Quick thinking and an alert mind foiled the attempted theft of three 26ft scissor lifts from Horizon Platforms in the UK this week
14.10.2026
French aerial lift rental company Accès Industrie has moved into Switzerland with the acquisition of Gyger Nacelles
Finnish crane and access company E. Helaakoski has taken delivery of the country's first 150t Liebherr LTM 1150-5.4 All Terrain crane
UK rental company B&T Plant Hire has taken delivery of four 6m/2.5t Sany STH625E all-electric telehandlers
Kieran McGovern of UK company E.J. McGovern Crane Hire has raised £9,000 for Prostate Cancer UK by running five kilometres a day for his dad
HSS Hire Ireland has appointed Alan Hennessy as senior key account manager
Belgian overload and load measuring company Power Limit has a new owner - Christophe Losange
13.10.2026
A crane inspector died last Thursday while carrying out a routine inpection of a tower crane in Bangkok, Thailand
The deadline for this year’s Cranes & Access survey and guide to UK & Ireland's leading rental fleets is this week!
Dome Auctions is holding another online auction of P-Grid e-power hybrid generators, aimed at tower cranes, mast climbers and hoists
German trailer manufacturer TII - owner of the Scheuerle, Nicolas and Kamag - is making a mega investment in its Pfedelbach plant in Germany
Socage Germany has appointed Larissa Vormann as marketing manager
UK rental company Lee Lifting has taken delivery of a 100t Liebherr LTM 1100-5.3 AT crane, the third company in the UK to receive one
12.10.2026
UK rental group Vp - owner of UK Forks, MEP and Brandon Hire Station – has issued a first half trading statement
Rental software provider MCS Rental Software has added 23 additional telematics providers to its Telematics Hub
UK Access industry veteran Malcolm Kitt has completed a wing walk to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society
UK rental company SkyReach has appointed Sam Bennett as business development manager
Finnish rental company HRK has taken delivery of 10 Axolift Manulift 200/4 low level push-around work platforms - the first Axolifts in Finland
09.10.2026
Franna Australia has appointed Mark Salmon as regional sales manager for New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania
UK rental company Dewsbury & Proud has taken delivery of a 40t Liebherr LTM 1040-2.1 All Terrain
US rental company Herc Rentals has appointed former RSC CEO Erik Olsson to its board of directors
08.10.2026
Platformers Days opens its doors in Karlsruhe, Germany, today. A team from Vertikal was on site yesterday for the build up
Turkish owned US based aerial lift and telehandler company AXCS has appointed Nic Dykman as southeast regional sales manager
On Tuesday a mobile self-erecting tower crane collapsed on a site in Ipsach, Biel/Bienne in the Swiss canton of Bern, with the jib coming down across a railway line and a road
