Getting the Pitch Just Right

As a regular follower of a professional football team and having seen some of the pictures taken during the relaying of the pitch in the close season, it is easy to understand just what a complex operation this is. One company that has been doing this type of work for nearly 30 years is Hunts Contractors of Marton in Lincolnshire.

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Bardon Extend for low shrinkage flooring

Bardon Concrete has launched Bardon ExtendTM, a range of bespoke low shrinkage concrete solutions for flooring applications.

Providing contractors with a method of tackling construction movement through concrete shrinkage, Bardon ExtendTM specialist mixes minimise the occurrence of curling and reduce the need for additional reinforcement against cracks.

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Caparo Sees a Strong Future for Steel

In these days of recession and economic downturn, it is encouraging to be able to write about a steel-based company that seems to be going from strength to strength.

Caparo was established more than 40 years ago by Indian born British Industrialist the Rt. Hon. Lord Paul of Marylebone, and at present employs over 10,000 people in its 85 operational sites across Europe, North America and Asia. In the United Kingdom Caparo has nearly 2,400 employees and over 40 sites.

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A Golden Service in The Black Country

For a Company that has only been going for less than three years, the reputation that Bate’s Tool Hire has acquired has been built purely on old-fashioned virtues. These include a professional, courteous service, a reliable service and quick delivery in case of problems.

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Plant Hire on a Grand Scale

Andrews Sykes is now the UK’s leading specialist hire company with over 30 depots and hire centres across the UK and operations in Europe and The Middle East.

The history of the company show over 150 years experience in delivering advanced pumping and ground water control systems, over 60 years experience in specialist construction services and more than 40 years experience in the hire, sale, installation and maintenance of all types of comfort cooling, air conditioning, heating, temperature control and ventilation systems, for hire or sale.

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Speedy Goes Green With One Plan

Speedy (Hire) Plc is a leading provider of equipment and support services to the construction, manufacturing, industrial, rail and related industries. Since its foundation in 1977, the Company has grown to a £350 million organisation with more than 100,000 customers, 4000 employees and a national network of 325 depots.

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Supplying the Hire Shops of Ireland

Daly Industrial Supply Company is Irelands leading Hire Shop supply specialist. They have been supplying a complete range of tools and equipment to hire shops throughout Ireland since 1984. More recently the Company has also been supplying to the construction industry.

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KUBOTA MINIS TICK ALL THE BOXES AS CLEMENTS PLANT HIRE UPGRADES ITS EXCAVATOR FLEET

Machine quality, cost-effectiveness, security and the high standard of after-care available from its distributor were instrumental in the decision of Clements Plant & Tool Hire Ltd to upgrade its equipment fleet with a move to market-leading Kubota mini excavators.

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How to Monitor, Measure and Manage your mobile workforce

Organisations operating in the construction/hire marketplace all have one thing in common, a remote workforce which operates in the field. What these organisations do not have in common is the ability to effectively monitor, measure and manage that workforce.

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Welcome To Edge

Edge is the leading ‘specialist equipment hire company’ catering for the needs of professionals engaged in the fire and flood restoration sector.

Proudly, we work in partnership with many of the UK’s leading damage management companies who find our high quality equipment coupled with our extensive sector knowledge and support to be a winning combination.

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