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Clean bill of health?

|Date: April 04, 2024

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 ...

April 04, 2024
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Creative accounting

|Date: February 12, 2024

Creative accounting

Sir Jon Thompson’s recent appearance in front of the Transport Select Committee was almost as funny as it ...

Sir Jon Thompson’s recent appearance in front of the Transport Select Committee was almost as funny as it was extraordinary. The HS2 Ltd executive chairman told the committee that the estimated cost f ...

February 12, 2024
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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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MPs form all-party mining and quarrying group

|Date: July 14, 2021

MPs form all-party mining and quarrying group

Members of Parliament have formed a new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Mining and Quarrying, sup ...

Members of Parliament have formed a new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Mining and Quarrying, supported by the Mineral Products Association (MPA). This new cross-party group will help to keep ...

July 14, 2021
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Chancellor’s Spending Review | Reactions from the industry

|Date: November 26, 2020

Chancellor’s Spending Review | Reactions from the industry

Construction Plant News collects reactions from across the industry to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Spending ...

Construction Plant News collects reactions from across the industry to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Spending Review on Wednesday November 25th. This post will be updated as more reactions come in. Hannah ...

November 26, 2020
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Industry responds to Government’s HS2 decision

|Date: February 12, 2020

Industry responds to Government’s HS2 decision

CPN collects reactions on the decision by the Conservative government to go ahead with the controversial ...

CPN collects reactions on the decision by the Conservative government to go ahead with the controversial HS2 transport project. This post may be expanded as more reactions come in. Association for Con ...

February 12, 2020
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CECA: Time To Show How Infrastructure Improves Lives

|Date: December 04, 2018

CECA: Time To Show How Infrastructure Improves Lives

Civil engineering contractors have called for industry to work with Government to develop better measures ...

Civil engineering contractors have called for industry to work with Government to develop better measures of the way that the nation’s infrastructure improves the lives of people in the UK. Historical ...

December 04, 2018
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Network Rail Announces Partnership with Innovate UK

|Date: November 13, 2018

Network Rail Announces Partnership with Innovate UK

In a bid to see new ideas, greater efficiencies and more investment in the railway, Network Rail is partn ...

In a bid to see new ideas, greater efficiencies and more investment in the railway, Network Rail is partnering with Innovate UK, the government’s innovation agency that helps grow the UK economy by su ...

November 13, 2018
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