Construction equipment rental firm Speedy Hire has won a five year extension until 2015 of its longest –standing preferred supplier arrangement with Galliford Try. Speedy Hire is anticipating a contract value of up to £20m over the term of the agreement.
Under the new agreement, Speedy Hire will be Galliford Try's first choice on a nationwide basis for the supply of tools, safety gear, lifting and survey equipment.
The company has set up a single point of contact bespoke hire desk for Galliford Try for ordering, administration, management information and payments.
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England.
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies.

Southern Water has released film and images showing what it’s like to walk inside Hampshire’s expanded Yew Hill underground reservoir for the very last time, before it gets filled with water.
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest.