NEWS & KHL.COM ROUND-UP
Spain launches accreditation scheme; UK renters target oil and gas; European Rental Awards now open; Bredenoord’s hybrid genset; 2nd IRC dates confirmed; IRN Rental Share Index; plus other news from the world’s rental sector.

KEVIN APPLETON COLUMN
Do you have the right work-life balance? Kevin Appleton says we should consider ourselves lucky to have that kind of problem and we should just 'get on with it'.

INTERVIEW: HIMOINSA
Spanish generator manufacturer Himoinsa continues to invest heavily in expanding its footprint globally. Murray Pollok spoke to the company’s executive director, Francisco J Gracia.

ERA/IRN RENTALTRACKER AND CONFIDENCE SURVEY
Results from the European RentalTracker survey for the third quarter of 2013, plus our annual ‘Rest of the World’ Confidence Survey.

INTERVIEW: SIMPLEX EQUIPMENT RENTAL
André Véronneau, long-standing CEO of Montreal-based Simplex Equipment Rental, tells Lindsey Anderson about the challenges of working in Quebec.

ERA PAGE
The ERA’s latest rental market report for Europe has just been published, providing detailed information on all the region’s major markets as well as, for the first time, a special focus on the UK market. ERA secretary general Michel Petitjean outlines some of the findings.

RENTAL IT PAGE
Price optimisation software is becoming the latest ‘must have’ technology for large rental companies. Murray Pollok talks to Zilliant, one of the major suppliers in the sector.

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EUROPEAN RENTAL AWARDS/INTERNATIONAL RENTAL EXHIBITION
The 2014 European Rental Awards will be presented in Amsterdam on 25 June next year and the deadline for entries is Friday 21 February. Plus, advance details of the International Rental Exhibition (IRE) and ERA Convention.

PRODUCT FEATURE: TELEHANDLERS
Compact and super-compact telehandlers are now an established part of the market. IRN reports on some of the latest models available.

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