UK budget signals ‘death of plant hire in Scotland’

Murray Pollok Managing Editor, IRN & Director of Content, KHL

15 November 2024

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) said the recent UK government budget “has signalled the death of the plant hire industry in Scotland”.

The organisation, which represents 350 equipment rental companies in the country, said it feared that the budget will trigger a “catastrophic decline of the plant hire industry…

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