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News Item: Resuming SafeHire Certification Audits
We are all aware that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges for businesses from lockdown to reopening safely as the restrictions are being eased in line with relevant Government strategies. We have also come to understand that we are having to do things differently for the foreseeable future.
July 2, 2020
News Item: JCB Leads the Way with First Hydrogen Fuelled Excavator
JCB has developed the construction industry's first ever hydrogen powered excavator as it continues to lead the sector on zero and low carbon technologies.
News Item: Discover the Next Generation in Rental Software; OnRent by inspHire
inspHire, the industry leading rental management software providers, are pleased to announce the launch of their new cloud-based application,OnRent.
News Item: Boris Johnson Announces Build, Build, Build
PM Boris Johnson has announced the most radical reforms to our planning system since the Second World War, making it easier to build better homes where people want to live.
New regulations will give greater freedom for buildings and land in our town centres to change use without planning permission and create new homes from the regeneration of vacant and redundant buildings.
June 30, 2020
News Item: CITB Extends Levy Payments Suspension Period
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) training levy that all construction firms must pay was suspended for three months April-June to help alleviate financial pressures during the Covid-19 lockdown. This suspension is now being extended for another three months, until September 2020 and rates will then be temporarily cut.
June 29, 2020
News Item: Covid-19 Update on London Low Emission Standards for Non-Road Mobile Machinery
We recognise that COIVD-19 has caused disruptions to construction sites and to supply chains. This could make it more difficult for construction and hire companies to prepare for the new NRMM Low Emission Zone standards which come into effect in September 2020.
June 25, 2020
News Item: Site Equip Appoints New Director Adam Gilbert
Site Equip appoints new director Adam Gilbert as of 1st June 2020! Site Equip isthe leading supplier of welfare and sanitation to the events and construction industries, since 1988.
News Item: JCB Finance Supports Customers with Government Backed Loans
JCB Finance has been accredited by the British Business Bank to provide the Government Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) – designed to support the continued provision of finance to UK smaller businesses (SMEs) during the COVID-19 outbreak.
News Item: Next Phase of Scotland's Lockdown Easing Announced
Next Phase of Scotland's Lockdown Easing Announced
From Monday 22nd June, construction operations can implement the remaining phases of their sectoral plan. From 29th June; indoor (non-office) workplaces, including warehouses, can resume once relevant guidance is implemented.
June 18, 2020
News Item: Safety Regulator Warns Against KN95 Facemask
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety alert urging all employers and suppliers not to purchase or use KN95 facemasks.
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