Burnt Tree is expanding its newly created contract hire division with the appointment of Glenn Murphy (pictured) as contract hire business development manager.

Working directly under the leadership of contract hire director Mark Howell, Murphy will be predominantly covering the North West, Cumbria, North East, Yorkshire and North Wales geographic areas.

Murphy joins Burnt Tree following a 16-year spell at Ryder/HillHire, where latterly he was employed in the position of national accounts manager.

Howell said: “The development of our contract hire division is based around employing experienced industry professionals.

"Without doubt, Glenn brings a wealth of relevant commercial vehicle experience to our contract hire operation and is now part of an expanding professional sales team that is undertaking ambitious plans to substantially increase its presence in the UK commercial vehicle contract hire sector.”