Working All Hours – Genie Z80 boom lifts on hire

Great to see three JMS Genie Z80/20 on hire helping out in a big budget TV production on location in Kent. The Genie booms are being used to precisely position lighting rigs enable the cameras to keep rolling well into the evening. Contact our Media team if you’re looking for Access hire for your production

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MEC launches two new scissors

MEC Aerial Work Platforms debuted two new slab scissors during The Rental Show, Feb. 21-24 in Atlanta. On the smaller side of the spectrum, MEC showed its 1330SE micro-slim electric scissor lift that features 13 feet of platform height is designed to compete with vertical mast lifts. The scissor has a 24-inch roll-out extension, direct

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Ultra boom lifts on hire

Two of the JMS fleet of Ultra Boom Lifts hard at work. The JLG 1250AJP diesel powered ultra boom lifts are on hire on the South coast of England. The boom configuration of the JLG 1250 AJP (max working height of 40.1m) provides excellent outreach on high reach boom applications all the way out to

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Leeds Depot investment for boom hire fleet

A sunny morning for our TV Media Access specialist Tim in Leeds following another delivery of booms scissors to our powered access hire depot in Leeds, Yorkshire. Since its opening, JMS has been rolling out the investment in new equipment. Some of the new arrivals in the boom hire fleet are large booms, often called

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CMC Launches new Hybrid track mounted platform

Great to see another Lithium ion machine on the market. We’re getting a great reaction from JMS customer to our lithium ion tracked booms. Italy-based CMC has launched the CMC S25 Hybrid track mounted platform. Designed for indoor use the hybrid version makes use of Lithium batteries for eight hours continuous work at an equal

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Manitou roundup

Manitou are a key supplier to JMS –always interested to hear of their excellent recent results. Manitou Group sales increased by 8% in the fourth quarter of 2014 to €333 million, compared to the same quarter in the previous financial year. For the full year sales stood at €1.287 billion, representing a 3% increase year-on-year. Order

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JMS stand to attention with tracked boom hire job in Leeds

When Royal Armouries at Leeds, Yorkshire required a boom lift to enable them to undertake a deep clean inside the Hall of Steel, they called the Leeds depot of JMS Powered Access. It wasn’t a straight forward task for the client. The cleaning team needed a combination of height, electric power and there was the

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Another great sight for our media team. A sneak peek at the set of a very big production for one of the major film studios. There’s nine of our JCB 17m telehandlers (LINK) on hand to help the shoot Looks like a lovely day for JMS to give this film a big lift.

JMS Telehandlers on set

Another great sight for our media team. A sneak peek at the set of a very big production for one of the major film studios. There’s nine of our JCB 16.7m telehandlers on hand to help the shoot Looks like a lovely day for JMS to give this film a big lift.

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Boom time for media access

  One of the JMS team grabbed a quick shot of the 2 Genie 80ft self propelled booms on location for a TV / film job.   With over 10 years’ experience, Tim Kendall heads up our TV Media team.  Call him today to find out how JMS can help you with you powered access requirements

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IPAF Mobile Learning

IPAF eLearning

Whilst we share news stories from IPAF we thought this story about eLearning might be of particular interest. JMS are investing heavily in Training throughout 2016 will be delivering IPAF operator training across the UK. IPAF’s mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) operator training programme has taken a leap forward with a new generation of learning

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