Plant
Lynch plant hire fined £800,000 over abnormal load
Travelling excavator caught in police clampdown
JCB to double size of US factory in wake of Trump tariffs
$500m Texas factory under construction to expand to 1m sq ft
Cat deal sees Flannery plant investment top £100m this year
Leading plant hirer continues to invest in fleet
Takeuchi sells its 50,000th excavator in UK and Ireland
Hirer L-Lynch expands its fleet
Police arrest plant hire fraud gang
Nine arrests after kit hired “with no intent of ever returning the machines”
New mobile charging vans crack electric plant downtime anxiety
FM Conway trials new service that recharges small plant in one hour
City centre electric crane available from AGD
Rental specialist now selling latest Marchetti machine
Speedy Hire latest to be hit by slow CP7 rail spending
Plant-hire firm flags issues with latest Network Rail spending round
Building boss sold diggers still on HP
Court hears how building director sold rented machines to fund sports car and gambling habit
Buckingham Plant Hire quits heavy kit market
Firm to sell fleet and focus on lighter, sustainable plant
Vp launches dedicated rail division
Launch comes as equipment rental specialist posts latest results
High tech construction plant could save country £417bn
Costain report says kit which connects and drives itself will provide a massive economic boost
Balfour puts human recognition cameras on plant
Supply chain will need to install similar measures next year
Tarmac trials electric tipper truck
Pioneering EV tipper being put through its paces
Amey switches kit supplier to Speedy from HSS
New plant and equipment hire deal worth £25m a year
Van Elle fined £233,000 after piling rig kills driver
Court hears how tragedy was caused by poorly maintained plant
Squibb liquidator probes £2m of “missing” plant
Machinery, cars and scrap metal have disappeared at demolition specialist
Plant bosses blast “inflexible” police over road bans
Officers spotted outside sites and depots monitoring movements of large kit
Road sweeper specialist files administration notice
Go Plant lodges court notice
Hydrogen-fuelled diggers to be allowed onto highways
Government to raise barrier to widespread use of hydrogen fuelled plant in construction
Police hunt for blundering dumper truck thief
Raider drove into a fence before getting stuck on a bank
AGD suppliers latest crawler cranes for HS2
Buyer Total Plant Ltd puts two Sennebogen machines to work in Birmingham
Fife groundworks and plant hirer goes under axing 35 jobs
James Penman (Plant Hire) falls into administration in 50th anniversary year
Cornish plant hire firm files administration notice
Duchy Plant Hire has a 400-strong fleet serving sites across the South West
Plant sales slumped 29% in final quarter of last year
Excavator sales hardest hit by downturn
New partnership promotes plant crossing safety
SRL Traffic Systems and CLD Physical Security Systems establish hire partnership
Rail plant giant TXM files administration notice
Staff looking for new jobs at UK’s largest supplier of road/rail vehicles
Worker crushed to death at Nationwide Platforms site
Powered access hire giant fined £900,000
JCB and Manitou end six-year legal battle
Plant giants settle telehandler patent dispute
JCB prompts probe into “dumped” Chinese diggers
Trade watchdog to investigate if Chinese kit is unfairly undercutting domestic machines
Plant hirer Lyndon Thomas enters liquidation
Firm specialised in providing heavy earthmoving equipment and skilled operators
Nixon Hire to put 500 machines under the hammer
Plant hirer to offload rental fleet in switch to site accommodation
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
Buckingham Plant Hire still trading as normal
Separate plant business “not affected” by collapse of contractor
Groundworks and plant hire specialist collapses
181 jobs lost as housing downturn claims latest victim
Lower Thames Crossing to lead switch to hydrogen fuelled plant
National Highways commits to remove 66 million litres of diesel on tunnel job
World’s first hydrogen-electric powered access platform
Speedy Hire and Niftylift pioneer zero carbon MEWP
JCB launches all-day operation electric site loader
Compact loader promises productivity matching 403 diesel model
Speedy rules out fraud after £20m of kit goes missing
Hire giant to improve stock taking procedures
Barhale fits digital ‘thumbs up’ safety signs to diggers
Digital AI safety feature tells workers when safe to approach plant on site
R O’Donnell Plant & Civil files administration notice
Leeds groundworks and drainage contractor lodges court papers
World’s biggest excavator sale in Leeds this week
More than 1,000 machines will come under the hammer at Euro Auctions site
Hydrogen-powered backhoes approved to drive on roads
Government approves use of hydrogen-fueled diggers on public highways.
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
Kobelco suspends some plant sales over engine scandal
Manufacturer stops selling some excavators and crawler cranes over emissions fear
Thomas Plant buys collapsed Hawkrent in pre-pack deal
Over 20 jobs saved at Shropshire plant hire business
HS2 achieves first diesel-free construction site
Skanska Costain STRABAG JV runs Kilburn site with green kit
Ritchie Bros scraps £775m Euro Auctions takeover
Launch of detailed Competition and Market Authority probe derails takeover
Vac UK puts in another giant order for £10m of machines
20 new Longo Rhino excavators add to specialist’s impressive fleet
Competition probe launched into plant auction deal
Competition and Markets Authority raises concerns over plans by Ritchie Bros to buy Euro Auctions
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