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European champion finishes second in world digger challenge

|Date: April 06, 2020

European champion finishes second in world digger challenge

Finning UK & Ireland customer Tommy Murphy narrowly missed out on becoming a world champion after fin ...

Finning UK & Ireland customer Tommy Murphy narrowly missed out on becoming a world champion after finishing a close second in the 2020 Cat Global Operator Challenge. More than 10,000 machine opera ...

April 06, 2020
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CASE wheel loaders help UK council send zero to landfill

|Date: April 02, 2020

CASE wheel loaders help UK council send zero to landfill

Biowise Limited, operating as Wastewise, opened the doors of its state-of-the-art composting facility in ...

Biowise Limited, operating as Wastewise, opened the doors of its state-of-the-art composting facility in January 2020. The facility provides a fast and efficient composting service to the local UK cou ...

April 02, 2020
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BESA collating list of firms who can support NHS

|Date: April 01, 2020

BESA collating list of firms who can support NHS

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is conducting a survey to identify firms across the ...

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is conducting a survey to identify firms across the sector capable of providing vital service and maintenance for the NHS at short notice. The surv ...

April 01, 2020
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Threthowans lawyer comments on construction industry lockdown

|Date: March 31, 2020

Threthowans lawyer comments on construction industry lockdown

Following the ongoing debate about the implications of the UK lockdown to construction companies, and whe ...

Following the ongoing debate about the implications of the UK lockdown to construction companies, and whether they should remain open, Karl Cameron, an experienced commercial litigation partner at law ...

March 31, 2020
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|Date: March 31, 2020

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In light of the unprecedented circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, we understand that there i ...

In light of the unprecedented circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, we understand that there is no such thing as ‘business as usual’ at the moment – and we hope that all of our readers are ...

March 31, 2020
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WATCH: JCB joins national call to action over ventilator shortage

|Date: March 30, 2020

WATCH: JCB joins national call to action over ventilator shortage

JCB is poised to re-start production at a factory closed as a result of the Coronavirus crisis in order t ...

JCB is poised to re-start production at a factory closed as a result of the Coronavirus crisis in order to join the national effort to manufacture ventilators, the company has announced. JCB received ...

March 30, 2020
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IPAF’s eLearning offers remote MEWP training solutions

|Date: March 30, 2020

IPAF’s eLearning offers remote MEWP training solutions

Candidates seeking to renew or obtain PAL Cards to operate Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs) and th ...

Candidates seeking to renew or obtain PAL Cards to operate Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs) and those wishing to undertake specialist management training are advised to opt for online distance ...

March 30, 2020
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Relocation for GAP Group’s Hatton Cross depots

|Date: March 27, 2020

Relocation for GAP Group’s Hatton Cross depots

GAP Hire Solutions, the UK’s largest independent rental company, has recently completed a relocation of i ...

GAP Hire Solutions, the UK’s largest independent rental company, has recently completed a relocation of its three depots in Hatton Cross to a location in Feltham. The hire company previously had a Lif ...

March 27, 2020
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Coronavirus | Industry update 26/03/2020

|Date: March 26, 2020

Coronavirus | Industry update 26/03/2020

CPN collects statements and announcements from JCB, GMB, Building Engineering Services Association, Natio ...

CPN collects statements and announcements from JCB, GMB, Building Engineering Services Association, National Federation of Builders and GGR Group. GGR Group GGR wishes to reassure customers that we re ...

March 26, 2020
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Construction expert calls on the UK building industry to assist in Coronavirus ‘war effort’

|Date: March 26, 2020

Construction expert calls on the UK building industry to assist in Coronavirus ‘war effort’

Mike Leonard, Visiting Professor in Manufacturing and Construction at Birmingham City University and CEO ...

Mike Leonard, Visiting Professor in Manufacturing and Construction at Birmingham City University and CEO of industry CIC Building Alliance has called on the UK construction industry to assist the UK g ...

March 26, 2020
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