Covid-19, placing the safety and well-being of our staff, customers and business partners at the heart of this decision.  During April we commenced ..

16 April 2020. Frank Key Group took the decision to temporarily close its network of five building supplies branches and 15 plant and tool hire depots in March, in an attempt to help control the spread of Covid-19, placing the safety and well-being of our staff, customers and business partners at the heart of this decision. On our last update (on 8..

8 April 2020. Frank Key Group took the decision to temporarily close its network of five building supplies branches and 15 plant and tool hire depots in an attempt to help control the spread of Covid-19, placing the safety and well-being of our staff, customers and business partners at the heart of this decision.We would like to thank everyone for ..

Frank Key Group announces that its network of five building supplies branches and 15 plant and tool hire branches will suspend trading until further notice, in an attempt to help control the spread of Covid-19.James Norton, Managing Director, Frank Key Group, says: “We believe suspending trading is the responsible approach to safeguarding the healt..

We continue to follow closely government advice and guidance about the current situation concerning coronavirus. We are monitoring events and we are working hard to mitigate disruption. As you would expect, our focus is on the welfare of our customers, suppliers and all of the Frank Key teams that serve you across our branch network. We have a comp..

We were called upon by garden landscaping business, SRM Landscaping and Construction, to provide the tools capable of removing a stubborn tree stump from a property in Elsecar, South Yorkshire.SRM Landscaping and Construction hired a professional, compact stump grinder H22-GAR350-005 from our Plant & Tool Hire branch in Wakefield. Bob Morris, from ..

Our Nottingham Plant & Tool Hire Manager Ian Harris is celebrating his 30 years long service award this year. Ian joined us at the tender age of 26. He has overseen many changes at the branch, including our transition from handwritten systems to a fully integrated digital back-office.Richard Meeks, Frank Key Group Plant & Tool Hire Director, presen..

We’re delighted to take delivery of a new 7.2T beavertail vehicle to transport our ever-expanding range of hire fleet to customers. Investment in plant delivery capability saw the arrival of a new £54,000 Iveco Daily 70C18 truck, featuring a beavertail body and lightweight aluminium ramps, designed to allow wheeled and tracked plant easy access to ..

We are delighted to announce two new additions to the Frank Key Group management team based at our Daybrook branch in Nottingham.New Group Head of Marketing, Shafiq Sharif, and Group Head of Human Resources, Ruth Housley, bring with them a wealth of experience and have both settled into their roles extremely well.Shafiq has already made his mark by..

It was the year 2000. Ford had just launched its new Mondeo model. Tony Blair was prime minister. Former Manchester United defender Steve Bruce was proving his management credentials at The Terriers. Meanwhile, at Frank Key, local lad Adrian Helliwell was starting out on his career at our Huddersfield Plant and Tool hire branch.Twenty years on, sen..