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Demand for back-up gen-sets surges by 35% in lieu of winter power cuts

|Date: September 01, 2022

Demand for back-up gen-sets surges by 35% in lieu of winter power cuts

Finning, the sole distributor of Cat power systems in the UK and Ireland, has seen a 35 per cent increase ...

Finning, the sole distributor of Cat power systems in the UK and Ireland, has seen a 35 per cent increase in demand for its back-up generators with customers from the data centre, construction and hea ...

September 01, 2022
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Worsley Plant | Switch to white diesel means companies need to think smarter

|Date: April 04, 2022

Worsley Plant | Switch to white diesel means companies need to think smarter

As part of the Government’s long-term plans to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and to encourag ...

As part of the Government’s long-term plans to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and to encourage the industry towards using alternative power sources, from Friday 1st April, companies operat ...

April 04, 2022
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Construction industry responds to red diesel laws in the wake of the Spring Statement

|Date: March 25, 2022

Construction industry responds to red diesel laws in the wake of the Spring Statement

CPN collects reactions from across the industry to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement, particularl ...

CPN collects reactions from across the industry to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement, particularly to the news that the change in red diesel laws will go ahead on 1st April despite the fuel cr ...

March 25, 2022
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CPA reacts to the Chancellor’s Spring Statement

|Date: March 24, 2022

CPA reacts to the Chancellor’s Spring Statement

Following Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement yesterday, Kevin Minton, Chief Executive of the Const ...

Following Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement yesterday, Kevin Minton, Chief Executive of the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) said: “Regrettably our calls for the super-deduction allow ...

March 24, 2022
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Response to the Spring Statement by Suneeta Johal, CEO of the CEA

|Date: March 23, 2022

Response to the Spring Statement by Suneeta Johal, CEO of the CEA

Suneeta Johal CEO of the CEA (Construction Equipment Association), responds to the Spring Statement by Ch ...

Suneeta Johal CEO of the CEA (Construction Equipment Association), responds to the Spring Statement by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in March 2022. Click here for an explanation of the statement's key points ...

March 23, 2022
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