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    Morris Leslie Plant Hire

    Most of us make do with a candle for each year we’ve been around but not Scotland’s Morris Leslie Plant H ...

    Most of us make do with a candle for each year we’ve been around but not Scotland’s Morris Leslie Plant Hire. It’s having 50 JCB backhoe loaders to celebrate its 50th birthday. They are part of an ord ...

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    Rotary club

    Bobcat’s new range of rotary telehandlers offers nine Stage V powered models for the European market, cov ...

    Bobcat’s new range of rotary telehandlers offers nine Stage V powered models for the European market, covering lifting heights from 18 to 39m and lifting capacities from 5 to 8t. One of the key aspect ...

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    £100 well spent

    Chippindale Plant is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month. Founded in 1949 by Wilfred Chippindale ...

    Chippindale Plant is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month. Founded in 1949 by Wilfred Chippindale with £100 of his savings, the company has gone from selling concrete and scaffolding, to become ...

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    Max features, mini machines

    The new DX17Z-7 zero tail swing and DX19-7 conventional Stage V compliant mini-excavators from Develon ar ...

    The new DX17Z-7 zero tail swing and DX19-7 conventional Stage V compliant mini-excavators from Develon are said to provide significantly increased performance, versatility, operator comfort and easier ...

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    WHC Hire

    Six-times winner of the health and safety gold medal award from RoSPA, WHC Hire is introducing 6 tonne an ...

    Six-times winner of the health and safety gold medal award from RoSPA, WHC Hire is introducing 6 tonne and 9 tonne cabbed dumpers from Thwaites well ahead of forthcoming safety legislation. “We knew i ...

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    60 not out!

    JCB Chairman Anthony Bamford has celebrated an unprecedented milestone with the firm - 60 years’ service. ...

    JCB Chairman Anthony Bamford has celebrated an unprecedented milestone with the firm - 60 years’ service. Having completed an engineering apprenticeship with Massey Ferguson in France, he first walked ...

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    Clean bill of health?

    By the time you read this the date for the government’s call for evidence on non-road mobile machinery (N ...

    By the time you read this the date for the government’s call for evidence on non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) and its decarbonisation options will have passed – it was the  26th  of  March for the rec ...

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    Capital gains

    Kevin Gardner, commercial manager at BPI Asset Disposal Solutions, looks at how to get the best deal for ...

    Kevin Gardner, commercial manager at BPI Asset Disposal Solutions, looks at how to get the best deal for equipment you no longer need. The construction industry is a key driver of economic growth and ...

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    Tech upgrade boosts economy

    In response to demand for more user-friendly telematics technology on construction machinery, Finning has ...

    In response to demand for more user-friendly telematics technology on construction machinery, Finning has upgraded Cat customers to a new software solution that delivers insights into fuel use and ope ...

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     Transmission revamp

    It’s time for construction fleets to consider whole life costs, says Nathan Wilson, account and area sale ...

    It’s time for construction fleets to consider whole life costs, says Nathan Wilson, account and area sales manager UK & Republic of Ireland for Allison Transmission. It’s no secret that tippers an ...

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