Who are the administrators of hewden plant hire? The appointment of administrators signals the end of a business that has spanned six decades and was formed in 1968 when Matthew Goodwin – later Sir Matthew – and his Hewden (Plant Hire) business joined forces with Ronnie Stuart’s crane hire operation R.G. Stuart (Plant) – Hewden Stuart was born.What went wrong at hewden? Specialist plant hire group Hewden crashed owing more than £200m to creditors and its private equity owner, with huge liabilities to its pension scheme and former suppliers.What is a hewden stuart site? Site preparation works by Hewden (Contracts) in the 1970s using equipment hired from other group companies. At its peak, Hewden Stuart was believed to be the biggest plant hire operation in Europe.Is brexit at risk at plant hire group hewden? Hewden hires out cranes and other heavy machinery. Photograph: Hewden Unions fear hundreds of jobs are at risk after administrators were called into plant hire group Hewden, which has blamed uncertainty caused by Brexit for its financial predicament. Accountants EY immediately made 251 of the 750-strong workforce redundant.