UK Plant Operators Magazine. Home of UK Plant Operator of the Year.

The quest to find the champion plant operator for 2025 is on. Finals day is at CITB National Construction College on Saturday Sept 6th. UK Plant Operators Magazine. Home of UK Plant Operator of the Year. thanks the 2025 stella lineup of sponsors all of whom want to 'Be Part of It'. There are still a small number of opportunites which we look forward to filling. #UKPOOTY 25 is about finding the Plant Operator of the Year but it is about so much more. A year long campaign championing #construction and #planthire, a year long campaign helping people choose a #career in construction, and a year long campain of simplifying the ways to gain an #apprenticeship or #training. With a prize pot of £20,000 interest is expected to be high... Registration for Plant Operators is now open: https://lnkd.in/e84N9Wbb We are looking forward to it and to welcoming as many stakeholders as possible to 'Be Part of it'. #ukpooty25 Merlo UK Genie Marketing UK Manitou in the UK Molson Group SMT GB Plantforce Tenstar Simulation AB Simon Hogg James Dodkins Chris Matthew Phil Battle Flannery Plant Hire BKT Tires Collins Earthworks Limited XCMG UK Mervyn Lambert Plant LTD Takeuchi UK JCB Dromone Engineering Ltd Thwaites Ltd Steelwrist L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage MB Crusher Safety Shield Holmes Plant and Construction Ltd Tru7 Group Dave Vickers Aaron Davis Brian Coogan

Scottish Engineering Meets Northern Irish grit: LOUGHRAN ROCK INDUSTRIES (NI) LIMITED new RA30 articulated hauler from Scottish manufacturer Rokbak is a recent fleet addition at the company’s #quarry in Northern Ireland. At their nearest point across the Irish Sea, just twelve miles lie between Scotland and Northern Ireland…Now the two nations’ close relationship can write another chapter thanks to Scottish articulated hauler manufacturer Rokbak. Sleator Plant Ltd has delivered the ADT to the family owned #quarrying and #aggregates business site in Co Armagh. Read the ful story here: https://lnkd.in/ez7pm93z #construction #planthire #plantoperators #constructionequipment

So thankful once again to Vernon Kay on Radio 2 who simply loves getting his copy of UK Plant Operators Magazine. Home of UK Plant Operator of the Year. A shoutout for the 2025 UK Plant Operator of the Year, our friends at the CITB and the venue for this years grand final the National Construction College. In addtion to covering the Takeuchi UK 50,000 machine sale in the UK. Take a quick listen and have a great weekend. #construction #planthire #training #apprenticeships #plantoperators Holly Cooke Matthew Sheridan Gemma Sharpe Vikki Groves Kirsty Evans Sarah Ludford Brian Coogan BKT Tires JCB XCMG UK Collins Earthworks Limited Dromone Engineering Ltd L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage Safety Shield Steelwrist Thwaites Ltd Flannery Plant Hire CPA - Construction Plant-hire Association

Consultation sought on Human Form Recognition Systems (HFRS) from the public and CPA - Construction Plant-hire Association members. Link to give feedback in post below. Please help if you can. #construction #planthire #constructionequipment #safety

The Construction Industry Training Board CITB has this week launched its Consensus process, (Monday 17 March – Friday 9 May 2025) all to assess industry support for its Levy Proposals that will help provide training for the construction industry across the next three years. Have your say here: https://lnkd.in/eXgn6nMR Several new initiatives have been announced which include:  >Addressing the issue of Levy-registered employers passing on the Levy to subcontractors, a new anonymous online reporting system has been introduced. Usually undertaken every three years, Consensus is the process through which CITB seeks Levy-paying employers’ views and agreement on its plans for generating the Levy and the skills and training this will deliver to the industry.   CITB’s core focus for the 2026-29 Levy Proposals is to ensure that the Levy exemption and reduction thresholds remain current and appropriate. The Consensus process proposals for the 2026 – 29 Levy are: • PAYE: 0.35%  • Net paid (Taxable) CIS Sub-contractors: 1.25%  • Increasing the Levy Exemption threshold so companies that have an employee payroll and net paid (taxable) CIS contractors of less than £150,000 are exempt from paying the Levy  • Reducing the Levy Reduction threshold so companies that have an employee payroll and net paid (taxable) CIS contractors of between £150,000 - £499,999 will get a 50% reduction on the Levy   No other exemptions will apply. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gqFhG_sB #construction #citb #training #skills #skillsgap #apprentices

