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The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has accused the Chancellor of the Exchequer of failing to listen to the construction industry in his Spring Statement after he did not take the opportunity to postpone the changes to the construction sector’s entitlement to use red diesel.

The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak ahead of the Spring Statement later this month to urge the Treasury to work with the construction plant-hire sector to address concerns and help build and secure the industry’s economic recovery.

The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) is urging owners of construction plant, and the partners they work with, to be fully prepared for the rules changes relating to the use of red diesel and rebated biodiesel that come into effect next month.

Introducing the first of the company’s next generation mini-excavator range with a new shared global styling, the DX50Z-7 5.4 tonne and DX55R-7 5.7 tonne Stage V compliant models have been launched by Doosan Infracore Europe.

With changes to legislation expected and disruptions to materials and supply chains rife in 2021 set to continue, Geoff Smith, dealer manager at mini-excavator manufacturer Kubota UK, discusses what the construction industry is likely to face in the coming months.

Nuns have learned to operate a Bobcat loader to help restore their new home. After more than two centuries living in a monastery in Hradčany square next to the Castle in the centre of Prague in the Czech Republic, the order of Discalced Carmelite Nuns has moved to a new home in the village of Drast

Doosan has launched the new DX1000LC-7 Stage V compliant 100-tonne crawler excavator, the largest excavator model ever manufactured by the company.

Laing O’Rourke is to replace red diesel with hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) in all its plant equipment before the end of March.

Field trials between Sir Robert McAlpine and temporary power company Aggreko have unearthed some promising results around decarbonisation as the construction industry approaches a ban on red diesel in April.  Both companies have been reforming their approach to power generation by analysing how

Doosan Bobcat has unveiled its new all-electric Bobcat T7X compact track loader, the first machine of its kind to be fully electric.

Glasgow-based civil engineering contractor George Leslie has followed up its purchase of JCB’s latest X Series excavator with an order for two additional models.

Featuring a new look design, the DX100W-7 10.7 tonne wheeled excavator has been launched by Doosan.

Yanmar Compact Equipment EMEA has launched the latest marque of its globally-acclaimed ViO17 zero tail swing mini-excavator.

Specialist construction services supplier Groundforce has launched what is believed to be the first e-commerce site for excavator attachments in the UK.

Hitachi Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK) has appointed Iain McDowall as product support manager for Scotland. Iain McDowall joins HCMUK after a decade spent within the plant hire sector holding similar managerial roles at other high-profile companies.