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Guidance on lifting with excavators to be updated
Guidance on lifting suspended loads with excavators is set to undergo revision, it has emerged…
The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) is to update guidance on...
Revenge of the dormouse
The dormouse appears to be getting his revenge, from being a delicacy to now preventing developers from gaining planning consent if mitigation plans are...
Offsite prefabrication and manufacture
Prefabricated models offer numerous benefits. Grant Hood, of The Cad Room explains the role they can play in construction...
The Cad Room have been involved...
Plans to stop contractors undercutting wages to be introduced
A new law aimed at preventing contractors from hiring EU subcontractors at cheaper rates than national wage is set to be introduced…
The government has...
Power tools are the top item stolen from construction sites
Power tools, bags of cement, and ladders are among the top 10 items reported stolen from construction sites, it has emerged…
A new survey from...
Are you complying with CDM2015?
Callsafe Services Limited help to explain the Health and Safety Executive’s interpretation of what is construction and the application of CDM2015…
As the transitional provisions...
Shorter hours vote saves JCB jobs
Employees working at Staffordshire machinery firm JCB have voted to work shorter hours over the next three months to prevent redundancies…
Earlier this month JCB...
100 jobs to be cut at Caterpillar’s NI operations
Plant equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has announced 100 jobs are set to be cut as revenues fall…
In a major blow for the plant equipment sector,...
Newport construction supplier set to double turnover
A Newport supplier of construction equipment is expected to record a turnover of more than double the expected target…
Altraxx Plant Services was launched in...
Jewson turns around loss-making branches
Builders’ merchant Jewson has reported sales have improved at a number of loss-making branches, pushing the firm back into the black…
Coventry-based builders’ merchant Jewson...
GAP purchases 100 new telehandlers
In a deal worth £4.5m, GAP Hire Solutions has purchased over 100 new telehandlers…
Plant equipment rental company GAP Hire Solutions has placed an order...
Could young offenders be a solution to the skills shortage?
PC Sonya Hill MBE talks to PBC Today ahead of the CPA Annual Conference, and explains the importance of a scheme that involves the...
Could young offenders be a solution to the skills shortage?
PC Sonya Hill MBE talks to PBC Today ahead of the CPA Annual Conference, and explains the importance of a scheme that involves the...
JCB slump could see 400 job losses
A decline in global construction could lead to a number of job losses at machine plant giant firm JCB…
Formal talks are underway between staff...
Compact version of JCB’s backhoe digger launched
Plant equipment giant JCB has launched a compact version of its trademark backhoe digger…
Demand for a smaller version of a popular plant machine has...
Engineering firm in court over legionella failings
An international engineering firm has been fined for failing to manage the risk of potentially fatal legionella bacteria developing…
Chromalloy UK Limited, which refurbishes turbine...
Ashtead reports strong performance in equipment rentals
Tool hire group Ashtead has reported revenues are up by more than a quarter, showing a strong performance in the sector…
Tool hire group Ashtead...
PROFILE: Fast Flexible Finance
JCB outline their fast, flexible finance…
Our aim is to ensure that our UK customers benefit from over 40 years of knowledge and experience in...
Fast Flexible Finance
JCB outline their fast, flexible finance.
Our aim is to ensure that our UK customers benefit from over 40 years of knowledge and experience in...
£220m funding deal for GAP Group
Tool and equipment hire company GAP Group aims to double business in the next five years after securing a funding deal...
The Glasgow-based company GAP...
Plugging the skills gap
As an active Construction Equipment Association member, Junaid Makda of Nylacast views the construction equipment industry skills gap not as a problem, but as...
Britcon has announced a new managing director
Paul Clarkson, former operations director, has been promoted to managing director of the building, civil engineering, and structural steelwork contractor Britcon.
Paul Clarkson, who has...
JCB Finance launches £60m fund to support Britain’s builders
JCB Finance today launched a new £60 million fund to support construction machinery purchases as a survey reveals UK builders are at their busiest...
JCB Finance launches £60m fund for buy now pay later scheme
JCB Finance launches £60m fund to help customers’ cash flow, when acquiring plant and machinery, with a buy now and pay later scheme to...
Engineering the stars of our future
The Construction Plant-hire Association discuss the benefits and the importance of apprentices for the construction, mechanical and engineering sector.
In May 2013 at the inaugural...