For all the talk at trade dinners about professionalisation and world-class card schemes, anyone standing on a UK site today knows the reality on the ground tells a very different story. We can boast all we like about NVQs and ticket-checking at the gate, but the plain truth is that the gap between holding a...Read moreRead more
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has revised its timetable for the ongoing investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct within the supply of waste management services. Having originally launched the inquiry under the Competition Act 1998 back in June 2025, the watchdog has now decided to give itself a dedicated window for further information gathering. This...Read moreRead more
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In today’s show: Weidemann takes loaders to the next level; XCMG and the birth of a mining truck; the Cats of Colwyn Bay; and LiuGong electrifies. In today’s episode of Mark’s Morning Monologue: Different Class Kick off your morning with The Break Fast Show. Live at 10am GMT, every weekday, it’s the place where the...Read moreRead more
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Bolton-based Forshaw Demolition Limited has formally entered administration, marking the second time in a decade that a demolition firm operated by the Forshaw leadership team has collapsed. Joint administrators Richard Cole, Stephen Kenny, and Amy Lowden of KBL Advisory Limited were appointed on 24 July 2026 to oversee the insolvency process for the firm, which...Read moreRead more
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As an industry, we like to project an image of straight-talking, hard-headed realists who tear down multi-storey structures and reshape town centres. But a staggering amount of modern site life is spent doing something entirely different: corporate arse-covering. We have spent decades building a massive administrative fortress, brick by compliance brick, designed almost entirely to...Read moreRead more
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You sit down at the interview table and hand over a complete history of your working life. You provide a detailed CV accounting for every project you have touched since leaving school. You supply CPCS or CSCS card details, proof of qualifications, copies of tickets, and contact details for previous bosses who can verify your...Read moreRead more
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In today’s show: Eagle swoops for Takeuchi; Bobcat’s classic loaders; the future of site safety with Kobelco; and how do you fight fires in remote locations? You call Prinoth. In today’s episode of Mark’s Morning Monologue: The One-Way Street of Recruitment. Why demolition and construction bosses should lay THEIR cards on the table. Kick off...Read moreRead more
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