Articles by Lucy Barnard

Friday quiz: How big is Home Depot now? Boels on staff shortages | Nixon sells welfare fleet
Published on: 10 July 2025
IRN’s topical weekly news quiz
IRN100: Three charts that show how North American rental companies are driving industry growth
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Published on: 04 July 2025
The regional trends highlighted by this year’s IRN100 
Friday quiz: Which entities did Hyundai merge? What is HCME’s tariff strategy? Rental firms tighten budgets
Published on: 02 July 2025
IRN’s topical weekly news quiz
UK rental business to sell entire fleet after sister firm goes into administration
Published on: 01 July 2025
Corbyn Plant Hire’s fleet includes an extensive stock of formwork systems
IRN’s top 5 stories of 2025 (so far)...
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Published on: 30 June 2025
The five biggest news stories so far this year on the IRN website 
Friday quiz: Volvo’s new China strategy | DLR survey reveals ‘crisis’ | Palazzani turns 90
Published on: 26 June 2025
IRN’s topical weekly news quiz
The company using written-off Tesla batteries to power construction sites
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Published on: 25 June 2025
Allye Energy’s Alistair McNeil on using repurposed Tesla batteries to make battery energy storage systems which can power construction sites
Friday quiz: Ashtead profits dip | Renta Group’s big purchase | Rental firms criticise UK Spending Review
Published on: 19 June 2025
IRN’s topical weekly news quiz
Supermarket sweep: how Avesco Rent’s new CEO is bringing the Aldi effect to rental
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Published on: 18 June 2025
Cornelia Kuratli on her new role as Avesco Rent CEO in Switzerland
Friday quiz: where is ERA predicting rental growth? Why did GAM make a Q1 loss? How many scissor lifts is Noblelift shipping?
Published on: 11 June 2025
IRN’s topical weekly news quiz
From carbon counting to inclusivity: five things we learnt from Loxam’s new CSR report
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Published on: 10 June 2025
What’s in Loxam’s recently-published CSR report?
Friday quiz: Which country is Loxam exiting? What is fuelling growth at Kiloutou? How much did Herc pay for H&E?
Published on: 05 June 2025
IRN’s topical weekly news quiz
Friday quiz: What is John Deere investing in? Major step in Herc’s H&E acquisition | Liebherr milestone
Published on: 22 May 2025
IRN’s topical weekly news quiz
The way of the dragons: Chinese construction OEMs chase overseas growth
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Published on: 16 May 2025
Sany, XCMG, Zoomlion and Lovol outline ambitious plans to grow overseas sales
Friday quiz: Where will Sany expand? Will rental revenues grow in Canada? Manitou’s robots
Published on: 15 May 2025
IRN’s topical weekly news quiz
“We could see a niche in the market” NXGen boss reports spike in demand for specialist re-rentals
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Published on: 14 May 2025
Spotlight on specialist cranes and SPMT re-rental business NXGen
Friday quiz: What isn’t in Trump’s budget cuts? The extent of US rental theft | Iberian power outage
Published on: 08 May 2025
IRN’s topical weekly news quiz
Navigating uncertainty: how the world’s biggest construction equipment OEMs found Q1 2025
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Published on: 05 May 2025
A round up of Q1 manufacturer financial results
Friday quiz: JCB goes to town | Who will head the ERA? | Nixon Hire’s new motto
Published on: 01 May 2025
IRN’s topical weekly news quiz
Kiloutou chief “anxious” about global ESG roll-back
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Published on: 30 April 2025
Olivier Colleau on the CAMD carbon reduction initiative
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