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Bobcat Loaders Win Lowest Cost of Ownership Awards

|Date: November 28, 2017

Bobcat Loaders Win Lowest Cost of Ownership Awards

The Bobcat S70 skid-steer loader and MT55 mini-track loader have won Lowest Cost of Ownership Awards in t ...

The Bobcat S70 skid-steer loader and MT55 mini-track loader have won Lowest Cost of Ownership Awards in their respective categories. The Lowest Cost of Ownership Awards, organised by EquipmentWatch, a ...

November 28, 2017
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Gritsy Bitsy Declares War On Potholes

|Date: November 27, 2017

Gritsy Bitsy Declares War On Potholes

From a gritter trending twitter to potholes on prime-time TV – how one gritsy Multihog is making a name! ...

From a gritter trending twitter to potholes on prime-time TV – how one gritsy Multihog is making a name! Not many – outside of the highway and winter maintenance industry – may have heard of Multihog, ...

November 27, 2017
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Government Unveils Industrial Strategy

|Date: November 27, 2017

Government Unveils Industrial Strategy

Business Secretary Greg Clark has launched the government’s Industrial Strategy With the aim of making th ...

Business Secretary Greg Clark has launched the government’s Industrial Strategy With the aim of making the UK the world’s most innovative nation by 2030, the government has committed to investing a fu ...

November 27, 2017
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Latest Guidance on Lifting Operations With Excavators Now Available

|Date: November 21, 2017

Latest Guidance on Lifting Operations With Excavators Now Available

The Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group (SFPSG) has released a new refreshed plant safety guidance documen ...

The Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group (SFPSG) has released a new refreshed plant safety guidance document entitled ‘Lifting Operations With 180⁰ and 360⁰ Excavators.’ Taking into account the prolific ...

November 21, 2017
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Finning Goes Mobile

|Date: November 16, 2017

Finning Goes Mobile

Finning UK & Ireland has launched a new mobile parts team aimed at supporting customers with tailored ...

Finning UK & Ireland has launched a new mobile parts team aimed at supporting customers with tailored parts, technology, service, and support solutions for individual machines or plant fleets. The ...

November 16, 2017
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CPA Releases Dumper Safety Guidance

|Date: November 14, 2017

CPA Releases Dumper Safety Guidance

The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has released new operational safety guidance entitled ‘Stay ...

The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has released new operational safety guidance entitled ‘Staying Safe When Operating Forward Tipping Dumpers’ which is principally aimed at operators for re ...

November 14, 2017
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JCB Team Helps Engineer WW1 Tank Centenary Tribute

|Date: November 14, 2017

JCB Team Helps Engineer WW1 Tank Centenary Tribute

Excavator giant JCB helped TV personality Guy Martin to engineer a tribute to the role tanks played in he ...

Excavator giant JCB helped TV personality Guy Martin to engineer a tribute to the role tanks played in helping change the course of the First World War. Now the story of the tank’s role and its modern ...

November 14, 2017
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Construction Rental Market Set to Beat Prerecession Value

|Date: November 13, 2017

Construction Rental Market Set to Beat Prerecession Value

The UK’s construction equipment rental market is forecast to be worth over £4.7bn in 2019, exceeding its ...

The UK’s construction equipment rental market is forecast to be worth over £4.7bn in 2019, exceeding its peak value reached in 2007. Growth in this market has been continuous since 2011, at a level of ...

November 13, 2017
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Virtual Reality to Transform HAE Training

|Date: November 13, 2017

Virtual Reality to Transform HAE Training

Hire Association Europe (HAE) is investing in state of the art virtual reality (VR) technology to improve ...

Hire Association Europe (HAE) is investing in state of the art virtual reality (VR) technology to improve the safety of staff operating equipment Being able to use the training off-site is just one of ...

November 13, 2017
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Intelligent Construction Machines Arrive

|Date: November 10, 2017

Intelligent Construction Machines Arrive

Thanks to software developed by WMG, at the University of Warwick, and JCB, more fuel-efficient and envir ...

Thanks to software developed by WMG, at the University of Warwick, and JCB, more fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly machines are set to enter the market The software was created as part of th ...

November 10, 2017
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