Astley Hire wins Gold
30 September 2022
Astley Hire reports that it is one of the first industrial equipment hire companies to achieve carbon-neutral status, which has recently been verified by the NQA certification body and recogni…
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Redshaw projects bring Net Zero gains
28 September 2022
While many organisations such as publicly quoted companies are obliged to go green as part of their ESG requirements, many others also want to voluntarily become more environmentally responsib…
Speedy launches Stage V retrofit initiative
26 September 2022
Following successful trials, Speedy has invested £1 million in upgrading its Stage IIIa generators to Stage V emission compliance, working with Eminox, an exhaust systems specialist.…
GAP splashes out
23 September 2022
GAP Group has certainly been busy as the hirer continues to add innovative equipment to its fleet.
Many of the latest additions in the company's line-up have an environmental focus…
Hook up to Groundhogs
22 September 2022
Welfare unit manufacturer Genquip Groundhog has shown its versatility by developing a system that enables the cabins to be raised and transported by chain lift trucks.
Peter Beach, sales…
Clean up with Trime X-Wash
21 September 2022
Trime is raising awareness amongst hirers about the super-deduction 130 per cent capital allowance offered by the UK government.
The scheme is available for all businesses that invest in…
Adlington powers up with Himoinsa LPG units
21 September 2022
A housebuilding site and a solar farm installation are successfully using Himoinsa generators which run on LPG, hired from Adlington. The two projects are also showing the operational and econ…
Bradfords adds green forklifts
20 September 2022
Bradfords Building Supplies, the merchant and tool hire business serving south west England, recently added Hyster electric forklifts from Briggs Equipment for use at its warehouses. …
Snorkel scissors cut working times
16 September 2022
A recurring theme in the alternative technology debate is that machines using new energy sources aren’t always just direct replacements for their conventional alternatives: in many cases…
Boels adds more Trime lights
14 September 2022
Boels Rental UK has added 33 X-Eco Hybrid Lithium lighting towers from Trime UK to its fleet.
Gary Darley, operations director with Boels Rental UK, tells me that the environmental…
Battery options from Wacker Neuson
14 September 2022
Wacker Neuson says it will be unveiling further developments in its battery powered product line-up at Bauma in Munich next month.
Already in series production since 2015, the WL20e elec…
AJC sustainability showcase
13 September 2022
AJC EasyCabin, the Luton-based manufacturer of sustainable temporary accommodation units and emission-free power systems, is inviting industry professionals to inspect its latest product devel…
JCB highlights hydrogen
13 September 2022
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves was recently given an insight into JCB’s £100 million investment in hydrogen engines at the manufacturer’s Power Systems facility in Foston, D…
Learning with Balfour Beatty
12 September 2022
From drones and battery powered plant, to site safety and security, Balfour Beatty’s series of Sustainability Showcase events held last week at its Plant & Fleet depot in Shotts, Nor…
Chargers that are Green
8 September 2022
It’s ironic. People are urged to drive electric vehicles but in order to charge them it is perhaps almost inevitable that the source providing the electricity is derived from fossil fuel…
Ultra-low emission Hatz engine
7 September 2022
Hatz has developed a range of single-cylinder diesel engines fitted with compact DPFs (diesel particulate filters) that are said to reduce emissions to the extent that they could be used safel…
HS2 cuts emissions with LPG
6 September 2022
Following a successful trial of a clean air gas engine (CAGE) integrated into a solar-battery hybrid power system in an Advante welfare unit on an HS2 construction site from December 2020, HS2…
Sustainable Speedy wins high ranking
5 September 2022
Speedy has been ranked within the top 25 per cent of companies for sustainability by the respected ratings provider EcoVadis, recognising the hirer’s work to reduce its environmental imp…
Nixon opens Renewable Power Division
2 September 2022
Nixon Hire has expended its sustainable equipment offering with the launch of a Renewable Power Division. This builds on its Renewables Division which was established in 2019.
This…