Stuart Long (left) has sold his New Forest Hire business to Tom Elliott (right) The acquisition of Totton-based New Forest Hire allows south of England merchant Elliotts to expand its product offering, with a range of tools and plant equipment, from mini diggers and dumpers to sanders and mowers. Although under new ownership, New Forest

Marubeni-Komatsu regional sales manager Rob Wilmott (left) with Mawsley sales managers Leon Geoghegan (centre) and Luca Proietti (right) Master distributor Marubeni-Komatsu has handed Mawsley Machinery a portion of the southeast East Midlands area to sell Komatsu Utility mini and midi crawler and wheeled excavators. Mawsley will cover all LE, NN, and CV postcodes plus MK40

Crawfords group sales director Nunzio Rio with Komatsu machines Crawfords Group has been appointed as an authorised distributor of Komatsu compact equipment across Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, and South Berkshire. Crawfords will offer Komatsu’s full compact range, including excavators up to 10 tonnes, wheeled loaders, skid steers and backhoe diggers. It also plans

Venieri’s VF 1.63D TL compact articulated wheel loader Conagri, a Devon-based supplier of  construction and agricultural machinery, is looking to distribute equipment made by Italian manufacturer Venieri. The first machine to be showcased is Venieri’s new articulated backhoe loader, the VF 823E, which is claimed to be the only such machine on the market that

Viki Bell The machinery manufacturers’ trade association has been without a chief executive since the departure of Suneeta Johal in March 2024 after two years with the organisation. Viki Bell joined the  Construction Equipment Association (CEA) at about the same time that Johal departed, initially as business development & partnerships manager but was soon promoted

Global Construction Plant & Equipment will sell the full range of Komatsu Utility equipment, including mini excavators, midi crawler and wheeled excavators, skid steer loaders and compact wheeled loaders, across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. Established in 1992 by Tim Weeks, Global Construction Plant & Equipment is the UK distributor

One of Jones Bros’ new PC490LCi excavators and Volvo A40G articulated dump trucks working together on Havant Thicket reservoir Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has added 29 new machines to its 400-strong plant fleetand put them to work on Havant Thicket reservoir in Hampshire. North Wales-based Jones Bros has joined forces with West Sussex-based Mackley

The Mecalac Revo 990 The Mecalac Revo 990 is described as the world’s first backhoe loader with a rotating cab. The machine will be launched at the 2025 Bauma trade fair in Munich in April. The backhoe loader famously has a tool at both ends – one for digging and one for shovelling. The Revo

The app allows users to visualise 3D models in their intended location The AR app allows the user to visualise and position equipment in their work environments using their mobile device – a phone or tablet. According to Sunbelt, the app allows realistic 3D models of equipment to be placed in their intended locations and