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UK Platforms sale complete
HSS has completed the sale of UK Platforms to Nationwide Platforms for £60.5 million ($78 million).
BigChange scales up
UK rental IT company acquires Labyrinth Logistics Consulting and Trace Systems
MHM invests in sustainable power
UK power specialist spent €5.5 million on sustainable power generation in second half of 2018
Plantforce buys Hawk's Hinkley business
UK rental company to acquire Hawk Plant equipment and employees working on Hinkley Point C
National Hire Week
HAE and EHA announce week starting 4 February to be dedicated to promoting rental
Brexit vote means ‘further uncertainty’
Vote over Prime Minister’s deal for UK to leave EU leads to fears that Pound will decline further
Yanmar offers remarketing service
Yanmar Construction Equipment Europe looks to ease process of updating rental fleets
Hawk Plant enters administration
Financial problems at UK-based rental company blamed partly on Carillion collapse
Nifty lands major JMS order
The investment in 30 Nftylift booms comes to more than £1.1million ($1.4 million)
Nationwide strikes gold
UK-based Nationwide Platforms has been awarded with Gold IPAF Rental+ following its annual audit in December 2018
Apprenticeship programme approved
New Hire Controller Trailblazer Apprenticeship given go-ahead by UK’s Institute for Apprenticeships
New power for Speedy
UK rental firm invests €11 million to enhance power and fuel management capability
Genair invests in clean tech
UK rental company buys thirty London Low Emission Zone compliant compressors
UK’s HS2 to be dropped?
Government hints suggest that high speed rail project that is over budget may not continue
Mecalac hails backhoe loader sales
Mecalac UK claims increase in UK sales of backhoe loaders in 2018 by 34%, with exports also rising
Bennett receives prestigious honour
Peter Bennett, managing director of PASMA, has been awarded an OBE in the UK’s New Year’s Honours List for his work in access
Supplier award for Skyjack
Skyjack has received the 2018 Supplier of the Year Award from German cooperative PartnerLift
GAP Group increases fleet spending
UK rental company GAP Group has increased its spending on equipment by 26% in the first eight months of the current trading year
Prolectric expands solar light factory
UK solar powered lighting tower manufacturer Prolectric has doubled the size of its production facility
Nationwide lights up hospice appeal
Nationwide Platforms has donated the use of a MEWP to the John Eastwood Hospice, in the UK, for its Tree of Light appeal 
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