Solicitors chase £413k owed to collapsed groundworks firm, administrators say

Administrators for a groundworks, civils and plant-hire firm have said they have engaged solicitors to recover more than £400,000-worth of loans from connected companies. Cheshire-based TPS Plant & Groundwork went into administration in February 2025 after being hit with a winding-up petition by HMRC. It… The post Solicitors chase £413k owed to collapsed groundworks firm, administrators say appeared first on Construction News.

H E Services goes electric

H E Services (Plant Hire) has added its first fully electric lorry, a DAF FA XD 220, purchased through Channel Commercials, which will be used for its own deliveries from its Strood depot,.

H E Services trials EVision golf carts

Excavator hirer H E Services (Plant Hire) Ltd has trialled golf carts from EVision, which aim to support travel around busy construction projects.

Select places £5m JCB order

Select Plant Hire has placed a £5m order for equipment from JCB, through dealer Greenshields JCB.

Rodgers becomes first female leader of Laing O’Rourke specialist business

Laing O’Rourke has appointed Clare Rodgers as business unit leader of its Expanded Geotechnical specialist subsidiary. Her new appointment means she is the first woman to lead one of the tier one contractor's specialist businesses. Rodgers was previously lifting solutions leader at Select Plant Hire,… The post Rodgers becomes first female leader of Laing O’Rourke specialist business appeared first on Construction News.

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