Defra Group awards £95 million contract for National Plant Hire Framework 2025-2031
Defra Group has awarded a major contract for its National Plant Hire Framework 2025-2031 with a potential estimated value of £ 95 million.
Thames Water tenders £147 million AMP8 framework contract for plant hire
Thames Water has gone out to tender with an AMP8 framework contract for plant hire worth an estimated £147 million. The water company intends to award a framework agreement for the hire of equipment that is crucial to its business operation.
Business as usual for the HUBER hire fleet during COVID-19 lockdown
Kevin Benson from HUBER Technology explains how the wastewater treatment specialist is pursuing business as usual for the HUBER hire fleet – the company is open for business during the COVID-19 lockdown 
ready to help customers with any issues arising on site.
Scottish Water tenders £60m equipment and plant hire contract
Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a contract for a managed operated service and self-drive equipment and plant hire services worth an estimated £60 milllion in total.
Skills & equipment initiative to reduce need for 3rd party contractors could save NI Water £250k p.a.
NI Water has recently taken delivery of six mini diggers and three tipper lorries which will see the company potentially save £250k per year.
A-Plant places record £50m order with JCB
A-Plant has announced its largest ever single order for new equipment in the firm’s history - the company has purchased more than 1,550 machines from JCB in a ground-breaking deal worth more than £50 million.
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IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites. -
Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.” -
King’s Award for Enterprise shows ERG moving forward with growth in UK and Asia
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise. -
Welsh Water’s ORAI system shortlisted for three categories at the British Data Awards 2026
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
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