Trading in shares of hire giant HSS has been suspended after the company was unable to file its latest accounts on time.

The company was set a deadline of September 30 to file its accounts for the 15 month period to 31 March 2025.

But the numbers are still not ready because the board is “actively advancing a range of promising commercial and strategic initiatives focused on long term value creation.”

A brief stock exchange announcement this morning said: “Trading on AIM has been temporarily suspended from 7:30am, pending publication of the Company’s annual audited accounts.”