Construction equipment sales cool down
29 April 2022
Figures released by the Construction Equipment Association (CEA) show that retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment slowed in March this year.
This was surely inevita…
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Previous Posts - April 2022
Top MCS apprentices
29 April 2022
Hire software supplier MCS reports that one of its most recent apprentices has passed with flying colours to become a full-time, permanent member of the team and that others are set to follow…
Hillhead blasts off
29 April 2022
This year’s Hillhead exhibition for quarrying, construction, and recycling professionals is shaping up to be the biggest yet with more than 600 exhibitors.
To accommodate the resul…
HSS focuses on digital growth
28 April 2022
In its results announced today for the 53-week period ended 1 January 2022, HSS states that its new operating model based largely on a digital platform is improving profitability, returning a…
Vp for sale
28 April 2022
Vp has announced this morning that it is for sale. Its controlling shareholder Ackers P Investment Company Ltd, which is connected to Vp's chairman Jeremy Pilkington, has indicated to the Boar…
Speedy TV campaign
27 April 2022
Speedy has launched a national multi-million-pound marketing campaign to promote tool hire across the UK.
The Make Every Job Easy campaign targets novice and experienced DIY users,…
Diesel regs make foresters see red
25 April 2022
Most plant and equipment hirers’ customers will be construction users. However, following feedback from professionals who use machinery for forestry work, the Scottish Plant Owners Assoc…
Software celebration
25 April 2022
Personnel on the Point of Rental Software stand at last week’s ScotPlant exhibition in Edinburgh were in even more upbeat mood than usual.
The first day of the show was just…
Takeuchi’s seven-tonner
25 April 2022
Owing to the pandemic, the recent ScotPlant exhibition in Edinburgh was the first time that the biennial event had been held since 2018.
So it was one of the first opportunities fo…
Greener, cleaner air
22 April 2022
The Hire Supply Company (HSC) is increasing its range of Master dehumidifiers and air conditioners with the latest models designed to reduce emissions.
The company says that interest in…
Ukraine war affects construction
21 April 2022
In its update on product availability during April, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) reports that the war in Ukraine is now beginning to be felt by the construction industry, but that…
Fuel thieves face Venom
21 April 2022
The removal of the red diesel rebate for construction users on 1 April means that hirers and site managers must now run machines on white diesel, obviously the same fuel used in cars and vehic…
CPA to discuss ESG
20 April 2022
With exactly six months to go before this year’s CPA Conference takes place, the association has announced that the theme will be ‘ESG – Driving Change: How Environmental, So…
Safe handling from Speedy
20 April 2022
Speedy has introduced a purpose-built sack truck for its delivery fleet and service centres across the UK to reduce the risk of manual handling injuries.
The hirer has developed the Alu-…
Learning from Tesco
19 April 2022
What might we learn from Tesco’s recently announced annual results that has relevance for the hire industry – and indeed, for other industries?
The supermarket group re…
Doosan minis for ScotPlant
19 April 2022
Models from the next generation of Doosan mini excavators will be displayed by the manufacturer’s dealer, Gordons, at ScotPlant taking place at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh thi…
Site Equip acquires ETS
14 April 2022
Site Equip, the specialist hirer of portable sanitisation equipment, has acquired E-Toilet Services Ltd (ETS) based in Nazeing, Essex.
ETS is a family-run business supplying portab…
Fox Group acquires CRH
13 April 2022
Cotswold Roller Hire Ltd, which supplies compaction equipment across England and Wales, has been acquired by Lancashire-based Fox Group, a provider and haulier of aggregates, recycled material…
Parallel Shindaiwa units give KDM extra power
12 April 2022
A versatile package of equipment supplied by Shindaiwa Ltd will enable KDM Hire to offer a flexible solution to customers with higher-power welding requirements.
KDM, which has its headq…
Fuel for all seasons
11 April 2022
Many garden machinery owners take their equipment to a local hirer for servicing and repairs, and they appreciate advice that will extend its life.
David Fielden, director with EPS Hire…
Vp looks forward with confidence
8 April 2022
Vp anticipates a full-year performance ahead of expectations in a trading update for the period since its interim results announced last November. It highlights an ongoing recovery in performa…
HTA expands training
8 April 2022
The Hire Trade Alliance (HTA) is expanding the health and safety training services that it offers to hirers and end users.
“We are now offering three levels of safety trainin…
Construction data shows a mixed picture
7 April 2022
The findings of the Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for March show the uncertainty, volatility and variation within the industry and the wider supply chain against the curr…
Interpreting the signs
6 April 2022
Astrologers talk of planetary alignments influencing events and human behaviour when two or more planets are arranged roughly in a straight line.
I’m not vouching for the acc…
Solid Speedy performance
5 April 2022
In an update on its trading performance for the year ended 31 March 2022, Speedy expects results for the year to be in line with the Board's expectations.
The group states that it has se…
40 years of software
5 April 2022
Many Happy Returns to Point of Rental Software! Today the company celebrates its 40th birthday.
Founded in Texas back in 1982 as part of Overland Rentals, the business was built by three…
HSE targets wood dust
5 April 2022
The beginning of April saw the start of a Health and Safety Executive initiative in which inspectors across Great Britain are visiting businesses operating in woodworking industries including…
Who wants a job?
4 April 2022
Data from the Office of National Statistics shows that job vacancies reached a record of 1.31 million in February and that employment based on payroll numbers rose to 29.7 million, also a reco…
Dromad’s SOS response
1 April 2022
Dromad Hire’s equipment and personnel can be spotted on television this weekend.
The Dundalk-based company helped with a project on DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland, which airs on RT…
Q&A: Steve Booker
1 April 2022
Steve Booker is MD of Kentec Tool Hire which recently moved to larger premises in Tonbridge, and he is also a trainer with its sibling business Kentec Training.
How’s the hir…