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Safety Shield Global the Story…So Far.
  • Industry News
1 min read
23/10/25
Safety Shield Global the Story…So Far.
In this interview we travel to Cheshire meet Safety Shield Global creator and CEO Jonathan Guest. We were keen to find out more about the company’s pioneering work and how AI technology helps to reduce collisions between people and machinery. In an open and candid conversation, we find out…
HISTORIC DAY AS HYDROGEN DIGGERS GET GREEN LIGHT TO USE UK ROADS.
  • Industry News
3 min read
30/04/25
HISTORIC DAY AS HYDROGEN DIGGERS GET GREEN LIGHT TO USE UK ROADS.
JCB today hailed a monumental Government decision to change the law to give hydrogen diggers the green light to be driven on UK roads.Lilian Greenwood MP, Minister for the Future of Roads, has signed a statutory instrument allowing hydrogen fuelled construction and agricultural machinery to use the…
All Aboard! Celebrating 200 Years of Railways
  • Industry News
5 min read
14/02/25
All Aboard! Celebrating 200 Years of Railways
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the first commercially successful railway—the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Its opening not only revolutionised transport but also cemented railways as a defining force in global industrial progress. At UKPO Magazine, we were eager to play a small…
Private housing starts are due for a rebound as market conditions improve.
  • Industry News
2 min read
09/07/24
Private housing starts are due for a rebound as market conditions improve.
Schemes valued at up to £100 million – fell by 11% last year but are forecast by Glenigan to firm up by 2% this year before pushing on to grow by 14% in 2025. Glenigan economics director Allan Wilén says: “Housebuilders have a robust pipeline of previously approved developments that can be…
Labour to relax planning restrictions to hit 1.5 million new home target
  • Industry News
2 min read
08/07/24
Labour to relax planning restrictions to hit 1.5 million new home target
The Headline: House building starts to March this year down -22% to 134,780. Home completed down -12% meaning a total of just 151,000 homes were built…the target is 300,000 per year. Labours Solution: The chancellor will deliver her first speech in the Treasury today, saying there is “no time…
CPA Comments on Labour’s Election Win
  • Industry News
1 min read
05/07/24
CPA Comments on Labour’s Election Win
Following the election of the new Labour government, Chris Cassley, Policy Managerof the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) said: “The CPA offers itscongratulations to Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Party, on their win followingyesterday’s General Election.“The new government must…
Hillhead 2024 – the most visited ever!
  • Industry News
1 min read
04/07/24
Hillhead 2024 – the most visited ever!
Hillhead 2024 was the most visited show ever in terms of the volume of visits over the three days, with visitors spending more time at the show than ever before and a record number attending for more than one day. In total there were 26,626 visits over the three days, which was 8% higher than…
TAKEUCHI INTRODUCES NEW TB370W WHEELED EXCAVATOR
  • Industry News
3 min read
03/07/24
TAKEUCHI INTRODUCES NEW TB370W WHEELED EXCAVATOR
Takeuchi has expanded its growing hydraulic product line with the addition of the new TB370W, which joins the TB395W as the manufacturer’s second wheeled model available globally. The TB370W offers higher travel speeds with two-wheel steering and an auto cruise control feature which lets…
Thwaites show the new ROTATOR at Hillhead 2024
  • Industry News
3 min read
25/06/24
Thwaites show the new ROTATOR at Hillhead 2024
On day one of Hillhead Thwaites have revealed the ROTATOR. A brand new 9-tonne dumper that gives the operator a rotating position enabling 360-degree visibility from the safest seat on site. Designed by Thwaites engineers and built by the UK manufacturing team. The Rotator will further reduce risk…
HARFORD ATTACHMENTS LTD ACHIEVES A KING’S AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE.
  • Industry News
2 min read
08/05/24
HARFORD ATTACHMENTS LTD ACHIEVES A KING’S AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE.
Harford Attachments Ltd are pleased to confirm that His Majesty The King has approved the Prime Minister’s recommendation that they should receive a King’s Award for International Trade for Outstanding Short Term Growth in overseas sales over the last three years. The King’s Award Office…
CHIPPINDALE HIRE & SALES CELEBRATES ITS 75TH  “DIAMOND” ANNIVERSARY
  • Industry News
3 min read
24/04/24
CHIPPINDALE HIRE & SALES CELEBRATES ITS 75TH  “DIAMOND” ANNIVERSARY
A famous name in the plant hire industry, Chippindale Hire & Sales, is celebrating its 75th anniversary on April 26th 2024. Founded in 1949 by Wilfred Chippindale with £100 of his savings, the company has grown from Chippindale’s home in Leeds, selling concrete and scaffolding, to become…
Net Zero trial as national Gas pipeline switches to hydrogen.
  • Industry News
2 min read
07/03/24
Net Zero trial as national Gas pipeline switches to hydrogen.
The £12m FutureGrid project is looking at how low-carbon fuel can be safely integrated into the network. The owner and operator of Britain’s gas transmission network has tested running pure hydrogen through its pipelines in a world first as it attempts to make the case for the lower-carbon fuel…
DEVELON Opens New European Training Centre in France
  • Industry News
3 min read
05/03/24
DEVELON Opens New European Training Centre in France
Develon, formerly Doosan Construction Equipment, has opened the company’s new European Training Centre at Allonnes close to Nantes in the west of France.  Among the aims of the new Training Centre is to provide dedicated conditions to update and develop the knowledge and skills of dealer…
‘Game-changing’ British heat pump unlocks gas-free home heating for the masses.
  • Industry News
4 min read
04/03/24
‘Game-changing’ British heat pump unlocks gas-free home heating for the masses.
To reach Net Zero by 2050 up to 80% of UK homes could need a heat pump. With the Future Homes Standard, which is set to effectively ban gas boilers in new build homes from 2025, and the Government’s target to deliver 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028, UK heat pump installations are set to rapidly…
CPA Urges the Treasury to Address Full Expensing Ahead of Next Week’s Spring Budget.
  • Industry News
3 min read
28/02/24
CPA Urges the Treasury to Address Full Expensing Ahead of Next Week’s Spring Budget.
The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has written to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to urge the Treasury to work with the construction plant-hire sector to address the areas of greatest concern to the industry. In the letter to Mr Hunt, the CPA presses the Treasury to consider four key areas ahead…

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