UK sales of construction equipment in June were 8 percent above the same month last year according to the UK trade body Construction Equipment Association.
The UK government must understand that pulling out of the European Union will have consequences for the manufacturing sector and should be ready to help.
“A lot of EU regulation has been tough but at least we know what is,” said Rob Oliver, chief executive of the UK’s Construction Equipment Association.
Oliver, speaking at last week’s one-day conference in London, warned the government against introducing tougher regulations than the EU has done.
More than 100 representatives from local authorities, the police, and the highway safety-related business world attended UK Roads Crash Demonstration Day at MIRA near Nuneaton, in central England yesterday. The event included five crash demonstrations of road safety solutions developed by leading highway technology companies and an exhibition of safety products and services inside a marquee next to the demonstration site.
