Our History
In September 2012, Robert Duncan acquired Angus Lift Trucks from its founder, Bill Angus.
A year later, the company expanded by opening a branch in Nottingham, serving both Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. This steady growth continued, extending its presence into the West Midlands and Northamptonshire.
In 2018, Angus moved to a custom-built 20,000 sq ft facility in Hinckley, featuring a fully equipped workshop, a used truck warehouse, an RTITB-accredited training centre, and a product showroom.
In 2023, Angus Lift Trucks was acquired by Grant Handling, a leading material handling specialist and part of the Aprolis Group. This acquisition has strengthened Grant Handling’s national presence, supporting its strategy to expand its footprint and deliver quality material handling solutions across the country.
Safety Is Key
At Angus, safety is key. We are an accredited member of the Fork Lift Truck Association and have just been awarded with the FLTA Audit accreditation. Additionally, two members of our team hold the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, Intermediate Occupational Health and Safety certificate, whilst another two have undertaken the Foundation level of this certification.
All members of staff undertake a comprehensive training programme which is tracked by management on a training matrix. Examples of training undertaken include Toolbox talks on working at height, dust and fumes, portable electrical appliances, to full Operator Training and Manual Handling Training.
Thorough Examination
Our customers have peace of mind in knowing that Angus Lift Trucks ‘Thorough Examination’ procedure is accredited by the CFTS and is guaranteed to check the whole truck, thereby ensuring that trucks are 100% safe for use and covered for both LOLER 98 and PUWER 98 regulations.
Our customers’ satisfaction with the high standards of service and products provided by Angus Lift Trucks is demonstrated not only by their return but with growth in forklift hire work and sales from a constantly expanding customer base.
We Care
At Angus, we believe we are only as good as our people. So besides providing a safe working environment and exemplary level of training, we care for our people by offering a range of benefits including competitive salaries, overtime opportunities, daily meal allowance, pension schemes, health care schemes, company uniform and safety wear and for those on the road, high specification company vehicles.
Our employees are all given full product training, which enables them to provide excellent customer service. Angus service engineers are fully qualified to repair, service all makes of forklift trucks and materials handling equipment. The fully stocked parts department supplies the engineers quickly and efficiently with parts to ensure that customers have minimum disruption to their productivity.
RTITB Accredited Training Centre
A further expansion of the services provided by Angus is that of RTITB Accredited training. A dedicated training centre has been established which offers professional training for operators ranging from novices through to those already highly experienced. Refresher courses and conversion courses are also provided. The accredited instructors from Angus will also travel to customers’ locations to provide the training if it better meets the needs of the customer.
The products that we provide training on includes:
- Counterbalance
- Reach
- MEWP
- Multi-directional
- Pivot-steer
- PPT
- Rough terrain – masted / telehandler
- Sideloader
- Vehicle mounted lift truck
- VNA man-up
- Cherry picker
