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Buckingham Plant Hire is stepping away from heavy plant operations

|Date: March 14, 2025

Buckingham Plant Hire is stepping away from heavy plant operations

Buckingham Plant Hire, one of the UK's long-established plant hire specialists, is stepping away from hea ...

Buckingham Plant Hire, one of the UK's long-established plant hire specialists, is stepping away from heavy plant operations after 69 years in the sector to concentrate on developing the sustainable d ...

March 14, 2025
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Aggreko highlights concerns over sustainability and operational inefficiencies

|Date: November 05, 2024

Aggreko highlights concerns over sustainability and operational inefficiencies

Aggreko survey highlights UK construction managers' concerns over sustainability and operational ineffici ...

Aggreko survey highlights UK construction managers' concerns over sustainability and operational inefficiencies. CPN looks at the findings. The construction industry is facing a ‘perfect storm’ of cha ...

November 05, 2024
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Taking Sustainability To New Heights

|Date: July 15, 2024

Taking Sustainability To New Heights

As a leading light in sustainability within the lifting sector, Cadman Cranes has come a long way on its ...

As a leading light in sustainability within the lifting sector, Cadman Cranes has come a long way on its green journey over the past few years. CPN talks to MD Matt Waddingham about the transformation ...

July 15, 2024
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Descartes outlines four surprising benefits of logistics software for construction

|Date: May 16, 2023

Descartes outlines four surprising benefits of logistics software for construction

Descartes outlines four surprising benefits of logistics software for construction Route optimisation, tr ...

Descartes outlines four surprising benefits of logistics software for construction Route optimisation, tracking, AI, yard management and proof of delivery (PoD) technology can make big differences in ...

May 16, 2023
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Emission-free welfare units added to Reactive Hire fleet thanks to Paragon funding

|Date: April 28, 2023

Emission-free welfare units added to Reactive Hire fleet thanks to Paragon funding

Leicestershire-based welfare cabin provider Reactive Hire has added new environmentally friendly units to ...

Leicestershire-based welfare cabin provider Reactive Hire has added new environmentally friendly units to its fleet thanks to asset financing from Paragon Bank. The Loughborough firm, which specialise ...

April 28, 2023
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Groundforce Shorco unveils a carbon calculator for temporary works

|Date: April 05, 2023

Groundforce Shorco unveils a carbon calculator for temporary works

Specialist shoring supplier Groundforce Shorco has developed a carbon calculator for temporary works and ...

Specialist shoring supplier Groundforce Shorco has developed a carbon calculator for temporary works and is making it available not just for customers but the shoring industry as a whole. This altruis ...

April 05, 2023
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Volvo CE expands mid-size electric offering with L120H electric conversion

|Date: March 02, 2023

Volvo CE expands mid-size electric offering with L120H electric conversion

As part of an industry-leading ambition to advance its electromobility offering with speed and reliabilit ...

As part of an industry-leading ambition to advance its electromobility offering with speed and reliability, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has developed a solution to convert the L120 wheel l ...

March 02, 2023
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JCB | Engines of change

|Date: March 02, 2023

JCB | Engines of change

A team of 100 engineers have been working on the project for more than a year and now JCB’s £100 million ...

A team of 100 engineers have been working on the project for more than a year and now JCB’s £100 million investment in super-efficient hydrogen engines has reached a significant milestone. The 50th hy ...

March 02, 2023
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Special Report | Keep up the pace

|Date: February 17, 2023

Special Report | Keep up the pace

Andy Morris, managing director of Hayfield, calls on industry to keep pace with low carbon technology. As ...

Andy Morris, managing director of Hayfield, calls on industry to keep pace with low carbon technology. As a business, we are committed to ambitious targets to lessen our impact on the environment, but ...

February 17, 2023
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