Appointment of Joint Broker

Speedy Hire PLC
08 May 2008



                                                                      8 May 2008

                                Speedy Hire Plc
                          ('Speedy' or 'the Company')

                     Appointment of Joint Corporate Broker

Speedy Hire Plc announces that it has appointed, with immediate effect, JP
Morgan Cazenove as the Company's joint corporate broker, to work alongside Oriel
Securities Limited.


For further information:

Speedy Hire Plc                                       Hudson Sandler
Steve Corcoran, Chief Executive                       Nick Lyon
Justin Read, Group Finance Director                   Wendy Baker
Tel:  [phone]                                   Tel:  [phone]


Notes to editors:

Speedy Hire Plc

Speedy is the UK's No.1 provider of tools and equipment for hire.  The Company
operates from over 500 depots throughout the UK.  Speedy Hire also operates in
the Republic of Ireland.

The Company's activities are the provision for hire of tools, portable
accommodation, compressed air, pumps, lifting, material handling, survey and
measurement instrumentation and power generation equipment.


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