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The Break Fast Show #714

May 6, 2024 Video

In today’s show: Kubota’s new line of compact wheel loaders – Are they Hot or Not? How Wacker Neuson is tackling an environmentally-sensitive project in the heart of Munich; John Deere is never idle; and Takeuchi and the importance of Genuine Parts.

PLUS we have an exclusive interview with the man behind a hugely successful Intermat 2024.

Yes, it is Bank Holiday Monday. But the demolition industry does not stand still and neither do we.

Join us LIVE for your daily fix of news, views, video and comment from the world of demolition and construction.

Come for the news and stay for the chat in our after-show discussion session, The Craic.

Saturday Social

May 3, 2024 Video

No video. No script. No direction. Just some industry folks chewing the fat and setting the world to rights.
If that sounds like something you can get behind, join us.

And if you have somethings specific to say or share and have access to a webcam, you can even join us on the show as a live guest.

The Break Fast Show #713

May 3, 2024 Video

In today’s show: Is this new Develon compact tracked loader Hot or Not? A steel stack is toppled; Caterpillar and the importance of daily machine checks; and the landfill compactor that is threatening the industry leaders.

PLUS we are taking an exclusive look around Liebherr’s highly impressive Intermat stand.

Join us LIVE for your daily fix of news, views, video and comment from the world of demolition and construction.

Come for the news and stay for the chat in our after-show discussion session, The Craic.

The Break Fast Show #712

May 2, 2024 Video

In today’s show: There’s more to Merlo than meets the eye; we’re heading Down Under with Kobelco; we are heading back to Intermat 2024 to check out some monster attachments; and how Liebherr is bringing the power.

PLUS it was hammer time in Paris.

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The Break Fast Show #711

May 1, 2024 Video

In today’s show: Finnish wind turbine blown down; dust suppression makes tracks; we’ll be hearing from a satisfied CASE customer; and catching up with OilQuick during Intermat 2024.

PLUS We all know who the most famous equipment manufacturers are; but are they necessarily the best? We will walk and talk to discuss it.

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Keltbray’s CMA appeal begins

April 30, 2024 Competition

UK demolition giant Keltbray has has launched an appeal in the Competition Appeal Tribunal against the level of the financial punishment resulting from last year’s CMA investigation.

The company claims that the fine was disproportionate and was calculated wrongly, adding that “the competition regulator “plucked a figure almost from thin air” when it handed down a fine of £20 million.

That figure was initially reduced to £16 million when Keltbray agreed to a settlement. Having subsequently launching an appeal, the fine was reinstated to £20 million, the biggest of the fines handed down to the 10 members of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors found to have been involved in price fixing and bid-rigging.

In its opening statement, the CMA denied calculating the fines wrongly, adding: “Keltbray hasn’t heeded the lessons from [previous] cover-bidding in the industry so deterrence is needed.”

On the restoration of the £20m fine amount, they said: “After settling the case, Keltbray had second thoughts and pulled out.

“It it is of course entitled to do that but having done so we say it can’t sensibly claim to be a settled party that is entitled to a settlement discount.”

You can read more here.

The Break Fast Show #710

April 30, 2024 Video

In today’s show: We’re bringing you a spectacular blast from Brazilian demolition specialist Fabio Bruno; a Turkish backhoe loader from a name you might not know…yet; how Caterpillar is giving you back time; and XCMG unleashes its latest ADT.

PLUS with the smell of freshly-baked baguettes still in our nostrils, we’re taking you on a whistle-stop tour of Intermat 2024.

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The Break Fast Show #709

April 29, 2024 Video

In today’s show: Volvo offers a glimpse of a possible Hydrogen-fuelled future; Komatsu’s journey to electrification; and how Caterpillar’s VisionLink system is helping a French quarry operator.

PLUS LiuGong’s latest is electrifying.

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Duchy Demolition’s demise

April 27, 2024 General

St Austell-based Duchy Demolition has become the latest UK demolition company to hit the financial wall. That is now seven in the space of just five months. A resolution to wind up the company was posted on 26 April.

The company follows Squibb, McCormack, Wooldridge, Blucon, Rye and Type Ten off the demolition cliff.

A LinkedIn post from the company just five months ago pointed to a company on the up and up: “Duchy Group has changed so much in the last 12-18 months, we have moved to a new premises, launched a demolition division, acquired a Devon based plant hire and haulage business (Aardvark Haulplant) and opened a depot in Swindon.”

In February, the company was shortlisted in the SME Company of the Year as part of the South West Business and Community Awards.

However, three of the company’s directors had their directorships terminated in very quick succession. Lawrence Poole’s directorship ended on 11 December last year and Ian Aston and Nathan Shrigley followed earlier this month.

According to a new filing on the Companies House website, Duchy Demolition owed £175,000 at the time of its liquidation. Hardest hit was fellow Duchy Group company Duchy Plant Hire which was owed £68,000 and which is itself in administration.