Plant
Vp buys digger attachments specialist Sandhurst
Expanding rental group pays £3.3m for Rochester-based hirer Sandhurst
Danaher & Walsh quits plant hire market
Leicestershire contractor to concentrate on civil engineering and pipeline divisions
JCB customer finance reaches record £1bn
Lending to help hirers and contractors hits record high
HS2 forces firms to use least polluting trucks and plant
Rail project raises bar to exceed London emission standards
Contractor designs cost-saving long-reach sheet piling rig
Sheet Piling (UK) designed rig to speed-up Smart motorway work
HSS to sell UK Platforms powered access division for £60m
Cash from sale to Nationwide Platforms will help pay down debts
Hirer L Lynch open new plant “Super Centre”
Larger HQ will help hirer accommodate growth plans
Runaway dumper traps worker in trench
HSE warns over site vehicle maintenance after groundworks accident
Balfour bags £115m Network Rail tamping deal
Seven year contract to operate fleet of 13 maintenance vehicles across Anglia and South East
UK’s largest flat-top crane lands at Heathrow Airport
City Lifting modifies crane to up lift capacity for pre-assembled hotel modules
JCB launches electric mini digger
Battery powered mini will operate all day on single charge with zero emissions
JCB creates 600 jobs to meet boom in global demand
New jobs will be spread around Staffordshire and Derbyshire factories
Plantworx moves to Peterborough for 2019 show
Indoor and outdoor facilities of East of England Arena will stop show being blighted by bad weather
JCB starts production of hi viz dumpers
Latest range is designed to improve site safety
JCB boss Bamford bullish about UK economy
Digger giant boosts spending with UK suppliers by 13%
AGD Equipment to supply another rig to piling specialist Ivor King
Latest deal sees RTG machine added to fleet
Vp buys Brandon Hire for £41.6m
Major deal in the tool and equipment rental sector
CITB buys plant simulators to fill operator skills gap
Sixteen plant simulators will help to train next generation of operators
Shake-up of plant training system divides industry
Changes by CITB come under fire from contractors and training specialists
Plant operators get in-cab entertainment
Latest Hyundai loader boasts car-style “infotainment” system
JCB launches Hi-Viz dumper
Machinery giant launches new model in a bid to prevent site accidents
VP bullish about construction prospects after record results
Equipment rental specialist enjoys growth across all sectors
Countdown to largest UK plant show
More than 15,000 people set to visit Leicestershire Plantworx show in early-June
Worker killed by reversing telescopic handler
Tragedy on disorganised site with no segregation between vehicles and workers
Speedy bounces back into the black
Turnaround plan lifts plant hirer into £14m profit after £58m loss in 2016
Contractors keen on new site huts from Mobile Mini
Site accommodation specialist invests £1m in new fleet of Groundhog units
Vp swoops on specialist M&E hirer
Jackson Mechanical Services M&E tool hire arm sold for £3.6m
HSS racks-up £17.4m loss as closures continue
Equipment hire specialist optimistic as branch and distribution network streamlined
Banner Plant expands into Leicestershire
Banner Plant swoops on independent rival Premier to strengthen East Midlands offer
Fairfax buys 80 Hitachi 8t diggers
Selby hirer places biggest order in company’s history
Company fined £700,000 for MEWP death fall
Washing machine giant fined after 66-year-old contractor dies during factory repair work
A-Plant snaps up Kier’s hoist business
Kier sheds last of plant and equipment interests
Mick George on the hunt for franchised drivers
Contractor looking for drivers to take on franchises at construction haulage arm
Loxam ups bid for Lavendon to £459m
Belgian and French giants slug it out for control of Leicester-based powered access specialist
Plant hirer Hewden crashed owing £240m
Unsecured creditors told there is little prospect of being paid
Plant hire boss jailed after platform collapse kills worker
Court hears how mobile platform boom should have been replaced rather than repaired
127 Hewden cranes on the block
Administrator calls in auctioneers after failure to find a buyer
JCB workforce agrees 2.2% pay rise for 2017
3,200 strong workforce accepts three-year pay deal
Bidding war hots up for control of Lavendon
European giants battle it out for control of UK powered access specialist
Ashbrook Plant Hire saves Hewden workers jobs
Rival hirers make move on collapsed Hewden’s depots
Terex sells Coventry dumper factory
French maker Mecalac swoops on backhoe, dumper and roller plant
Ladder fall costs Volvo £900,000
Worker at plant division left in coma
Rental specialist Vp bullish about construction prospects
Equipment hirer posts strong results and predicts even better next time
Rival bidder enters fray for Lavendon
Lomax reveals possible cash offer to trump TVH bid for Lavendon
Laing O’Rourke sells mobile crane fleet
Ainscough to buy Select Plant mobile cranes
HSS warns on profit after efficiency plan delays
Tool hirer says branch streamlining plan taking longer to implement than expected
250 jobs axed as Hewden collapses with more at risk
A-Plant swoops to buy three divisions in £29m deal with administrators
Belgian firm launches £348m hostile bid for Lavendon
Lavendon board rejects TVH Group approach as bid goes public
Crane hirer Hewden fighting for survival
Loss-making hirer’s financial woes deepen as negotiations to find new investors stall
Tower cranes to be erected for Manchester’s tallest building
Above ground work to start at 64-storey Owen Street resi complex