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Celebrating 50 years of GAP /





       Special edition sapphire plant celebrating GAP’s 45th anniversary in 2014.

























       In 2018, GAP purchased MV
       Trenching to expand the trenching
       and shoring capabilities of its Non-
       Mechanical Plant division. GAP also
       acquired 4Group, a hire company
       operating in Jersey in the Channel
       Islands. During the decade, GAP had                                                                                                     Above: Opening of four central London Tool depots.
       invested significantly in Health and
       Safety, and in 2018 launched its
       Think Safe Campaign, which included
       a focus on Mental Health Awareness.
       In 2019, coinciding with its 50 years
       in business, GAP opened its largest
       depot to date, a 5-acre site at Tilbury    BY 2018
       in Essex.                                  NO. OF DEPOTS      142
                                                  NO. OF STAFF      1,773
                                                  TURNOVER        £195M
                                                                                        GAP barriers lining the way for the road race event at the 2014
                                                  GBV OF TOTAL                          Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
                                                  FIXED ASSETS    £464M
                                                  CUSTOMERS        8,700


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