The latest winner of the coveted CESAR Champion Award has been named as PC Chris Bagnall from the Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG). Chris has been awarded the limited edition pin badge for successfully identifying a stolen JCB mini-excavator on the M6 in Staffordshire during a routine check. PC Chris …
Read More »The UK’S First SANY 50T Excavator Set to Start Work
The first Sany SY500H, 50t excavator, sold in the UK is about to be put to work on ten oil platforms in a decommissioning yard in Methil. The machine, which carries a 60-inch heavy duty bucket from Miller UK as well as a six-tonne Fortress shear supplied by Murray Plant …
Read More »UK Construction equipment sales were 30% above 2020 levels in Q1
Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in March were close to double the levels seen in March last year when the impact of Covid was felt for the first time. As a result, sales in the first quarter were 30% above 2020 levels and reached over 8,000 units. Sales …
Read More »Dépôt Bennes Services choose Curty Matériels for Hyundai machines
The French company Dépôt Bennes Services, known as DBS, has just purchased a new Hyundai HW250MH wheeled material handler from dealers Curty Matériels – another addition to its equipment fleet, which demonstrates DBS’s longstanding commitment to the Hyundai brand and its Lyon dealership. DBS is a French company specialising in …
Read More »The Italian Job! Hyundai HX520L takes the leading role at Tuscan marble quarry
Alba Ventura S.r.l., is a leading company that specialises in the marble quarrying sector. The company has recently purchased a new HX520L crawler excavator from Toscomeccanica, which is the Tuscan region’s Hyundai Construction Equipment Dealer. This impressive 52-tonne excavator replaces a model of the same operating weight and is working …
Read More »Small is beautiful – Lynch Plant Hire’s new Takeuchi minis fitted with GKD machine guidance safety system
Machine guidance manufacturer, GKD Technologies has been supplying nationwide plant hire specialists L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage for over 3.5 years in what has been a successful partnership providing Lynch with height and slew restrictor systems for the company’s modern fleet. Lynch has recently expanded its reliable hire fleet …
Read More »Preparing for the new normal with HYpost. The ‘smart’ way to hand sanitise onsite
Experts have estimated that it could be a considerable amount of time before we can return to our usual day-to-day activities without the need to wear a face mask and have sanitiser at the ready. As gloomy as it may seem, for the foreseeable future, we are living in this …
Read More »Simply the best! Three Hyundai’s on the bounce for M&P Plant Hire
“Simply the best machine and back up I’ve ever had.” These are the words of owner-operator Mervyn Vaughan about his new Hyundai HX220AL and the supplying dealers Molson Equipment. Mervyn and wife Pamela started M&P Plant Hire based in Verwood, Dorset in 2001. The start of the company saw Mervyn …
Read More »Hyundai distributor Taylor & Braithwaite expands sales territory
Hyundai is pleased to announce that Hyundai distributor, Taylor and Braithwaite, based in Sandford in Cumbria, has expanded its territory to include, South Yorkshire. The new area is in addition to the company’s existing patch, which covers the rest of the Yorkshire areas, Lancashire, Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland, Dumfries and Galloway. …
Read More »GKD Technologies welcome David Perez as new Chief Executive Officer
On January 1st, 2021 GKD Technologies, an industry-leading supplier of personnel and machinery safety systems appointed David Perez as its next chief executive officer, putting a seasoned CEO in place, to succeed long-time leader and founder of GKD, Nick Ground. David brings a proven track record of scaling businesses in …
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