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  • Switching On to Electric Could Save Fleets £14 Billion a Year

    If all of Britain’s vans and HGVs were to switch to electricity, businesses could save around £14 billion ...

    If all of Britain’s vans and HGVs were to switch to electricity, businesses could save around £14 billion a year in fuel costs alone, according to a new report published today. Hitachi Capital UK’s Fu ...

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  • CECA: New Money For Roads Repair Welcome

    Civils contractors have welcomed the Government’s announcement of an extra £46 million to fix potholes on ...

    Civils contractors have welcomed the Government’s announcement of an extra £46 million to fix potholes on England’s roads The funding will go towards repairing almost one million potholes outside Lond ...

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  • Digging Deep at Lighthouse Charity Lunch

    Everyone was a winner at the Lighthouse Construction Industry’s Christmas Lunch recently when the star of ...

    Everyone was a winner at the Lighthouse Construction Industry’s Christmas Lunch recently when the star of the live auction was a JCB 19C-1 Conventional Tailswing Mini Excavator. Long terms supporters ...

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  • Morris Site Machinery is Lighting up 2018

    Morris Site Machinery will debut new products and lighting innovations at the 2018 Executive Hire Show. B ...

    Morris Site Machinery will debut new products and lighting innovations at the 2018 Executive Hire Show. Bringing its ‘innovation factory’ to the forefront of the industry, the leading light and power ...

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  • Hillhead: Looking Forward to Record-Breaking 2018

    Hillhead will welcome more exhibitors than ever before with both outdoor and indoor space set to expand s ...

    Hillhead will welcome more exhibitors than ever before with both outdoor and indoor space set to expand significantly in 2018. Major industry players including Terex Group, SMT (Volvo), JCB, Komatsu, ...

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  • GAP’s Charitable Foundation Update

    GAP Giving is the GAP Group’s Charitable Foundation which was set up in April 2015 with the primary aim o ...

    GAP Giving is the GAP Group’s Charitable Foundation which was set up in April 2015 with the primary aim of donating around 0.5 per cent of the company’s profits to charities nominated by staff. So far ...

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  • Engcon Sales Booming

    Engcon continues to strengthen its position as the world's largest manufacturer of tiltrotators. In 2016, ...

    Engcon continues to strengthen its position as the world's largest manufacturer of tiltrotators. In 2016, the company generated sales of more than SEK 780 million (₤68.5 million), an increase of almos ...

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  • Infrastructure Boosts New Orders

    For the fourth month in a row, overall construction new orders increased in value reaching £7.4 billion i ...

    For the fourth month in a row, overall construction new orders increased in value reaching £7.4 billion in November, the highest figure for two years. This was underpinned by the commissioning of the ...

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  • Show Time!

    New Bobcat and Doosan Portable Power Products at EHS Visitors to next year’s Executive Hire Show in Coven ...

    New Bobcat and Doosan Portable Power Products at EHS Visitors to next year’s Executive Hire Show in Coventry, England from 7-8 February 2018, will be able to see the latest products for the plant and ...

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  • JCB Employees Receive £500 Christmas Bonus

    JCB today announced a £500 Christmas bonus for more than 5,500 UK employees. The pay out was announced th ...

    JCB today announced a £500 Christmas bonus for more than 5,500 UK employees. The pay out was announced this morning across at the company’s 11 plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham. JCB CEO ...

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