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Global Lifting Awareness Day 2025: Lifting Smarter, Safer and Stronger with GAP

Every year, Global Lifting Awareness Day (GLAD) highlights the importance of safety, innovation and responsibility across the lifting industry. At GAP Hire Solutions, we’re proud to stand with our industry peers across the UK to raise awareness and celebrate progress.

This year, we’re marking the occasion by sharing some of the latest innovations to our growing lifting fleet.

Battery-Powered Hoists Leading the Way

A standout addition to our fleet is the battery powered chain hoist, a step forward in sustainable lifting. These hoists deliver:

  • True portability, reducing the need for fixed power sources
  • Improved operator safety, with less manual strain
  • Cleaner energy use, supporting sustainable site operations

Safety, efficiency and reliability are the key priorities of our lifting division, and these new battery hoists support all three. Ensuring our customers meet the highest safety standards while benefiting from ease of use and reduced carbon footprint.

120 Brand-New Genie SLA Units

We’ve recently added 120 Genie Superlift Advantage (SLA) units to our fleet, supplied by our trusted partners at Workplatform. The Genie SLA range is known for:

  • Versatile for a wide range of lifting tasks
  • User-friendly, boosting on-site efficiency
  • Reliable indoors or outdoors, whatever the project

You can find the Genie SLA units at our GAP Lifting depots nationwide.  

Looking Ahead this GLAD

As lifting needs evolve, so do the demands for smarter, more sustainable equipment. At GAP, we’re continuously investing in:

  • Low-emission and battery-powered technology
  • Safety-first designs and materials
  • Training and development for our teams and customers

Our commitment to our customers is to deliver lifting solutions that are not only powerful but responsible.

Join Us in Celebrating GLAD 2025

On this Global Lifting Awareness Day, we invite you to join us in recognising the importance of lifting safety and innovation. Together, we’ll continue to lift the standard, on every site, every day, for every job.

Explore our full range of lifting solutions here.

For all hire enquiries, contact: lifting@gap-group.co.uk

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