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Super Time at Super TrowelBoom Boom!Tim Balcon, CEO, at CITB an Opportunity for Construction.Hunt Boss it in Big Kubota Deal.H.E. Services and Diggerland join UK Plant Expo 2027BKT brings OTR expertise to UK Plant Expo 2027CPF joins UK Plant Expo 2027 as founding Official Finance PartnerJCB and Ridgway Rentals ‘roll with it’Frugal fuel focus for Emmitt Plant with new Kobelco deal.Liugong to showcase everyday electric solutions at Vertikal Days 2026Super Time at Super TrowelBoom Boom!Tim Balcon, CEO, at CITB an Opportunity for Construction.Hunt Boss it in Big Kubota Deal.H.E. Services and Diggerland join UK Plant Expo 2027BKT brings OTR expertise to UK Plant Expo 2027CPF joins UK Plant Expo 2027 as founding Official Finance PartnerJCB and Ridgway Rentals ‘roll with it’Frugal fuel focus for Emmitt Plant with new Kobelco deal.Liugong to showcase everyday electric solutions at Vertikal Days 2026
UK Plant Operator of the Year an Announcement
After careful consideration and consultation, we are pleased to announce that we will be launching a new ‘great outdoors’ event, UKPO-Expo, staged in the heart of the Warwickshire countryside on June 11th & 12th 2027.

Registration Opens October 1st
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A Brand-New Industry Event – Two Days of Digging, Live Demos & Active Displays.
A ‘Glastonbury’ for the sector, where the industry can gather for two days of Live Digging, Live Demo’s and Active Displays. Live commentary – Live Music – Evening Bar – On Site Accom.

Registration Opens October 1st
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01/09/26
Super Time at Super Trowel
Speed, Skill and Spectacle: Inside Super Trowel 2026. Under the relentless summer sun at Hertfordshire County Showground, the rhythmic scrape of trowels and crack of bricks filled the air. Super Trowel 2026, the UK’s largest bricklaying and construction skills event, transformed the outdoor space…
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01/09/26
Boom Boom!
Boom & Platform Hire Ltd have placed another significant order for Sinoboom scissor lifts. With this latest order containing the first Sinoboom AB15ERJN narrow aisle electric booms sold in…
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01/09/26
Tim Balcon, CEO, at CITB an Opportunity for Construction.
“We know the construction industry needs 41,200 extra construction workers each year. While the recent NEET figures are concerning for the wider economy, they represent an opportunity for…
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01/09/26
Hunt Boss it in Big Kubota Deal.
John F Hunt Hire Centres has strengthened its rental fleet with the addition of 26 Kubota mini and midi excavators. The investment, worth approximately £1.3m, includes a mix of Kubota machines,…

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