Work at height innovator Planet Platforms has launched a tower trade-in scheme to encourage companies to update their old scaffold towers with brand new ones. With a massive discount of up to 40% off the list price plus up to £300 of trade-in value, the scheme is beneficial to those who are working on, or have old scaffold towers, but do not have the budget to buy a brand new one at list price.

Work at height innovator Planet Platforms has installed a 75-foot suspended Spandeck aerial walkway to provide easy access for maintenance of carriage roofs at Oxenhope. Maintaining and repairing carriage roofs can become a challenge if ladders and powered access towers are used. They have to be constantly repositioned, with ladders often not being the safest solution for this type of task and doing nothing to motivate volunteers that work on them.

The HSE has set out a simple three-tier hierarchy in the WAHR (WAH Regulations) for managing work at height. As part of this, it recommends that where duty holders cannot eliminate the risk of a fall, they should use work equipment or other measures to minimise the distance and consequences of a fall should one occur. SAFEpost® by work at height specialist Planet Platforms is a unique anchoring system, which is assembled entirely at ground level prior to being fixed to the jackleg of portable buildings and containers.

In the current economic climate it is not often possible for companies to buy brand new access machines. However, it is not safe or legal to compromise on the health and safety of workers, which makes it imperative to have the correct work at height equipment in place. In such a situation, sometimes buying a refurbished access machine can be a better option than hiring one.

Work at height specialist Planet Platforms has achieved the 'First Class Star Status' in the Best Companies 2009 accreditation system. This Best Companies accreditation is further used to compile the prestigious Sunday Times list of 100 Best Companies to Work For.

When Planet Platforms was asked to provide an access solution for William Anelay Limited, little did the work at height specialist know that it would be something so unusual. William Anelay, the UK's specialist in the conservation and restoration of fine and historic buildings, was working on restoring the Navigation Warehouse in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. However, straightforward access to the exterior of the building was impossible because it is adjacent to the river Calder.

Work at height specialist Planet Platforms organised a Work at Height (WAH) Workshop on the 2nd and 3rd of July at their new premises in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, to give people the opportunity to try out access equipment first-hand. Supported by Barclays Bank PLC and Chadwick Lawrence solicitors, these workshops were a follow-up to last year's Retail WAH Workshop, which was organised by Planet to promote safe working at height within retail and featured prominent speakers from KPMG, the HSE, IOSH (Institute of Occupational Safety and Health), and the access industry.

Work at height specialist Planet Platforms has been accredited as 'one to watch' by the Sunday Times 'Best Companies' index 2008. The Best Companies Accreditation follows the elite 'Michelin style' star rating system for organisations that demonstrate high levels of employee engagement. The rating is calculated from feedback questionnaires distributed within the company, and gives employees an opportunity to candidly comment and rate various factors such as holidays, charity activities and incentives.

Work at height specialist Planet Platforms now has two of its products featured in the Cromwell Tools catalogue. Power Tower™, a portable powered access tower, and TP9000™ a mobile trailer scissor lift, are part of the leading catalogue of maintenance, repair and operational products. Following negotiations with Planet Eastern, the Cromwell Tools selected the two machines because of the unique characteristics they bring to the catalogue.

Leading access equipment manufacturer and distributor Planet Platforms has launched a new Power Tower video as part of the company's viral marketing initiatives. The brand new tongue-in-cheek video is done in the same style as the TP9000™ video, which was launched earlier this year. Featuring the same professional actors from the TP9000™ video, the Power Tower viral video showcases some of the advantages of the portable, powered, access tower as opposed to using improper or unsuitable access equipment.

This year's Retail Work at Height Forum 2007, which took place on the 4th of October at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, ended on a highly positive note having attracted some of the country's top retailers and trade press. Organised by access specialist Planet Platforms, the one-day event focused on promoting safe working at height within the retail sector and featured prominent speakers from KPMG, the HSE, and the access and retail industries.

Planet Platforms has taken a new step in their marketing initiatives by producing and releasing a TP9000™ video. A first in the industry, the video follows a tongue-in-cheek storyboard, and features professional actors to ultimately convey the product advantages of TP9000™, which is a mobile trailer scissor lift.

Planet Platforms has supplied a suspended gantry to the Orient-Express to enable safe access to the top of their British Pullman carriages. It also allows maintenance personnel to carry out restoration works to the famous masterpiece.

Planet Platforms has launched its brand new mobile trailer scissor lift TP9000 to give access users a safe, flexible and truly autonomous machine. Following on from its successful unveiling at 2007's Executive Hire Show, the TP9000 has a host of safety features, options and accessories with the most attractive being 'no need for a trailer for transport'.

Planet Platforms, leading manufacturer and distributor of work-place access solutions, has won the Innovation Award category in the first Wakefield District Business Awards.

Rolls Royce has taken delivery of the first AIRdeck intelligent access platforms from work at height specialist Planet Platforms. Developed specifically for the application, the eight AIRdeck units facilitate the stringent final inspection process of the 500, 700, 800 and 900 Trent Series aviation engines at Rolls Royce's Civil Aerospace Customer Delivery Centre (CDC) in Derby, UK.

Autocruise, the award winning motorhomes manufacturer, recently challenged work at height equipment specialists Planet Platforms to develop a flexible access solution for its manufacturing and Aftercare centre in Mexborough, South Yorkshire.