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The Scottish Plant Owners Association, Scot JCB and CITB collaborate to upgrade Plant equipment at NCC Inchinnan

|Date: March 16, 2023

The Scottish Plant Owners Association, Scot JCB and CITB collaborate to upgrade Plant equipment at NCC Inchinnan

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA), Scot JCB and CITB have collaborated to upgrade the machiner ...

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA), Scot JCB and CITB have collaborated to upgrade the machinery used for the Plant Mechanic Apprenticeship at CITB’s National Construction College at Inchinn ...

March 16, 2023
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13-year-old trucking on towards career in plant

|Date: January 05, 2023

13-year-old trucking on towards career in plant

13-year-old Jay Currie has become one of the youngest trained articulated dump truck drivers in the UK, a ...

13-year-old Jay Currie has become one of the youngest trained articulated dump truck drivers in the UK, after gaining his Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS) ADT (articulated dump truck) Red C ...

January 05, 2023
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Plant Sector Representative Organisation established

|Date: November 30, 2022

Plant Sector Representative Organisation established

A number of construction-based federations have now fully established a plant-focussed Sector Representat ...

A number of construction-based federations have now fully established a plant-focussed Sector Representative Organisation (SRO) known as the Plant Sector Representative Organisation (PSRO). The Constr ...

November 30, 2022
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Coalition of construction industry leaders call on Chancellor to defer red diesel changes

|Date: March 18, 2022

Coalition of construction industry leaders call on Chancellor to defer red diesel changes

From 1st April 2022, under current policy, the construction industry among others will be unable to use r ...

From 1st April 2022, under current policy, the construction industry among others will be unable to use red diesel, a dyed fuel with lower taxation than regular diesel. This decarbonisation strategy, ...

March 18, 2022
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Scottish Plant Owners Association calls for delay on red diesel legislation

|Date: March 04, 2022

Scottish Plant Owners Association calls for delay on red diesel legislation

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has issued guidance to its members ahead of new legislation ...

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has issued guidance to its members ahead of new legislation on April 1st which will remove the construction sector’s entitlement to use red diesel and reba ...

March 04, 2022
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Scottish Plant Owners Association calls for concerted industry action to tackle drug and alcohol misuse

|Date: December 02, 2020

Scottish Plant Owners Association calls for concerted industry action to tackle drug and alcohol misuse

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has called for stakeholders from across the industry to come ...

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has called for stakeholders from across the industry to come together to tackle the widespread problem of plant operators failing drug and alcohol tests wi ...

December 02, 2020
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Scottish Plant Owners Association response to the Government Consultation on the Removal of Red Diesel Subsidy

|Date: October 07, 2020

Scottish Plant Owners Association response to the Government Consultation on the Removal of Red Diesel Subsidy

The construction hire industry in Scotland has a hire revenue turnover of £1bn and our membership represe ...

The construction hire industry in Scotland has a hire revenue turnover of £1bn and our membership represents 97% of the construction equipment hire companies in Scotland. Our members are fully behind ...

October 07, 2020
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Budget 2020 | Industry reactions

|Date: March 11, 2020

Budget 2020 | Industry reactions

CPN collects reactions to today's highly-anticipated budget announcement by Chancellor Rishi Sunak. This ...

CPN collects reactions to today's highly-anticipated budget announcement by Chancellor Rishi Sunak. This post may be updated as more comments come in. Mark Anderson, SPOA President, writes on behalf o ...

March 11, 2020
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Support sought for new plant-based sector representative organisation

|Date: September 26, 2019

Support sought for new plant-based sector representative organisation

A number of employer associations and federations are working collaboratively to establish a new construc ...

A number of employer associations and federations are working collaboratively to establish a new construction plant-based sector representative organisation and are seeking support from the sector inc ...

September 26, 2019
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