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  • Company’s Fleet Turns JCB Yellow

    A Coventry company has turned its waste and materials handling fleet completely JCB yellow with its lates ...

    A Coventry company has turned its waste and materials handling fleet completely JCB yellow with its latest order of four new machines. Wastemasters Hire's latest purchase includes a 437 wheeled loadin ...

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  • Aiming ‘Hire’

    Jarvie Plant urges construction firms to hire smart to control rising costs The independent plant hire fi ...

    Jarvie Plant urges construction firms to hire smart to control rising costs The independent plant hire firm Jarvie Plant Group is calling on construction firms to hire equipment that helps alleviate r ...

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  • Lifetime Achievement Award for Colin Wood

    Colin Wood, former Chief Executive of the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), has been recognised ...

    Colin Wood, former Chief Executive of the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), has been recognised for his distinguished career in the construction plant industry at the 2018 European Rental Awa ...

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  • When the Boat Comes In

    Hyundai machines roll off the ship at Tilbury Docks Over 800 Hyundai construction machines came into the ...

    Hyundai machines roll off the ship at Tilbury Docks Over 800 Hyundai construction machines came into the UK last year, including crawler excavators, wheeled excavators and wheeled loaders. The machine ...

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  • Sykes Pumps Celebrates 160 years at Hillhead

    Sykes Pumps have been at the forefront of the pumping industry since the middle of the 19th century and t ...

    Sykes Pumps have been at the forefront of the pumping industry since the middle of the 19th century and the end of our 160th anniversary celebrations just so happen to culminate in this year’s Hillhea ...

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  • Total Prepares for Hillhead

    Total Lubricants and Total Bitumen are preparing to attend Hillhead, the world’s largest working quarry e ...

    Total Lubricants and Total Bitumen are preparing to attend Hillhead, the world’s largest working quarry exhibition at Hillhead Quarry, Buxton (26-28 June)  Total will showcase its products and range o ...

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  • Hirer Expands with Kubota

     Final delivery of plant hire firm’s new £1 million Kubota fleet Michael Colmer Plant Hire has completed ...

     Final delivery of plant hire firm’s new £1 million Kubota fleet Michael Colmer Plant Hire has completed its largest ever machinery expansion programme following a £1 million investment to increase it ...

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  • Success for Engcon at Intermat

    Engcon's tiltrotators and Quick hitch system with EC-Oil automatic hydraulic coupling (now included as st ...

    Engcon's tiltrotators and Quick hitch system with EC-Oil automatic hydraulic coupling (now included as standard) generated significant interest at Intermat in Paris. Engcon had a record number of visi ...

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  • Doosan Extends Telematics System

    The DoosanCONNECT system is designed to increase efficiency in site management and equipment operation th ...

    The DoosanCONNECT system is designed to increase efficiency in site management and equipment operation through real-time data monitoring It checks engine and hydraulic system parts of Doosan machines ...

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  • Geosynthetic Offsets Rising Aggregate Costs

    The rising cost of aggregate is driving construction firms to seek out more cost-effective solutions, fig ...

    The rising cost of aggregate is driving construction firms to seek out more cost-effective solutions, figures suggest. Data from the Construction Trade Survey and the Department for Business, Energy a ...

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