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Speedy improves after taking its medicine
Plant and tool hire group Speedy saw its reported pre-tax profits collapse last year due to a series of exceptional restructuring costs but the strategy appears to be working. Speedy chief executive Mark Rogerson Speedy’s earnings...
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Volvo adopts automatic traction control for its construction trucks
The automatic traction control system that Volvo Construction Equipment uses in its off-road articulated haulers has now been adopted by Volvo Trucks. Volvo’s automatic traction control activates the drive on the front axle automatically when...
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Skills shortage gets worse for specialist contractors
Skills shortages are preventing 28% of construction firms from bidding for work they would have previously taken on. The latest state of trade survey from the National Specialist Contractors Council found that 47% of contractors...
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New Komatsus for One Call Hire
One Call Hire has taken delivery of its first new Komatsu mini excavators for seven years. One Call Hire has bought 10 units of the Komatsu PC55 MR-3 excavator with rubber road liner tracks. The...
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Plantworx is fully booked
Next month’s Plantworx trade show has been officially declared sold out, with 342 exhibitors booked to appear. Plantworx takes place at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome in Leicestershire from the 2nd to 4th June 2015. A wide array...
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Bowmer & Kirkland lands Burnley warehouse job
Bowmer & Kirkland has landed an £18m contract to build a warehouse in Burnley. CGI of the Exertis distribution centre in Burnley. Developer Eshton has appointed Bowmer & Kirkland to deliver a 42,000m2 distribution centre...
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Irish construction growth regains momentum
Figures for April show signs of the Irish construction sector regaining growth momentum, with activity, new orders and employment all rising at sharper rates than in March. Companies remained strongly optimistic that activity will increase...
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