Phil Bishop casts an eye over the growing popularity of emissions-free powered access options.

How do you choose the right battery for operating a mobile elevating work platform? And what's the deal with looking after them properly? Here's how, and here's the deal.

Every five years the National Access & Scaffolding Confederation updates its technical guidance on tube and fitting scaffolding. The latest version will be out soon.

In 2012 some 60,000 candidates completed a tower training course at an approved PASMA training centre.

Nationwide Platforms, the UK market leader in the hire of powered access equipment, saw no growth in 2012.

Tanfield Group is considering takeover offers for its Snorkel and Pop Up aerial work platform operations.

A Kent renovation company has been fined for safety failings after an unsupervised labourer broke his back falling more than four metres when a poorly constructed scaffold tower collapsed on refurbishment project in central London.