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Hague Plant wins trade mark battle with Martin Hague
Sheffield plant firm Hague Plant wins trade mark infringement battle against former director Martin Hague
Falling crane counter balance breaks fitter’s foot
Konecranes UK fined over accident at power station
First Cat electric dozer put to work in UK
The D7E can consume up to 30% less fuel and dramatically cuts noise levels in and around the cab
Finning signs Steadplan as NW compact dealer
Lancashire truck operators sign up as Cat compact dealers covering Lancashire and Cumbria
Cheap finance launched for recycling equipment
Construction Recycling Alliance unblocks finance logjam for new equipment
Chinese buy concrete pump maker Putzmeister
Sany pays a rumoured £500m for German concrete pump making giant
Crane drivers dispute hits Glasgow hospital site
Brookfield Southern General hospital job disrupted by walkout over pay
Caterpillar delivers record sales and profits up 83%
US machinery giant sees strong rebound in sales and profits
Fork Rent boosts tele fleet with 600 JCB Loadalls
Fork Rent plans to open a depot in the north as part of its ambitious expansion
Driver thrown through window into digger bucket
Untrained operator left in coma after hitting a bridge during M1 construction work
Blackwood expands fleet for Scottish energy projects
Scottish plant hirer has bought 16 JCB excavators to meet demand for renewable energy projects
JPE scales up aggregates business with Doosan deal
Wolverhampton contractor and aggregate supplier JPE buys five new Doosan wheel loaders and excavators.
JCB unveils heavy-duty telehandler
JCB targets waste and building market with new high capacity Loadall telehandler
Falling 1.4 tonne steel beam kills worker
Crane supplier fined £180,000 after tragedy at new incinerator site
Demolition worker loses control of digger
Community service for untrained builder who crushed colleague’s leg with excavator
Speedy places £3.3m order for JCB mini utility diggers
The new Speedy fleet of JCB 8018 excavators will be painted in hi-vis reflective paint
Volvo signs up home counties utility dealer
Royston-based Capital Plant Solutions (GB) takes on Volvo utility equipment dealership
Tower crane jib collapses at Saffron Walden site
Safety inspectors investigate luffing tower crane jib failure in Essex
North West Casey Group closes plant dealership
Rochdale-based construction and plant group closes New Holland dealership to concentrate on hire
Balfour utility arm signs Hewden operated plant deal
Hewden will supply excavators and dumpers with skilled drivers under new 12-month deal
Falling crane kills construction worker
Construction director fined £80,000 after company folds in wake of site tragedy
JCB workers get £500 Xmas bonus and 5.2% pay rise
Plant giant shrugs off economic gloom with pay increase for 4,000 staff who share £2m bonus pot
Thieves steal four-tonne digger attachments
Detectives believe diggers parts worth £60,000 were stolen to order in Sussex
Caterpillar to double backhoe output at Desford
US plant giant invests £50m in UK to raise annual backhoe production to 20,000 units
A-Plant rentals rise 11% to £86m in first half
Operating profits edge up to £5m at A-Plant as rentals start to recover
JCB new engine project to create 350 jobs
JCB next generation engine will create jobs at factories in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham
Lavendon rebrands access hire under Nationwide Platforms
Lavedon launches Sky Siren anti crush device and unveils plan to spend £25m on new equipment next year
Grandfather killed in fall as cherry picker collapses
Amey and Mouchel fined £60,000 following death of grandfather-of-three
Vp invests £15.9m in new rental kit
Strong results spark buying spree but hire rates rising as cost of new machines increases
Tower crane register to be scrapped
Union outrage as review of safety laws calls for end to register introduced after spate of crane collapses
Time running out for plant tax break
Deadline looms to take advantage of £40,000 tax allowance on buying up to £100,000 of new plant equipment
Speedy wins £2m nuclear lifting kit deal
Hire giant wins contract to supply lifting equipment to Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Boris launches review of “killer” construction HGVs
Construction vehicles under the spotlight after eight cyclists killed in the capital
Hydrex rail division saved from administration
Network Rail takes on 531 staff from plant giant Hydrex
Crossrail helps Speedy back into profit
Hire giant making money in all divisions as focus continues on utilities and major projects
