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Lynch plant hire fined £800,000 over abnormal load

Travelling excavator caught in police clampdown

6 days ago

JCB to double size of US factory in wake of Trump tariffs

$500m Texas factory under construction to expand to 1m sq ft

1 week ago

Cat deal sees Flannery plant investment top £100m this year

Leading plant hirer continues to invest in fleet

4 weeks ago

Takeuchi sells its 50,000th excavator in UK and Ireland

Hirer L-Lynch expands its fleet

1 month ago

Police arrest plant hire fraud gang

Nine arrests after kit hired “with no intent of ever returning the machines”

1 month ago

New mobile charging vans crack electric plant downtime anxiety

FM Conway trials new service that recharges small plant in one hour

2 months ago

City centre electric crane available from AGD

Rental specialist now selling latest Marchetti machine

2 months ago

Speedy Hire latest to be hit by slow CP7 rail spending

Plant-hire firm flags issues with latest Network Rail spending round

2 months ago

Building boss sold diggers still on HP

Court hears how building director sold rented machines to fund sports car and gambling habit

3 months ago

Buckingham Plant Hire quits heavy kit market

Firm to sell fleet and focus on lighter, sustainable plant

3 months ago

Vp launches dedicated rail division

Launch comes as equipment rental specialist posts latest results

5 months ago

High tech construction plant could save country £417bn

Costain report says kit which connects and drives itself will provide a massive economic boost

6 months ago

Balfour puts human recognition cameras on plant

Supply chain will need to install similar measures next year

9 months ago

Tarmac trials electric tipper truck

Pioneering EV tipper being put through its paces

10 months ago

Amey switches kit supplier to Speedy from HSS

New plant and equipment hire deal worth £25m a year

10 months ago

Van Elle fined £233,000 after piling rig kills driver

Court hears how tragedy was caused by poorly maintained plant

10 months ago

Squibb liquidator probes £2m of “missing” plant

Machinery, cars and scrap metal have disappeared at demolition specialist

11 months ago

Plant bosses blast “inflexible” police over road bans

Officers spotted outside sites and depots monitoring movements of large kit

11 months ago

Road sweeper specialist files administration notice

Go Plant lodges court notice

11 months ago

Hydrogen-fuelled diggers to be allowed onto highways

Government to raise barrier to widespread use of hydrogen fuelled plant in construction

1 year ago

Police hunt for blundering dumper truck thief

Raider drove into a fence before getting stuck on a bank

1 year ago

AGD suppliers latest crawler cranes for HS2

Buyer Total Plant Ltd puts two Sennebogen machines to work in Birmingham

1 year ago

Fife groundworks and plant hirer goes under axing 35 jobs

James Penman (Plant Hire) falls into administration in 50th anniversary year

1 year ago

Cornish plant hire firm files administration notice

Duchy Plant Hire has a 400-strong fleet serving sites across the South West

1 year ago

Plant sales slumped 29% in final quarter of last year

Excavator sales hardest hit by downturn

1 year ago

New partnership promotes plant crossing safety

SRL Traffic Systems and CLD Physical Security Systems establish hire partnership

1 year ago

Rail plant giant TXM files administration notice

Staff looking for new jobs at UK’s largest supplier of road/rail vehicles

1 year ago

Worker crushed to death at Nationwide Platforms site

Powered access hire giant fined £900,000

1 year ago

JCB and Manitou end six-year legal battle

Plant giants settle telehandler patent dispute

1 year ago

JCB prompts probe into “dumped” Chinese diggers

Trade watchdog to investigate if Chinese kit is unfairly undercutting domestic machines

1 year ago

Plant hirer Lyndon Thomas enters liquidation

Firm specialised in providing heavy earthmoving equipment and skilled operators

1 year ago

Nixon Hire to put 500 machines under the hammer

Plant hirer to offload rental fleet in switch to site accommodation

1 year ago

Plant hire firm fined after work experience boy, 16, injured

Quick thinking Tom Cutler used his belt as a tourniquet after machine toppled on his leg

1 year ago

Buckingham Plant Hire still trading as normal

Separate plant business “not affected” by collapse of contractor

2 years ago

Groundworks and plant hire specialist collapses

181 jobs lost as housing downturn claims latest victim

2 years ago

Lower Thames Crossing to lead switch to hydrogen fuelled plant

National Highways commits to remove 66 million litres of diesel on tunnel job

2 years ago

World’s first hydrogen-electric powered access platform

Speedy Hire and Niftylift pioneer zero carbon MEWP

2 years ago

JCB launches all-day operation electric site loader

Compact loader promises productivity matching 403 diesel model

2 years ago

Speedy rules out fraud after £20m of kit goes missing

Hire giant to improve stock taking procedures

2 years ago

Barhale fits digital ‘thumbs up’ safety signs to diggers

Digital AI safety feature tells workers when safe to approach plant on site

2 years ago

R O’Donnell Plant & Civil files administration notice

Leeds groundworks and drainage contractor lodges court papers

2 years ago

World’s biggest excavator sale in Leeds this week

More than 1,000 machines will come under the hammer at Euro Auctions site

2 years ago

Hydrogen-powered backhoes approved to drive on roads

Government approves use of hydrogen-fueled diggers on public highways.

2 years ago

Haulier Fox Group scoops up national plant hirer

Fast-expanding north west based haulier buys B&W Plant Hire & Sales and its 2,500-strong hire fleet

2 years ago

Kobelco suspends some plant sales over engine scandal

Manufacturer stops selling some excavators and crawler cranes over emissions fear

3 years ago

Thomas Plant buys collapsed Hawkrent in pre-pack deal

Over 20 jobs saved at Shropshire plant hire business

3 years ago

HS2 achieves first diesel-free construction site

Skanska Costain STRABAG JV runs Kilburn site with green kit

3 years ago

Ritchie Bros scraps £775m Euro Auctions takeover

Launch of detailed Competition and Market Authority probe derails takeover

3 years ago

Vac UK puts in another giant order for £10m of machines

20 new Longo Rhino excavators add to specialist’s impressive fleet

3 years ago

Competition probe launched into plant auction deal

Competition and Markets Authority raises concerns over plans by Ritchie Bros to buy Euro Auctions

3 years ago

Call grows to delay red diesel ban as fuel costs soar

Contractors want to see a 12 month delay in removal of red diesel rebate as April 1 deadline looms

3 years ago

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