by admin | Nov 22, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Equipment Rental News, Workforce News
More than 130 jobs have been safeguarded after administrators from EY tied up a rescue deal for three divisions of heavy machinery rental specialist Hewden, but a further 250 staff at the Greater Manchester, UK business have been made redundant. Sam Woodward and Colin...
by admin | Nov 19, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Workforce News
SkyNews headline blames Brexit for Hewden’s impending collapse. Lets look at the facts. Sun European, a private equity firm “that invests in troubled businesses” acquired Hewden for £110m in 2010. A string of bad years that included losses of £13m in...
by admin | Nov 11, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Ports & Terminals, Workforce News
The Port of New York and New Jersey plans to create what it says will be the first state-of-the art training center at a port on the East Coast that will use three computerized simulators to improve the skills of crane operators, with an eye to improving efficiency at...
by admin | Nov 11, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Workforce News
ONEONTA, N.Y. – The second-largest Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree ever; a 94-foot tall, 56-foot in diameter, 14-ton Norway spruce was cut down in Oneonta and hoisted by two All Terrain Cranes supplied by Bay Crane onto a 115-foot long trailer for the drive to...
by admin | Nov 10, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News, Workforce News
WAUKESHA, WI – The Terex Corporation is expected to lay off 92 employees by February. According to a Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development mass layoff notice submitted by the company, 59 employees will lose their jobs on January 6, and 33 more in...
by admin | Nov 9, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Workforce News
Erickson (f/k/a Erickson Air-Crane) and six affiliated Debtors filed for Chapter 11 protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Texas, lead case number 16-34393. The Company, which provides aviation services to commercial and governmental...