Garic launches green site welfare hut
Garic spends £4m developing site welfare unit which can cut fuel costs by up to £150 a week
Bradford civils firm chooses Kubota mini excavators
Groundworks contractor Moortown switches mini fleet over to Kubota
Big firms sign up for Plantworx show
New construction plant show is already one third sold with 18 months to go
Hewden launches cost-saving eco site hut
Plant hirer claims its EasyCabin will save £6,000 annually in electricity generating fuel costs
JCB founder’s grandson new boss of compact machines arm
Jo Bamford rises to take control of compact and utility machines businesses at JCB
Speedy signs five-year hire deal with Morgan Sindall
Tool hire giant targets long-term agreements to provide kit for major contractors
Breedon quietly paves the way with Volvo
Volvo’s latest paver machine delivers 25% fuel saving on previous model and 9dB noise reduction
Volker strikes deal with plant hirer Hewden
VolkerFitzpatrick and VolkerHighways sign a one-year multi-product hire deal with Hewden
Plant thief jailed after JCB rampage – video
Police chase man who stole £50,000 JCB telehandler through Nottinghamshire. Sixteen other thefts taken into account
Lafarge hands plant fleet management to Babcock
Babcock secures £50m heavy plant fleet management deal with Lafarge at cement and quarry businesses
Big 12 back Plantworx at stand draw event
Del Boy and Patsy look-a-likes add glamour to launch event
Builder catapulted from telehandler bucket
Worker breaks back in fall as demolition job goes horribly wrong
Manitou back in the black
Turnover jumps 45% to €562m in 2011, while net income was back in positive territoy at €15m.
Doosan rebadges and upgrades Moxy ADT’s
Doosan launches “best in class” 40t ADT with increased engine power, faster speed and lower fuel consumption
Essex demolition firm extends its reach
Northeast Demolition modifies 36t JCB excavator to create versatile high reach demolition machine
Safety campaign launched for spreader plates
Trade body IPAF aims to improve safety during use of mobile elevating work platforms
Ainscough probe as 550 tonne crane topples over
Hire company and Liebherr helping HSE investigation into mobile crane accident
Hewlett fits anti-roll alarms to dump trucks
Hewlett’s major client Scottish and Southern Energy is considering making the safety measure a requirement on future projects
Lynch opens doors at new Midlands depot
Plant hire specialist hosts open day showcasing full range of kit
Bobcat takes a swing at 5t excavator market
Bobcat E5.5 compact excavator offers extended dig depth and dump height
Volvo excavator deal leads George Russell expansion
Falkirk contractor George Russell Construction steps up a gear to handle bigger muckshifting jobs
Giant crane slides into ditch on way to wind farm
Road blocked in Scotland after mobile slides off A822 on way to Lagan job
Burlington Stone upgrades Cumbrian quarry fleet
New Case CX470B crawler excavator and a 921E wheeled loader go into production at Kirkby in Furness Quarry, Cumbria.
Morrison Utilities ramps up excavator fleet
Chippindale Plant signs bulk order for 45 Volvo EC17C compact excavators
Clements Plant switches to Kubota
Coventry hirer moves to Kubota mini-excavators supplied by BTE Plant Sales
Demolition worker dies dismantling excavator
Contractor fined £15,000 after stabilizing weight on machine crushes worker
£58m nuclear repair and plant hire deal up for grabs
Sellafield bosses launch four-year framework to maintain nuclear plant
Hard hat buzzer to save lives on site
Hi-tech system starts vibrating when workers get too near plant and machinery
Speedy to sell economic forecasts to contractors
Workload forecasts based of Speedy management data to be made commercially available
Hewden launches contractor plant training service
National hirer launches easy-access accredited training service for contractors
Hewden launches 27/7 breakdown and repair service
Plant hirer rolls out round-the-clock breakdown service throughout the UK
Plant gang nick £1.5m of kit by posing as contractors
Gang jailed after robberies from 22 sites across the north of England and Wales
Norfolk house builder sets up civils firm
Shortage of groundworks contractors prompts Stepford Homes to set up own civils contracting arm
Stinger traps stop mini digger plant heist
Police arrest two after road traps halt getaway from Debyshire construction site
Crane jib hits 20,000v power line
Machine left in raised position on back of lorry as driver has lucky escape
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