Largest rental company in Middle East appoints PR and marketing consultancy

Dubai-based Byrne Equipment Rental LLC has appointed Northern Lights PR on a year’s marketing contract to support its growth plans.

Byrne is the largest general rental company in the Middle East with 450 employees and 12 offices in Dubai, Qatar, Oman, Abu Dhabi and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  It is best known for its event management activities, supplying the total equipment – from generators and toilets to lighting and fencing – for high profile events such as Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, Beyonce and Snow Patrol concerts and Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Race.

Graeme Clack, chief executive of Byrne, said:  “Northern Lights carried out an initial audit of our marketing and will now help us to understand our customers and their needs in more depth.  Key areas for development will be to build on our existing expertise and market positions- particularly  on setting up work camps for construction, oil and gas and other industries and improving our offering to the oil and gas sector generally.”

Victoria Tomlinson, chief executive of Northern Lights, said:  “This company has an outstanding reputation.  We checked Byrne out before working with them and they are both known and rated by most people in the Gulf region.  That gives a great platform to build on.  Our activities will include improving their customer database systems; talking to customers about their long term needs; marketing the establishment of work camps as a turnkey operation; and extending the breadth of products for the oil and gas industry.”

Clack added:  “We appointed Northern Lights because of their focus on delivering exactly what the customer wants and needs, rather than selling a standard suite of services. Before appointing them we took references from  first class UK companies  who gave excellent reviews of their work.  They have a high degree of credibility, a track record of delivering results and we are confident that Victoria and her colleagues will play a key role in growing our business.”

Information on Byrne at www.byrnerental.com. Contact Graeme Clack at +971 4 4544800.