Flannery Plant Hire expands its Operator Skills Hub with a new facility in Kirklees, Yorkshire. Full story below… #construction #planthire #training #upskilling #plantoperators

Take a look at this new AI safety solution from Safety Shield. > Improving industry standards > Compatible with all manufacturers cameras > Reduced fitting time now under an hour #construction #planthire #constructionequipment #safetyonsite Jonathan Guest Thomas Guest

Caterpillar Inc. Variable Angle Boom (VAB) option; now available on the Cat® 340 Hydraulic Excavator. Unhindered operation in tight excavating and demolition jobsites is Caterpillar’s thinking behind the VAB inclusion. By providing one extra boom articulation, Caterpillar says the VAB maximises the machine’s application range while minimising the space required to rotate in tight earthmoving and demolition sites. Cat Product Application Specialist Ana Pinzón had this to say... "By specifying the VAB, operators lose none of the standard functionality of the 340 – not least its 8.2 m maximum digging depth – but gain added flexibility to deploy the machine across a much wider range of jobsites, with improved ability to work closer to the tracks. The VAB option adds even wider appeal to an already well-equipped heavy-duty machine". The full story here: https://lnkd.in/eTjW2gb6 More about the machine here: https://lnkd.in/e8R6wbm7 #excavators #diggers #plantoperators #constructionequipment #construction #demolition Finning UK & Ireland Hayley Brown Maggie Morrissey Amy Doughty Brian Coogan

If there’s one video to watch to inspire #womeninconstruction watch this one. What a simple yet powerful piece this is, what a story and what a communicator Molly Gill Enjoy… Good job Flannery Plant Hire Cal O’Connor CITB Christopher Bushell Ian Guymer National Construction College Kirsty Evans #skillsgap #training #recruitment

The latest edition of UK Plant Operators Magazine. Home of UK Plant Operator of the Year. is out now and free to read online here: https://lnkd.in/eCdXQ4Ng Meet industry folk doing the right thing by driving standards, raising money for good causes, championing a career in construction or being creative with recruitment...it's all in this edition. Gez Bonner SMT GB Cemex 365 Recruit Christopher Rodgers Wayne King Over in Japan the skills gap is widening, as a consequence of an ageing and shrinking workforce we hear from Yanmar on how through 'Hanasaka' Mr Usui is helping. We meet with Flannery Plant Hire Director John Moran FCILT who has recently been appointed chairman of the FORS - Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme Governance Advisory Group (GSAG). There's a look at an array of new products and safety solutions...many of which will be on show at #Bauma next month from Bobcat Company DEVELON Europe Thwaites Ltd & Takeuchi We report on the building of the 1millionth JCB backhoe, and the thoughtful way this was marked, as well as a plotted history of this iconic machine. Giving confidence to the market we hear from the Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V. deal with M&J Evans Construction Limited and Thwaites Ltd via BTE Plant Sales Limited selling the 750th dumper to Fairfax Plant Hire Ltd, we look at the 25th anniversary of Parkway Plant Sales Ltd, the momentus 50,000th Takeuchi UK machine being sold to L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage with DEVELON Europe making a sale of a DA30-7 ADT to Cross Civils in Scotland. Who doesnt like a steam train we visit the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway PLC a site visit with a difference, as we visit the volunteers maintaining the track and infrastructure to enable this line in the Cotswolds opened in 1906. #Exclusive: Watch the video here: https://lnkd.in/extaMYR8 All this and so much more. #construction #planthire #careersinconstruction #training #plant #constructionequipment Aaron Davis Georgina Williams Christopher Bushell Holly Cooke Gemma Sharpe Peter West Safety Shield Ian Crowder MCIPR Kevin Cross Rebecca Bryson Michaela Love Andrew Buckley Merrill Lynch Elena-Daniela Danaila