People & Skills

17/02/2026

After hosting the AMPS - the Association of Manufacturers Power Systems industry day event at its UK Head Office, Peter Haddock caught up with Riccardo Sardelli of Volvo Penta.

28/01/2026

Peter Haddock recently caught up with Mark Love, to find out more about the business and another major milestone of 35 years of new JCB machines, financed through JCB Finance.

12/11/2025

A major new report by Oxford Economics for the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) warns that Britain’s £530 billion construction and infrastructure pipeline is “starting to crack”, with skills shortages, falling investment and delivery delays threatening to derail government growth plans.  

05/11/2025

The Caterpillar 972XE and 966XE the tips and tricks behind operating such a large machine for the first time

10/10/2025

The big L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage head-to-head on a mini digger.

01/10/2025

Peter Haddock joined David Munro from GAP Group and Peter Beach from Groundhog inside a brand new Fusion Pulse welfare unit, specially designed as part of a major new partnership.

24/09/2025

Competition at it's finest take a look as I go head to head with 13 year old Finlay Gallagher from Gallagher Group Ltd

17/09/2025

Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon, launches industry-first training programme for machine control installers, with Flannery Plant Hire digital team members being the first to take part.

19/08/2025

Behind the scenes at the Leica Geosystems facility in Lyon, where accuracy depends on service done right. Peter Haddock talks to expert Thomas Bonvalot

12/08/2025

"I have been operating Komatsu machines for over 20 years, but only started using 3D Machine Control when I joined MJL Group 18 months ago."