Construction charity increases support to sector workforce
THE Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity has revealed details of its work in 2019, including a 56% rise in demand for charitable services through its...
Fife Council invests in £46,000 electric road lining vehicle
FIFE Council's transportation service has taken delivery of a new £46,000 electric road lining vehicle.
The local authority said that its new LineLazer ECO ES...
Whyte Crane Hire enters administration
WHYTE Crane Hire has gone into administration, resulting in the loss of eleven jobs.
Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden of KPMG LLP have been appointed...
CRJ: Expert Third-Party Servicing for Recycling and Waste Processing Machinery
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In the competitive recycling and waste processing industry, machinery downtime can severely impact productivity and profitability. As the official UK...
£1 billion Business Support Fund opens in Scotland
The Scottish Government has opened its £1 billion business support fund to help companies impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak
Route to net zero starts with cost-saving tech
Construction has always been a balancing act, but for smaller firms, the pressures feel heavier than ever. Rising material prices, soaring fuel costs, and...
‘Unprecedented’ participation in online plant auctions during lockdown
RITCHIE Bros. has revealed that Internet bidding for heavy plant equipment has increased during the Covid-19 period.
The firm is currently holding all of its...
Balfour Beatty pioneers hydrogen-based engine cleaning tech to cut rail fleet emissions
BALFOUR Beatty has announced it has successfully completed a trial of Engine Carbon Clean (ECC) technology on a compact tamping machine, marking progress in...
HS2 project adopts advanced plant emissions scheme
HS2 has become the first infrastructure project to adopt CESAR ECV - a new advanced emissions identification scheme.
The Emissions Compliance Verification (ECV) scheme is...
JCB Finance accredited to provide CBILS-backed HP facility
JCB Finance has announced it has been accredited by the British Business Bank to provide the government Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) –...
Electric digger scoops top engineering innovation prize
JCB'S electric mini excavator has won a prestigious prize for engineering innovation.
The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering announced the manufacturer's low noise, zero emissions...
Powered access specialist invests in lifting range
POWERED access and tool hire specialist Source UK has invested in Genie material lifts supplied by Access Platform Sales (APS).
The firm has opted for the...
Case dealer celebrates 50th anniversary
CASE Construction Equipment dealer Warwick Ward Machinery recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.
Since being founded in 1970, the company has developed into a major stockist and...
JCB unveils out-of-this-world birthday artwork to mark anniversary
A huge '75' artwork visible from outer space has been carved into a Staffordshire stubble field to mark JCB's impending 75th birthday.
The giant logo...
App provides Speedy solution to cutting costs
EQUIPMENT provider Speedy revealed it has teamed up with Siemens to reduce the engineering firm's hire costs with the help of a new app.
The...
New book marks JCB’s 75 years in business
A new book celebrating JCB's 75 years in business has been published.
The 144-page JCB Scrapbook features more than 400 photographs, including some published for...
Armcon transitions to employee-owned business
VOLUMETRIC concrete mixer specialist Armcon has completed the transition to become an employee-owned business run through an employee ownership trust (EOT)
The firm was founded in...
Ardent Hire places mammoth telehandler order
ARDENT Hire Solutions has placed a massive £26 million order for 525 JCB Loadall telehandlers.
The order spans the compact 525-60 to the 540-200 models,...
Waste management specialist announces rebrand
FIFE-based waste management specialist Resource Efficient Solutions has rebranded to become Cireco.
With fresh investment in processing capabilities and facilities, the business said it is...
Volvo heartened by increased demand in Q1 2021
VOLVO Construction Equipment has revealed that demand in the first quarter of 2021 has increased 'sharply' from the same period last year following a...
Scottish civils optimism at ‘six-year high’
CECA Scotland has revealed optimism within Scotland's civil engineering sector is at a six-year high as infrastructure 'stands ready' to deliver a jobs-led recovery.
However,...
Kubota chairman receives French National Order of Merit medal
KUBOTA chairman and representative director Masatoshi Kimata has been awarded the National Order of Merit medal by France, an award usually reserved for French...
Sand and deliver: McCloskey machines help business produce milestone product total
FIFTEEN McCloskey machines have helped Cornwall-based Brookland Sand and Aggregates deliver more than one million tonnes of product in a year for the first...
New CECA Scotland chair appointed
MARK Bramley of Alness-based Pat Munro has been appointed chair of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Scotland.
He succeeds David Ross, MD of George...
Speedy extends partnership with home improvement retailer
SPEEDY has extended its partnership with home improvement retailer B&Q.
The move builds on an initial trial and will allow customers across the UK to...
Electric powered access delivery truck aids hire firm’s carbon goals
HIRE giant Speedy has announced the addition of an electric powered access delivery vehicle as part of a drive to decarbonise its fleet.
The Electra...
Liebherr launches new flat-top crane
LIEBHERR has added a new flat-top crane to its EC-B series portfolio in the form of the 470 EC-B, which is available in both...
New Kobelco mini is ‘tailored for productivity’
KOBELCO has announced that its all-new SK19 mini-excavator delivers 'superior performance' over the previous SK18-1E model thanks to a larger engine, new hydraulic system,...
1,000 cyclists to get on their bikes for JCB charity challenge
JCB has revealed that up to 1,000 cyclists are set to compete in the organisation's NSPCC Platinum Jubilee Appeal.
The event on Sunday, May 8th...
70-machine deal Advances quality, safety and green goals
MOLSON Young Plant Sales recently completed a 70-machine deal with Advance Construction, comprising 40 cabbed dumpers and 30 rollers.
The dumpers – a mix of...
