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18 September 2026

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Belgian operator wins Hitachi challenge

20 hours Excavator operator Guy Jacobs has won Hitachi's inaugural Landcros European Operator Challenge, held at Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe's Amsterdam facility.

Fitzgerald marks 500th Sany sale

2 Jul Fitzgerald Plant Services (FPS) has marked the sale of its 500th Sany machine, which was delivered to HV Energy & Civils Ltd.

Roadhouse sticks with JCB for new homes

9 Jun Roadhouse Building & Civil Engineering director George Light's family has been buying JCBs for forty years. He stuck with the British manufacturer when he needed a fleet to build 181 new homes in Rochester.

Newmarket Plant crushing it with Red Rhino

4 Jun Newmarket Plant Hire has been using Red Rhino crushers for 14 years, valuing their reliability and the availability of parts from the UK manufacturer.

Poland, Netherlands through to Volvo competition finals

28 May Teams from Poland and the Netherlands have won Volvo Construction Equipment's European 'Battle of Skills' competition, which aims to find the world's best service teams. They now move on to the world finals.

Kubota excavators dressed for forestry

14 May Exsel Plant and Tool Hire has picked a two-tone black and grey livery for four mini-excavators from Kubota, with two more on the way.

Dig Dig UK buys Yanmar SV26

29 Apr Blackburn-based flood defence specialist Dig Dig UK has bought a Yanmar SV26 mini excavator from Mellor Plant, with founder Stephen Morton putting it to work on water authority works and, closer to home, a fairytale castle.

McHale supplies Cornish mine

16 Apr McHale Komatsu has been selected to supply equipment for the restart of operations at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon.

DH Building Services buys debut Kubota

8 Apr DH Building Services (Oxford) has added a Kubota SVL75-3 compact tracked loader its fleet. The purchase is a double debut: the company's first tracked loader, and the first of its type sold in the UK by Boss Plant Sales.

Komatsu drivers share dump truck stories

2 Apr Two female operators of Komatsu dump trucks have shared their experiences of working with the kit, in very different environments.

Epiroc extends warranty for telematics users

24 Mar Excavator attachment manufacturer Epiroc has said it will offer an extended warranty to users who sign up to its usage tracking platform, Hatcon.

Buckhurst expands fleet with Takeuchi

19 Mar National plant hirer Buckhurst Plant Hire has recently added more than 110 new Takeuchi machines to its ever-growing rental fleet.

Liebherr digs deep to adapt excavator

14 Mar Ghent Dredging is using a pontoon-mounted Liebherr crawler excavator for canal work in northern France.

Komatsu introduces next-generation dump truck and dozers

11 Mar Komatsu has unveiled two new bulldozers and the HM460-6 articulated dump truck.

Hyundai expands Next Generation series

5 Mar The HX300L is the latest model in Hyundai’s Next Generation crawler excavator line-up.

Volvo debuts new 56-tonne excavator

5 Mar Volvo Construction Equipment is giving a debut to its EC560 excavator at the Conexpo-Con/Agg trade fair in Las Vegas this week.

Hitachi expands electric range with ZX135-7EB

26 Feb Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) has introduced the ZX135-7EB, a 13-tonne battery-electric excavator.

New regime beds in at Express Hire

19 Feb Expanding south coast hire firm is keen on Kubota.

Delson Contracts adds PR 716 G8 dozer to fleet

12 Feb A Scottish civil engineering contractor has strengthened its fleet with a Liebherr G8 crawler dozer.

Heidelberg puts electric loader to work

11 Feb Volvo’s electric L120 loader has made its UK debut at Heidelberg Materials’ Nuneaton site

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