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UK Imports and Exports of Construction and Earthmoving equipment – Q4 2022

|Date: March 22, 2023

UK Imports and Exports of Construction and Earthmoving equipment – Q4 2022

In the fourth quarter of 2022, exports of construction and earthmoving equipment recorded the highest qua ...

In the fourth quarter of 2022, exports of construction and earthmoving equipment recorded the highest quarterly level of trade since 2013 (since trade has been monitored) in both £ value and tonnage s ...

March 22, 2023
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Construction industry reactions to the 2023 Spring Budget

|Date: March 15, 2023

Construction industry reactions to the 2023 Spring Budget

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP announced the 2023 Spring Budget today (March 15th). CPN will collect reactions ...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP announced the 2023 Spring Budget today (March 15th). CPN will collect reactions to the budget from across the industry. This article will be updated as more reactions come in ...

March 15, 2023
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SaveMoneyCutCarbon comments ahead of 2023 Spring Budget

|Date: March 14, 2023

SaveMoneyCutCarbon comments ahead of 2023 Spring Budget

Lee Hyde, Director of Sustainability as a Service at leading sustainability and money-saving platform, Sa ...

Lee Hyde, Director of Sustainability as a Service at leading sustainability and money-saving platform, SaveMoneyCutCarbon, discusses how businesses can prepare themselves for the drastic reduction in ...

March 14, 2023
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CPA respond to Chancellor’s January 2023 economic speech

|Date: January 27, 2023

CPA respond to Chancellor’s January 2023 economic speech

Following Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s speech on the economy earlier today, Kevin Minton, Chief Executive of ...

Following Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s speech on the economy earlier today, Kevin Minton, Chief Executive of the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) said: “‘The Chancellor is right to focus on lower ...

January 27, 2023
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UK construction equipment sales showed strong growth in October

|Date: November 28, 2022

UK construction equipment sales showed strong growth in October

Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in October were 11% above sales in the same month ...

Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in October were 11% above sales in the same month last year. As a result, sales in the first ten months of the year have almost caught up with la ...

November 28, 2022
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Construction industry responds to Autumn Statement

|Date: November 17, 2022

Construction industry responds to Autumn Statement

CPN collects reactions from across the industry to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement on November ...

CPN collects reactions from across the industry to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement on November 17th. Click here for a brief summary of the statement by the BBC. CPA Response to Chancellor’s ...

November 17, 2022
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Construction wages increasing at less than half the inflation rate

|Date: November 17, 2022

Construction wages increasing at less than half the inflation rate

Dominick Sandford, Managing Director at IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect, said: “The construction ...

Dominick Sandford, Managing Director at IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect, said: “The construction industry has been hit hard in the last few years, and its latest challenge comes in the form of ...

November 17, 2022
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UK Construction equipment sales showed growth in August

|Date: October 10, 2022

UK Construction equipment sales showed growth in August

Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in August were 6% above sales in the same month la ...

Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in August were 6% above sales in the same month last year. This was the strongest performance since February when sales were ahead of last year's ...

October 10, 2022
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CPA respond to Chancellor’s mini budget for 2022

|Date: September 23, 2022

CPA respond to Chancellor’s mini budget for 2022

Following Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s statement this morning, Kevin Minton, Chief Executive of the Constr ...

Following Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s statement this morning, Kevin Minton, Chief Executive of the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) said: “We welcome the government’s renewed focus and commit ...

September 23, 2022
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Get a tax ‘Super-Deduction’ – invest in Trime’s X-WASH plant cleaning system

|Date: September 22, 2022

Get a tax ‘Super-Deduction’ – invest in Trime’s X-WASH plant cleaning system

Trime, the leading manufacturer of a range of sustainable equipment for industry, is making rental firms ...

Trime, the leading manufacturer of a range of sustainable equipment for industry, is making rental firms aware of the ‘super-deduction’ 130% capital allowance offered by the UK Government HMRC. Super- ...

September 22, 2022
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