25/04/2024 Two new machines from Sunward Europe will debut at Hillhead 2024. Leading plant and equipment manufacturer Sunward Europe have announced their line up for Hillhead 2024. Two excavators will make their UK debuts – the SWE 50UF mini and SWE 60UFED compact – and line up alongside models from the manufacturer’s bestselling ranges on
23/04/2024 Former McLaren business manager Alex Holmes joins Hill Engineering as head of commercial. Specialist plant machinery attachments manufacturer Hill Engineering has moved into the fast lane with the appointment of a former McLaren global network development manager as their head of commercial. Alex Holmes joins the County Down-based business after eight years with the
19/04/2024 Welsh Slate products to feature on Terrence Higgins Trust’s garden at RHS Chelsea. A showcase of Welsh Slate products will feature on the ‘Terrence Higgins Trust Bridge to 2030 garden’ at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year (May 21-25). Supported by grant-giving charity Project Giving Back and designed by Matthew Childs who grew
11/04/2024 Groundforce Safety adds defibrillators to safety product portfolio. Specialist construction equipment supplier Groundforce has taken its hire fleet of site safety products to the next level, with the introduction of (AED) iPad SP1 defibrillators. These defibrillators help contractors to provide potentially lifesaving treatment to their site personnel. Combined with effective CPR, they are the
09/04/2024 Access systems specialist TPA to supply its fourth Rail Live exhibition. Specialist temporary access systems supplier TPA will have a particular challenge for its provision of trackways at this year’s Rail Live exhibition (June 19-20). The show, at Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre in Warwickshire, is expanding onto a second farmer’s field for 2024,
05/04/2024 Sunward machines join the plant fleet at Loudounhill Contracts. Scottish civil engineering company and quarry operators Loudounhill Contracts has added Sunward to its portfolio of plant machinery. The Newmilns, Ayrshire-based business, which specialises in groundworks and hard landscaping for housebuilders in the region, has acquired two Sunward SWE 155F medium excavators and a Sunward
03/04/2024 New team of five set to lead Brandon Hire Station into the future. Tools and equipment specialist rental products supplier Brandon Hire Station has formed a new senior leadership team with a three-pronged focus at its heart. The new SLT at the Vp plc subsidiary, which supplies industry, construction and homeowners across the UK,
26/03/2024 John Nash’s last surviving church gets a new Welsh Slate roof. The only surviving church by the Georgian/Regency architect John Nash is enjoying a new lease of life in its bicentenary, thanks to Welsh Slate. All Souls Church, in the Harley Street Conservation Area of Marylebone, London, has been reroofed with 20” x 12”