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Flannery Plant Hire

Flannery Plant Hire is a leading UK-based plant hire company, offering a wide selection of construction equipment and machinery for hire, backed by extensive industry experience and a commitment to exceptional service, reliability, and customer support.
With over 45 years of experience, Flannery Plant Hire offers a diverse fleet of machines, including excavators, dump trucks, bulldozers, and loaders, along with a wide range of attachments and accessories. Their equipment is available for both short-term and long-term hire, catering to the needs of small-scale projects to large-scale construction endeavours. Flannery Plant Hire focuses on delivering exceptional customer service, ensuring reliable equipment, and supporting clients with expert advice and technical support throughout their projects.
Flannery Plant Hire
21/05/2025From the British Army to being a Flannery Plant Operator

This is James Grant's story of how he used the Operator Skills Hub bootcamps to change his career from the 14 years in the British army to having tickets for multiple machines and using them on a regular basis.

10/01/2025Flannery Plant Hire on the benefits of Eco operator training

Andy Perry, Flannery Plant Hire trainer talks about the benefits of delivering Eco-operator training with the Blackwell Earthmoving Limited team on HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd.  

15/11/2024Meeting targets means using data embracing AI and investing in people

Peter Haddock reports from a recent roundtable with senior members of the earthworks and wider construction sector, representing companies and organisations including the Department for Transport, Costain, Blackwells, Flannery Plant Hire, Speedy Hire, Heidelberg and Plantforce

14/11/2024Flannery Plant Hire creates a safety and productivity focused JCB excavator

The JCB 245X from Flannery was put to work on the Costain Group PLC M6 motorway project.

06/11/2024Costain Group and Flannery Plant Hire in UK first combined safety and productivity approach

Costain Group and Flannery Plant Hire introduce a UK first combined safety and productivity approach for a major National Highways project on the M6 Motorway.

02/10/2024LiuGong on the future of electric mobile plant

With 40 battery-powered models by 2027 and 12 models by quarter one in 2025, LiuGong is going all in on its BEV range, and there are some surprising machines in the pipeline.

17/09/2024Flannery Plant Hire mixes Hydrogen with HVO on a Cat 320

BIG Hydrogen news as Flannery Plant Hire mixes it with HVO, a drop-in replacement for Diesel in a UK first conversion of two ‘Site Ready’ Caterpillar Inc. 320 excavators. Both machines now work on a 60% HVO and 40% Hydrogen fuel mix and can also switch to HVO only operation.

01/07/2024Flannery reveals its BIG green LiuGong machine at Hillhead 2024

Flannery Plant Hire revealed its BIG green LiuGong Europe machine Hillhead - International quarrying, construction + recycling show,

12/04/202416 year old Lucas Haddock in action training on a Yanmar tracked dumper at the Operator Skills Hub

Lucas Haddock learns how to operate a Yanmar tracked dumper at the Operator Skills Hub, a JV between Balfour Beatty and Flannery Plant Hire

27/09/2023How has Leica Geosystems added 3D collision avoidance from Xwatch to its MC1 3D Machine Control

Peter Haddock caught up with technology specialist Eurig Price at the recent launch event with Flannery Plant Hire to find out more. 

29/06/2023Spillard showcases AI safety solution and wins the Safety Innovation Award at Plantworx 2023

Peter Haddock caught up with Pete Spillard on its stand with some safety dummies to find out more about the solution and its partnership with Flannery Plant Hire.

19/06/2023Training wins as Flannery and Leica Geosystems share industry award at Plantworx 2023

At the Plantworx Innovation Awards, Flannery Plant Hire and Leica Geosystems shared the industry training award category. Peter Haddock caught up with Chris Matthew and Neil Williams at the show to learn more.

18/05/2023Flannery brings 3D collision avoidance to job sites

Having completed testing in 'real world' applications onsite with Tier one contractor Kier over a number of months, Flannery yesterday officially launched its site ready solution at its Operator Skills Hub in Birmingham, which is a joint venture with Balfour Beatty.

07/03/2023Dominic Murphy Flannery Plant Hire operator and future trainer talks about skills and support

How can data led insights support operators, enhance training and reduce carbon emissions?

13/02/2023Flannery reveals positive training and carbon reduction impacts fuelled by data Peter Haddock talks to Strategic Manager Chris Matthew

For some time, I have been following the journey of Flannery Plant Hire as it embraces technologies like 3D machine control from the likes of Leica Geosystems and Trimble and invests in advanced laser safety solutions from xWatch Safety Solutions.

30/11/2022Dominic Murphy Flannery Plant Hire operator and future trainer talks about skills and support

How can data led insights support operators, enhance training and reduce carbon emissions? Peter Haddock talks to Dominic Murphy, a Flannery Plant Hire operator and future trainer at the Operator Skills Hub.

12/10/2022Faresin electric telehandler sprints to complete 12 month shift

As the UK's first all-electric telehandler to join the Flannery Plant Hire fleet from UK dealer GGR Group, the Faresin 6.26 has recently finished a 12 month shift with Tier 1 contractor Morgan Sindall.

01/08/2022Flannery Operator Hotel offers great accommodation facilities and food for operators working on HS2

Introducing the Flannery Plant Hire Operator Hotel for HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd

06/07/2022Faresin 626 allelectric telehandler walkaround with product specialist Nicolae Manea

Recently Peter Haddock visited a Flannery Plant Hire customer site in Birmingham where the Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure team has been using the 626 telehandler for over 12 months.

16/06/2022Flannery owned Faresin allelectric 626 telehandler from GGR Group in action near Birmingham

Flannery Plant Hire continues to invest for a net-zero future with a fleet of six Faresin Industries S.p.a all-electric 626 telehandlers with UK dealer GGR Group.

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