Specialist vehicle hire and management company SHB Hire has acquired traffic management equipment supplier Acklea.

This acquisition is in line with SHB’s strategic growth targets and vision to be the UK’s leading partner of choice for equipment to the highways maintenance and Infrastructure market.

The Wiltshire-based company will continue to operate from its base in Calne and deliver customer excellence to the traffic management market as a division of SHB.

Paul Street, managing director of SHB, said: “We are delighted to have had this opportunity to bring together two very strong companies, allowing us to leverage years of experience and skills from the teams."