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Mini CAT Excavator Stolen and Recovered

|Date: July 20, 2021

Mini CAT Excavator Stolen and Recovered

A Mini Excavator has been recovered and returned to a hire company following a break-in to a secure site ...

A Mini Excavator has been recovered and returned to a hire company following a break-in to a secure site on the outskirts of London. A team of skilled thieves broke into the site in the early hours of ...

July 20, 2021
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ACE – A New Specialist Police Unit to target Construction Plant & Agricultural Machinery theft

|Date: July 01, 2021

ACE – A New Specialist Police Unit to target Construction Plant & Agricultural Machinery theft

The theft of equipment from construction sites and farms has a significant impact on the businesses targe ...

The theft of equipment from construction sites and farms has a significant impact on the businesses targeted from both the loss and replacement of the equipment taken, in addition to the cost of tempo ...

July 01, 2021
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Plant and machinery theft continues to rise – a year after biggest spike ever

|Date: June 02, 2021

Plant and machinery theft continues to rise – a year after biggest spike ever

While the UK construction sector has been one of lesser impacted industries in the pandemic, it is being ...

While the UK construction sector has been one of lesser impacted industries in the pandemic, it is being hit by another ever-growing malaise – theft of plant machinery is at an all-time high according ...

June 02, 2021
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AMI | Tracking as security, not just telematics

|Date: April 29, 2021

AMI | Tracking as security, not just telematics

As the construction industry grows and evolves each year so do the demands that each company faces. Facto ...

As the construction industry grows and evolves each year so do the demands that each company faces. Factors that used to be an option have now become a standard including telematics and tracking solut ...

April 29, 2021
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Epiroc’s HATCON makes April Fools of the thieves

|Date: April 27, 2021

Epiroc’s HATCON makes April Fools of the thieves

When a loyal Epiroc customer found one of their new hydraulic breakers was missing from a construction si ...

When a loyal Epiroc customer found one of their new hydraulic breakers was missing from a construction site, they turned to Epiroc to help the police track it down. The missing MB 1000 had been suppli ...

April 27, 2021
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Keep your assets safe over Christmas

|Date: December 23, 2020

Keep your assets safe over Christmas

With the Christmas period upon us, it’s important to make sure that your sites and machinery are secure, ...

With the Christmas period upon us, it’s important to make sure that your sites and machinery are secure, not only with an AMI security solution but also conventional security and visual deterrents. Th ...

December 23, 2020
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AMI Group | Stolen Wacker Neuson telehandler recovered & returned in less than an hour

|Date: October 29, 2020

AMI Group | Stolen Wacker Neuson telehandler recovered & returned in less than an hour

AMI’s office received a phone call early Thursday morning from a customer reporting that their equipment ...

AMI’s office received a phone call early Thursday morning from a customer reporting that their equipment was not where they had previously left it the evening before, alerting AMI to theft of a Wacker ...

October 29, 2020
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Construction plant theft soars by an estimated 50% as COVID-19 forces sites to close

|Date: April 07, 2020

Construction plant theft soars by an estimated 50% as COVID-19 forces sites to close

During the last fortnight, there has been a marked increase in plant and tool theft from both vehicles an ...

During the last fortnight, there has been a marked increase in plant and tool theft from both vehicles and site compounds. The sharp spike in thefts is largely due to construction firms and contractor ...

April 07, 2020
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The CEA looks forward to new Police Resource in support of the CESAR network

|Date: August 07, 2019

The CEA looks forward to new Police Resource in support of the CESAR network

Organisational and priority changes within the Metropolitan Police led to the suspension of the activitie ...

Organisational and priority changes within the Metropolitan Police led to the suspension of the activities of the Plant and Agricultural National Intelligence Unit (PANIU) earlier this year. The CEA c ...

August 07, 2019
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