Acclaim Handling

We are delighted to announce that on 27th April 2012 Acclaim Handling Ltd was awarded OHSAS18001 accreditation via BSI.  This is a major landmark in Acclaim’s history and we understand that we are the only Independent Forklift Truck company in the UK to have achieved such accreditation.   OHSAS18001 will complement our existing 9001 2008 [...]

With machinery of various different makes, models & capacities across our 6 Regional Service Centres, Acclaim has launched a new interactive web tool which enables both customers and prospects to access our used machinery stock list which is updated in real-time and completely accurate.  It’s also utilised internally by Acclaim’s own sales force and service [...]

Acclaim has completed its second acquisition within six months with the takeover of W.R. Nicholls & Sons Ltd. Based in Rochester, Kent they have specialised in providing short term hire of forklift trucks for over 40 years and the current fleet is one of the newest across the UK.   The benefit of Short Term [...]

We are very proud to announce that in late January 2012 we delivered a brand new fleet of Nissan forklift trucks into our latest blue chip client – Menzies Aviation. The initial delivery consisted of 40 lean burn LP Gas Nissan counterbalance forklifts operating in the Heathrow Airport Cargo Centre. Philip Hyslop, Acclaim Handling’s Sales [...]

Following a review of our operations Acclaim Handling has announced important changes to improve service to customers by expanding Local Regional Offices and offering customers new services with added value and choice in mind. Acclaim Director David Woods says, “The conventional wisdom of the recession is to retreat. At Acclaim we have taken a different [...]

As of the beginning of October, we are pleased to announce that Acclaim has secured a dealership with Impact Caterpillar to exclusively represent Cat Lift Trucks from the west of London region and M4 corridor through to Hampshire, West Sussex, East Sussex & Kent.   Caterpillar is undoubtedly a worldwide renowned brand name backed up [...]