JARVIE Plant has reported a “sharp return” on its investment in a depot in Astley, near Manchester, which opened less than a year ago. The Grangemouth-based firm said sales at its first English venture are increasing by between 10 and 20% month-on-month, with construction activity...

TEREX Trucks will be hoping home advantage pays off when the firm arrives at ScotPlant with its Motherwell-built TA400 and TA300 articulated haulers. The haulers are sold and utilsed around the world but have their roots firmly in Scotland. Managing director Paul Douglas explained, “Scotland...

MILLER UK plans to celebrate “40 years of innovation” at ScotPlant 2018. The earthmoving attachments manufacturer revealed visitors to the exhibition will get to witness live demonstrations of the Miller PowerLatch Tilt. Miller said the product has “taken the UK market by storm” since its...

TDL Equipment is to use this year’s ScotPlant exhibition to announce a new Scottish partnership with French site dumper and compaction roller manufacturer Mecalac. The firm, which has a base in Coatbridge, has also announced “exciting plans for growth” in Scotland, and intends to debut...

AN Argyll-based family business has taken a “leap of faith” by investing in two Volvo A30G articulated haulers. Civil engineering and contracting firm A&L McCrae is run by Alistair and Linda McCrae, with support from son Calum. The company has added Volvo-branded machines to its mixed fleet...

THE Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has called for “influential” industry figures to apply to become a trustee of its board and help shape the future of the organisation. With three vacancies currently available, the Department for Education is seeking applications from experienced and knowledgeable...

JCB has announced it is to create 600 new jobs in the next three months to meet “unprecedented” global demand for its equipment. The Staffordshire-headquartered plant giant described its order book as “very healthy” and is seeking over 200 operatives for an immediate start; including...

GRAHAM Stuart has been appointed northern Scotland sales manager for Hodge Plant, operating out of the firm’s site in Nairn. Graham, who has worked in machinery sales for more than 20 years, has already secured a number of deals including the sale of the first 721...

A Scots landscape business owner has won the use of a JCB for a year after triumphing in an online photography competition. Jim Anderson, who runs ‘Wee Jim Landscapes’ at Ballater, has taken delivery of a JCB 19C-1 excavator after posting a series of “incredible”...

NEW research has shown that recruitment of Scottish construction apprentices has grown for the seventh year in a row. Figures released by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) revealed that last year, CITB Scotland directly trained 1930 new Modern Apprentices. That’s a rise of 7% on...

APPRENTICES at off-road hauler manufacturer Terex Trucks have successfully restored a truck built in the 1970s back to its former glory. 17 young apprentices embarked on the project to restore the 13.5-tonne R17 dump truck in late 2016 and now the finished result has been...

SCOTPLANT 2018 will be the location for the European debut of the new Hyundai HX130 LCR crawler excavator. Taking pride of place on the Young Plant stand, the new machine is the third compact-radius excavator model in Hyundai’s HX series product line. The 13-ton machine is...

LIFTING specialist GGR Group has launched what the firm claims is the UK’s largest counterbalance beam to the market. The 8000kg capacity Libro 8000 can be attached to mobile and tower cranes at height and is said to be capable of installing glass, cladding, curtain...

GAP has announced it has extended its deal with HAMM for the supply of tandem rollers by a further four years following “favourable feedback” from customers. The contract means HAMM will supply the Glasgow-headquartered hirer with its range of double drum ride-on rollers until April 2022....

HYUNDAI Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) has appointed Jean-Philippe Pollet as its new sales manager for Europe. He will be based at Hyundai’s new European HQ in Tessenderlo, Belgium, and is described as bringing more than 20 years’ experience in EMEA business development to the role. “We are happy...

TEREX Trucks has divulged details of a new sponsorship deal with Motherwell-based Cleland Miners Boxing Club. The support from the hauler manufacturer will help the club update equipment and allow members to compete in competitions across the country. Terex Trucks said it stepped in after...

A-PLANT compliance officer Jane Downey is in the frame for a major international award. Jane is one of 15 women from around the world shortlisted in the ‘Compliance Officer of the Year, Large Sized Company,’ category at the fifth Women in Compliance Awards. She joins...

THE top apprentices in the UK plant sector will be honoured at the Construction Plant-hire Association’s (CPA) Stars of the Future 2018 event. Now in its sixth year, Stars of the Future is a national awards scheme run in conjunction with colleges offering plant mechanic apprentice training...

GAP has added to its fleet of swivel skip dumpers with the purchase of thirteen new 1.5 tonne machines from Wacker Neuson. The Glasgow-based hire firm’s head of procurement, Ken Stewart, revealed they’d spotted a ‘gap’ in the fleet of this particular size of dumper...

SUSAN Shardlow has been appointed chief financial officer at Blue Group. Susan has previously worked in a number of senior roles within the constructions sector for firms including Finning International, Hewden Stuart and Cogen. She will be responsible for all financial matters across the equipment supplier business...