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Energy Systems Catapult is launching an innovator challenge call in collaboration with Places for People, Geovation and Pineapple Partners, inviting SMEs developing produ...
On average, business and IT decision makers from UK construction organisations waste over a quarter (29%) of their time at work on tasks that do not add critical value. T...
The landmark machine was driven off the line at the company’s factory in Rocester, Staffordshire – the very location where the first JCB backhoe was manufactured almost 7...
GAP Hire Solutions, the UK’s largest independent rental company, has placed an order for 18 x 26t liquid waste tankers, following a recent announcement by the company’s H...
As the Northern Rail franchise this weekend moves into new ownership, leaders from across the North of England have said it is now ‘more important than ever’ that a ‘Tham...
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched its “Cheating or Competing?” campaign this week, and specifically named the Construction Sector as one...
The UK Government is scaling up its support to the automotive industry by hosting more UK Pavilions than ever before at major trade exhibitions, helping British innovator...
Bridgend Aggregates of King Edward, Northern Scotland, has taken delivery of its first VolvoCE excavator in the form of a thirty tonne EC300E. The machine will be deploye...
Two years since Peter Aldous MP brought his private members bill to Westminster, some 26 years since the recommendations in the Latham report and still no solution to the...
UK provider of operated road sweepers and self-drive specialist vehicles, Go Plant Fleet Services, has just taken delivery of a new MAN TGM Sweeper. The first MAN sweeper...
Changes to the IR35 off-payroll working rules – which will impact on the construction industry by placing additional obligations on medium and large developers and...
Network Rail has opened a dedicated STEM learning facility with the aim of inspiring the next generation to pursue careers in the science, technology, engineering and mat...
The 14th annual Executive Hire Show (5&6 February, Ricoh Arena Coventry) was a runaway success – the event was a hive of activity from the onset, which is a goo...
Projects to enhance four economically important roads across the North have been awarded development funding this week as part of the Government’s local transport revolut...
The UK Coal Authority and the Construction Industry Research and Information Association recently released a new 500-page guide (C758D) to help those building on or remed...
If you mentioned construction tax changes last year, the focus was mainly on the construction VAT reverse charge (which has been postponed to October this year). However,...
Alutrade Ltd, one of the UK’s leading scrap aluminium recycling specialists, has invested in a Yanmar SV60 midi excavator to further improve the efficiencies of its balin...
Have you undertaken your Legionella risk assessment, and it is has identified all of the foreseeable risks posed by Legionella in your buildings, carriage wash plant and...
To deliver the Newhurst project, its twelfth overall in the UK, Hitachi Zosen Inova will be acting on behalf of a consortium of developers comprising Covanta, Biffa and t...
When it comes to the HMRC R&D Tax Scheme your choice of advisor could be costly £4.3bn Has Been ‘Paid Out’ to Companies Using HMRC’s R&D Scheme You might be surpr...
North West based specialist surfacing company, Miles Macadam, is leading the way as an SME in the industry by gaining Carbon Assessed Organisation status and committing t...
Macaulay Askernish Ltd, a privately owned civil engineering contractor headquartered on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, has taken delivery of two new Volv...
Gordon Murray Design and its consortium partners Delta Motorsport and itMoves are set to unveil ‘MOTIV®’, a unique and extremely versatile autonomous vehicle platform at...
The Small Robot Company, a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, has announced industrial design and manufacture of its first robot fleet in Britain. The ini...
AMS Trenchless is the UK’s largest privately owned Horizontal Directional Drilling and Guided Auger Boring (Trenchless Pipe Installation) contractor in the UK. Based in S...
Working on behalf of Connect Plus, a team from Jackson, DB Group and Axtell have achieved a 77% reduction in CO² by using volumetric mix trucks to pour ultra-low carbon C...
Ahead of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week (3-7 February), Aggregate Industries is committing to investing further in the next generation by launching its 2020 App...
More than 85 private and public sector organisations from across the Midlands will showcase billions-of-pounds’ worth of investment opportunities, as part of the Midlands...
Transport for the North has this week welcomed the news the Secretary of State for Transport is stripping Northern of its rail franchise and is bringing in the Operator o...
The Prince’s Countryside Fund and New Holland Agriculture are launching their new ‘Up to Speed’ scheme, offering three lucky recipients in the UK the use of a New Holland...
Go Plant Fleet Services has won the gold medal for its approach to Corporate Social Responsibility. The nationwide specialist fleet provider has been awarded top marks by...
Breaking with tradition, the Aberdeenshire-based civil engineering and groundworks contractor Nicol of Skene has added two new reduced swing Volvo ECR235Es and an ECR355E...
Articulated hauler specialist Terex Trucks is bringing both the TA300 and TA400 to CONEXPO, North America’s largest construction trade show. As part of the Volvo family,...
UK drivers should brace themselves for change: life on the roads is going to get harder and more expensive over the next decade, according to Highways magazine editor, Do...
From 1st January 2020, Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe will fit CESAR to all its range of Hyundai excavators and wheeled loaders imported into the UK and Ireland, f...
Siemens Mobility Limited has been awarded a contract by civil engineering contractor Alun Griffiths to supply, test and commission traffic signals as part of the remodell...
Mecalac Construction Equipment UK, a global leader in compact equipment design and manufacture, will showcase its latest product range at this year’s Executive Hire Show...
Britain’s most ambitious roads project in a generation, the Lower Thames Crossing, will begin its next phase of public consultation next week, Highways England has announ...
Triton Construction has secured a £1.5 million contract to build a new testing facility for global gear manufacturer, David Brown Santasalo. The contract includes the con...
Masters Spreading Ltd, an agricultural contracting business covering Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, has purchased the first Yanmar V80 wheel loader sold in the UK. An expert...
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