GOODS INWARD ONLY
When it comes to his vehicle collection, Ian Davies has a simple rule: “Goods inward only.” In other words, once something arrives here, it’s unlikely to go anywhere else.
Around Neath, Swansea and the former mining valleys to the north of them, Ian is fairly well-known as the proprietor of Ian Davies Plant Hire, a business whose cranes, dumpers and other equipment are a common sight on construction sites. With 25 staff on their books and a similar number of ‘as needed’ casual employees, the business is a significant part of the local economy. As well as plant hire they’re heavily involved in local civil engineering projects (bridges, apparently, are something of a speciality), along with demolition, site clearance and similar services.
All this is, however, a far cry from how the business started back in 1972. Ian didn’t really like school, or do
