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With less than a month to go the Government has announced a delay to the introduction of the VAT Reverse Charge to UK construction until October 2020.The one year extension will be a welcome relief to JCB Finance customers a... Read Full Article

At Bauma earlier this year the world saw the launch of Komatsu’s new PC360LCi-11 intelligent excavator which is the first excavator in the 36-tonne weight class, factory integrated with a 3D semi-automatic system. The first of these excavato... Read Full Article

… will be in the eating,” says Tony Iles, Managing Director of Tonic Construction as the company chooses Volvo excavators for the very first time... Breaking with tradition, the Swindon based civil engineering a... Read Full Article

Doosan and Engcon have entered into an agreement regarding increased collaboration in Europe. The first Doosan excavators factory-fitted to be equipped with Engcon’s tiltrotators, control systems and hitches are being delivered during th... Read Full Article

One of the first electric mini diggers to roll off JCB's production line has been pressed straight into service on one of Europe's biggest and most prestigious infrastructure projects.The JCB 19C-1E was snapped up by leading plant hire fi... Read Full Article

Leading construction and infrastructure player Aggregate Industries, working in collaboration with the A14 Integrated Delivery Team, has laid its millionth tonne of material on Highways Englan... Read Full Article

PD Ports, one of t... Read Full Article

A British athlete who triple jumps further than the fully extended boom on one of JCB’s biggest Loadalls has an extra spring in his step today – after landing a sponsorship deal from digger maker JCB.Ben Williams, 27, of Newca... Read Full Article

Doosan Construction Equipment is launching the new DA30-7 and DA45-7 Stage V compliant articulated dump trucks (ADTs). The new DA30-7 and DA45-7 replace the previous DA30-5 and DA40-5 Stage IV models, respectively. The DA30-7 has a payload of 28 t... Read Full Article

RJT Excavations Ltd of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders continues to invest in Volvo Construction Equipment products by taking delivery of a further four excavators for its plant fleet...These most recent additions to RJT Excavat... Read Full Article

It may be stating the obvious that if the storage and handling steps in bulk materials manufacture processes do not function efficiently, then the process will be directly impacted upon.But, however obvi... Read Full Article

Bruks Siwertell has secured repeat business from US company Martin Operating Partnership, in Beaumont, Texas, in the form of a new ship loader capable of safely and reliably handling sulfur prill at high capacities.“There can be no ... Read Full Article

Remaining at the forefront of the industry, Newtownabbey based Sleator Plant are thrilled to officially announce their brand new SANY dealership.The Sleator Plant team are delighted to be adding the SANY range of tracked ... Read Full Article

P & T Fanelli Excavations recently purchased a 5 tonne Miller PowerLatch 180° Tilt coupler so they could utilise their Kubota U55-4 excavator to work on all types of excavation projects including pad, clearings, dams, subdivisions and drai... Read Full Article

If it is possible and practicable to do so, why do employers still not comply to health and safety standards and lower the number of accidents that happen onsite when operating MEWP-type platforms?According to recent studies from the HSE,... Read Full Article

CASE Construction Equipment dealer Dennis Barnfield Ltd. has recently completed the sale of 12 excavators to Ruttle Plant Hire. This represents Ruttle’s third order of multiple CASE excavators in the last year, the latest of which is destine... Read Full Article

A family run farming and agricultural contracting business, located at Lochmaben near Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway, has recently purchased a bespoke specified Volvo L70H ‘Ag Spec’ to enhance two important areas of its activit... Read Full Article

British Precast is the trade association for precast concrete manufacturers and members of the supply chain. The main aims of the federation are to promote precast concrete in the construction market; to disseminate information, through a range of... Read Full Article

Continuing its long-established relationship with Bell Equipment, Chepstow Plant has announced the purchase of 14 new E-series trucks, increasing the contractor’s substantial Bell fleet to thirty machines.Ten B30Es and four B40Es jo... Read Full Article

McCormack Demolition, based near Belfast, Northern Ireland, has just taken receipt of the first Stage V CASE machine sold in Ireland. The CASE CX90D excavator was prepared and sold by CASE dealer Cowan Bros NI Ltd, also based near Belfast.... Read Full Article