Steve Shakespeare

Who We Are Established in 1985, Impact and has grown to become one of the major providers of material handling equipment in the UK. Offering only ‘the very best'​ carefully chosen equipment ranges, each specified to deliver what we believe is the best value for money. Our nation-wide network has expanded with our company’s growth, and we are proud to support customers with strategically placed depots right across the country. WORLD LEADING PREMIUM BRANDS Cat Lift Trucks forms the core of our offering, complemented by sole distributor agreements with Konecranes Lift Trucks, Carer Heavy Duty Electric Lift Trucks and Rocla Automated Guided Vehicles. We are also an approved dealer for the leading complementary specialist equipment brands such as multi-directional trucks, access and cleaning equipment, articulated forklifts and long load lift trucks, enabling us to specify and customise equipment to suit a customer’s bespoke requirements. Such an extensive choice of brands ensures we can supply solutions for virtually any materials handling requirement, from warehouse to freight terminal and all sizes in-between – delivering the perfect fleet for any given application – a fleet that increases performance, efficiency and reliability for our customers. UNIQUELY TAILORED FINANCE Impact is funded in such a way that we own every piece of equipment we lease to a customer which enables us to work with our customers to change equipment when their application changes, without hefty penalties. We don't have set finance structures but tailor each contract around our customer’s needs. Our Offering consists of; 1. Bespoke MHE fleet provision 2. A consultative sales approach 3. Innovative, flexible funding methods 4. Fleet management 5. Contract hire 6. Service and maintenance 7. Parts 8. Short-term hire 9. Operator training