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    Business back in family hands

    When a Blackburn family-run plant hire business wanted to restore independent ownership, it went in searc ...

    When a Blackburn family-run plant hire business wanted to restore independent ownership, it went in search of funding that would enable it to do just that. CPN reports. The owners of a nationwide plan ...

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    NEW CEO for CEA

    Viki Bell has become Chief Executive Officer of the CEA, following a successful first year as director of ...

    Viki Bell has become Chief Executive Officer of the CEA, following a successful first year as director of operations. Her appointment in April marks the next chapter in the association’s evolution, bu ...

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    Volvo CE and Unicontrol partner up

    Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) and Unicontrol have announced a partnership to introduce the soft ...

    Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) and Unicontrol have announced a partnership to introduce the software company's 3D Machine Control technology in Volvo excavators. The Volvo Co-Pilot will be us ...

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    Certas Energy discusses HVO

    While the efficacy and sustainability credentials of HVO can differ from supplier HVO is being touted as ...

    While the efficacy and sustainability credentials of HVO can differ from supplier HVO is being touted as an easy drop-in alternative to diesel, but scepticism remains. Pete Cronin, commercial marketin ...

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    Takeuchi diggers ready to work in central London

    Groundworks contractor calls upon Takeuchi mini excavators to work cleanly, quietly and efficiently. CPN ...

    Groundworks contractor calls upon Takeuchi mini excavators to work cleanly, quietly and efficiently. CPN reports UK Power Networks and groundworks contractor Falco Construction have collaborated to br ...

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    Bobcat 1-2 tonne mini excavators preview

    There’s a corner of a foreign field that forever has a hole in it, dug by CPN on a recent trip to Bobcat ...

    There’s a corner of a foreign field that forever has a hole in it, dug by CPN on a recent trip to Bobcat in the Czech Republic to preview its new 1-2 tonne mini excavators. To be unveiled at Bauma thi ...

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    Investment in a Hinowa spider lift

    CPN hears from entrepreneur Brian Barclay about how his investment in a Hinowa spider lift has triggered ...

    CPN hears from entrepreneur Brian Barclay about how his investment in a Hinowa spider lift has triggered the growth of a thriving group of businesses offering services from tree surgery to constructio ...

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    JCB reaches a major machine milestone

    JCB has reached a major machine milestone with the production of its one millionth Backhoe Loader. The Ba ...

    JCB has reached a major machine milestone with the production of its one millionth Backhoe Loader. The Backhoe in question was a 4CX model, which has been decorated in graffiti art by London-based art ...

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    Finning begins it’s search for engineering talent

    Finning has begun this year's search for engineering talent as it looks to recruit up to 34 new apprentic ...

    Finning has begun this year's search for engineering talent as it looks to recruit up to 34 new apprentices with placements available across the company's 11 branches nationwide. The apprenticeship pr ...

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    Tom Grant Plant Hire is a proud new owner of a JCB 26C-1

    Ayrshire-based Tom Grant Plant Hire is the proud new owner a brand new JCB 26C-1, part of the new series ...

    Ayrshire-based Tom Grant Plant Hire is the proud new owner a brand new JCB 26C-1, part of the new series of JCB 2.5-tonne mini excavators unveiled in 2024. Supplied by Scot JCB, the new model boasts a ...

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