CEA’s COP wish list
29 October 2021
Ahead of the COP26 Climate Summit that officially opens on 31 October in Glasgow, the Construction Equipment Association (CEA) has stated its hope that the discussions address a number of issu…
News for Tool Hire, Equipment Hire & Plant Hire and Rental Professionals
Previous Posts - October 2021
Fraser’s double century
28 October 2021
Hamilton-based Fraser Tool Hire has just taken delivery of its 200th JCB excavator since the business was founded in 1983.
The latest addition is an 86C-2 midi which joins other co…
The going rate
27 October 2021
Two blog posts earlier this month asked whether the average hire industry professional’s glass is half full or half empty following recent economic jolts. I’ve since had a number o…
Barrus top 50 success
26 October 2021
E. P. Barrus has done an excellent job over the last decade in establishing Loncin Industries and its range of small petrol engines, generators and pumps within the UK, and its achievement mea…
BGG at the double
25 October 2021
Dominating the BGG UK stand at the recent Showman’s Show was a machine comprising two 200kVA Bruno generators which is being supplied to a hire company specialising in the events market.…
Sunbelt goes 360
22 October 2021
The popular Showman’s Show which is aimed at the event hire industry took place at it usual home of the Newbury Showground in Berkshire this week, but a major difference from previous ye…
Lift-off for Leguan
21 October 2021
Avant, the manufacturer of compact articulated loaders, reports that demand is growing amongst a diverse range of users for products from its sister company, Leguan, which makes powered access…
Flexible Bobcat finance
20 October 2021
Perhaps indicating that the current strong demand for plant and machinery is causing some businesses to look at their spending plans, Bobcat is offering a number of finance options until the e…
Soaring Shindaiwa
19 October 2021
Shindaiwa Ltd is set for another record year.
Indeed, Andy Munford, managing director of the welder generator and lighting equipment supplier, tells me that the business surpassed last y…
JCB reaches towards MMC
18 October 2021
While it might be beyond the scope of most tool hire and equipment hire companies, JCB’s latest machine has been developed in response to a particular construction industry trend. <…
HS2 shares insights
15 October 2021
HS2 Ltd has announced a new initiative to share insights from the project with the wider UK infrastructure industry highlighting lessons learnt, good practice and innovation.
The first t…
Kubotas for Aylesbury
13 October 2021
Aylesbury Plant & Tool Hire is adding more Kubota mini excavators to its fleet to meet growing demand.
Hire manager Jay Granger said: “Business has been growing consisten…
Y.E.S. adds loos
12 October 2021
Your Equipment Solutions (Y.E.S.) of Falkirk has added 50 portable toilets to its fleet to meet a new market need.
“Previously we just re-hired units as required but a new fa…
MCS offers Stripe
12 October 2021
Event hire businesses can take advantage of the Stripe sales payment platform which can now integrate with software from MCS.
The new cloud-based functionality in the company’s MCS…
Containing expectations
11 October 2021
The combination of strong demand and limited supplies of some equipment means that customers have to respond quickly when stocks become available.
That’s certainly the experi…
Topcon enhancements
8 October 2021
Demonstrating the role that new technology is playing in making work sites more efficient, Topcon Positioning says it is expanding its Topnet Live Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) ne…
Construction growth slows
7 October 2021
Construction firms responding to the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey for September show output volumes rising by the smallest extent for eight months.
Compiled by IHS…
Glass half full!
5 October 2021
As the previous post discussed, a number of recent factors have created a rather gloomy, uncertain outlook in some quarters, not unlike the onset of October and the more autumnal feel in the a…
Glass half empty?
5 October 2021
In sharp contrast to the largely fine September weather, the wet and dull conditions heralding the arrival of October last week were matched by a wave of negative economic developments and une…
HAE boosts insurance
4 October 2021
HAE has just launched a new and improved short-term hired insurance product which it believes will address the requirements of many hire firms. Called HireSecure, it replaces the former HireGu…
Upbeat Vp
4 October 2021
In an upbeat trading update today, Vp reports that group revenues are running at 96% of pre‐Covid levels, despite some market sectors not yet being back to historic levels of demand.
T…
Q&A: Chris Archer
1 October 2021
Chris Archer is managing director of BGG UK, which distributes generators and lighting towers made by the Italian Bruno Group. Earlier this year, the company purchased the SMC lighting tower b…