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Bank of England and ECB hold interest rates

The European Central Bank and the Bank of England both left rates unchanged at meetings held today

04.12.2003

Agreement in sight for Meek

A trade sale or merger looks to be likely for the Meek Group, the troubled access rental company, following the appointment of a receiver last month.

02.12.2003

UK construction activity booming

The UK Purchasing Managers Index report on construction, published today, shows the strongest expansion of activity since June 2001.

02.12.2003

Nooteboom goes MEGA

The Netherlands-based trailer manufacturer, Nooteboom, has come up with an altogether new concept for the transportation of the tower sections and nacelles of wind turbine installations of up to 3 megawatts.

02.12.2003

Wolseley enters the Swiss market

Wolseley plc, the owner of Hire Centers, the UK based tool hire company, has announced the acquisition of Tobler of Switzerland.

01.12.2003

Skyjack to close European base

Skyjack the Canadian scissor lift producer has announced that it will close its Dutch distribution centre and centralise all activities for Europe in the UK.

01.12.2003

Crane Safety 2004 - preliminary programme announced

Cranes Today, organiser of Crane Safety 2004, has released preliminary details of next year’s conference being held at the Thistle Tower Hotel, London on the 21 and 22 of June.

28.11.2003

Effer Holding merges operations

An agreement between Effer Holding SpA and subsidiaries, Effer SpA and Hydrom Srl will see the assets of the latter companies merged into Effer Holding SpA effective from January 1, 2004.

28.11.2003

Brevini takes the strain

Brevini UK has supplied all the hoisting power for a special application crane, designed to maintain HV power lines in Argentina.

28.11.2003

Manitowoc strike bought to a swift end

The machinist’s strike at Manitowoc Cranes was brought to a swift end last week, barely 4 days after it began and with minimum disruption.

27.11.2003

Back to basics

In an interview with Vertikal.net, John Coughlan, newly appointed president of UpRight, spoke of some of the recent changes in the company and how he plans to confront the issues that it now faces.

21.11.2003

Haulotte on the spot (full interview)

In an exclusive interview with Vertikal.net, Pierre Saubot, president of Pinguely-Haulotte, expresses his concerns on the access industry’s approach towards the EN280 standard and CE certification, and talks about the company's latest moves.

21.11.2003

JLG announces 32 per cent increase in revenues

JLG has declared its first quarter results of its 2003/4 fiscal year. Sales were up 32 per cent, while operating income was up 21 per cent. Like-for-like sales, however, were relatively flat.

20.11.2003

Construction company fined £8,000 following serious fall

Sunley Turriff Construction has been fined a total of £8,000 following a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution over a fall from height incident.

20.11.2003

2003 UK Hire Rates Survey out this week

The annual Cranes & Access Hire Rates Survey is published this week. The survey, our most in depth ever, reveals that crane and access rental companies are planning to increase fleet sizes in 2004

20.11.2003

October slowdown for UK inflation

UK inflation numbers out today showed a 0.2 per cent drop in the headline rate to 2.6 per cent, the lowest level since October 2002. The underlying rate dropped by 0.1 per cent.

18.11.2003

Benefit In Kind will not apply to vans in Ireland

The Irish finance minister Charlie McCreevy, announced today that Benefit In Kind would not now apply to vans kept essentially for business use.

18.11.2003

Principal HSE inspector issues Canary Wharf crane collapse statement

Mike Williams, principal inspector for Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a statement following the recent Canary Wharf tower crane collpase inquest at St Pancras Coroner’s Court, London.

18.11.2003

Palfinger reports rise in revenues and profits

Palfinger, the Austria-based knuckle boom crane producer, has announced a 6.1 per cent increase in sales revenues for the nine months to end September, compared to the same period last year. Profit rose by just under 8 per cent.

17.11.2003

Mystery surrounds Canary Wharf crane collpase

The collapse of a luffing jib tower crane at Canary Wharf which claimed the lives of three construction workers in May 2000 was an accident, according to an inquest at London’s St Pancras Coroners Court.

17.11.2003

Kobelco to supply crawler cranes to Manitowoc

The Manitowoc Crane Group and Japan's Kobelco Construction Machinery have signed an agreement which will see Kobelco supply Manitowoc with a range of lattice boom crawler cranes under 150 tons (136 tonnes) capacity

17.11.2003

UpRight post strong growth

UpRight International manufacturing Ltd, announce a 30% increase in first quarter profits, the best since 2000.

14.11.2003

Fil Filipov to retire from Terex. Steve Filipov to take over

Terex has announced the retirement of Fil Filipov as CEO of Terex Cranes, his son Steve Filipov will take over as president

14.11.2003

Court fines Crane driver £750

Tain Sheriff Court has fined a crane driver £750. The driver, an employee of BL Cranes, failed to keep a proper lookout as a ship was being unloaded at Invergordon Harbour last November resulting in the amputation of a ship mate's leg.

13.11.2003

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