Lavendon issues new shares as revenues fall
Posted: 19 November 2009Access specialist Lavendon will raise £80m in new shares amid a fall in revenues across Europe
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Specialist lenders step in where banks fear to tread
Posted: 11 November 2009Plant owners looking to buy new equipment next year could find even more difficulty securing finance from their banks, according to JCB Finance.
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Citroen adds Plant & Go body to range
Posted: 10 November 2009Citroen has added the KFS beavertail plant body to its Ready to Run range, which gives a payload of 1,600kg on a 3.5t Relay.
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JV sees JCB dealers offering Camwatch towers
Posted: 10 November 2009Camwatch and JCB have formed a joint venture which sees the plant manufacturer's dealers offering Camwatch's security tower.
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JCB chief exec Matthew Taylor resigns
Posted: 06 November 2009JCB chief executive Matthew Taylor has resigned, after just over a year in the role.
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Plant theft recovery doubles over past year
Posted: 04 November 2009The Plant & Agricultural National Intelligence Unit (PANIU) has more than doubled the recovery rate of stolen plant in its first year.
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Hydrex into the red after restructuring
Posted: 03 November 2009Hydrex Equipment (UK) made a pre-tax loss of £394,000 in 2008, after undergoing a costly reorganisation and restructuring.
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FTA: Traffic commissioners should decide on test station closures
Posted: 03 November 2009Traffic Commissioner should have the final say about closures of Vehicle Test Station, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA).
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Brian James adds lightweight trailer
Posted: 03 November 2009Brian James Trailers has introduced the CarGO Shifter range of lightweight trailers.
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JCB diggers get Thatcham three-star approval
Posted: 03 November 2009JCB has become the first plant manufacturer to gain Thatcham's three-star security rating on its machines.
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Auction results indicate residual recovery
Posted: 03 November 2009Results from the latest Euro Auctions sale in Leeds indicate that the residual value of plant is hardening and in some cases starting to recover.
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HSS offers offer plant in London
Posted: 30 October 2009HSS Hire is moving up the weight range to offer plant to its customers in Greater London.
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Redrock in administration
Posted: 30 October 2009Irish manufacturer Redrock Engineering has called in the administrator.
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Development stopped on electric Transit Connect
Posted: 30 October 2009Ford and Tanfield, the parent company of Smith Electric Vehicles, have agreed to end development of the electric Transit Connect.
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JCB stays in the black with £39m profit
Posted: 28 October 2009Plant manufacturer JCB has turned a pre-tax pre-exceptional profit of £39m for 2008, despite a severe deterioration in market conditions.
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Stage 3B will cost customers more money, says JCB
Posted: 28 October 2009The next round of exhaust emission legislation could add between £4,000 and £5,000 to the price of a large machine, according to Matthew Taylor, chief operating officer of JCB Group.
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Another quick hitch fatality
Posted: 28 October 2009Details are just emerging about an incident which took place in August when a surveyor was killed by a bucket falling off a 20t excavator on a site in Redditch.
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New coupler meets contractors' requirement
Posted: 28 October 2009Irish manufacturer CJM Engineering has introduced a new automatic coupler called the Triple Lock.
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Railtrack's review raises retrofit issues
Posted: 28 October 2009Railtrack is continuing to update its requirement for on-track plant with a new version of RIS-1530-PLT due to be published shortly, which could cause headaches for plant owners needing to re-certify their machines to the latest standard every seven years.
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Virtual hire company 'gets real'
Posted: 27 October 2009Virtual hire company One Stop Hire has become reality with the purchase of two companies - SJS and PSL.
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