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Virtual warehouse solutions on show (8th February 2012)
Briggs Equipment is to demonstrate ‘Virtual Warehouse Solutions’ at Logistics Link South on 21st–22nd February at Sandown Park.
From Newsletter Stories
Engineers begin careers (1st January 2012)
Six young people are looking forward to a rewarding career in engineering after successfully completing a fouryear apprenticeship scheme at Briggs Equipment. Thomas Wood, Liam Parsons, Ryan Matthews,Matthew Shaw, Stephe
From Industry update
Easy to operate coupling device (1st December 2011)
Sole UK distributor of Yale Europe Materials Handling forklift trucks, Briggs Equipment, has provided an innovative materials handling solution for a horticultural nursery in West Sussex, which supplies garden centres a
From Lift trucks
Briggs reduces wear and tear (1st December 2011)
Recycling and waste management company, Viridor, is set to save around £220,000 over the next five years after installing Briggs Equipment's Speedshield system.
Briggs Equipment lauds Yale partnership one year on (11th October 2011)
A year after signing an exclusive UK distribution deal with Yale, Briggs Equipment has “fought its way into the Premier League of the materials handling industry”.
Damage reduced (1st October 2011)
One of the UK's leading recycling and waste management companies is set to save around £220,000 over the next five years after installing Briggs Equipment's Speedshield fleet management system.
Homebase ties up forklift deal with Briggs (12th September 2011)
The contract is worth £10 million over the next five years and will involve the delivery of around 170 Yale machines.
Facilitating growth (1st September 2011)
Logistics company Knights of Old boosts efficiency by investing in materials handling kit from Briggs Equipment at its new facility in Hertfordshire
Free hi-vis vests (1st September 2011)
In an effort to further improve forklift safety, Briggs Equipment is giving away high visibility vests to its short-term hire (STH) customers.
From Facilities Management
Short term hire helps out BAS (1st August 2011)
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has recently signed a contract with Briggs Equipment for a short-term hire (STH) truck that will help its logistics operation.
Investment in STR fleet (1st June 2011)
Briggs Equipment has invested £5.5m in its short-term rental (STR) fleet as part of a £20m plan to become the UK's leading distributor of Yale Materials Handling equipment.
Golden years (1st June 2011)
Pet food manufacturer Golden Acres has taken on 34 new Yale counterbalance machines as part of a five-year Flexihire contract with Briggs Equipment.
Briggs boosts short term rental fleet with new trucks (24th May 2011)
Briggs Equipment has invested £5.5 million in its short-term rental (STR) fleet as part of a £20 million transition plan to become the UK’s leading distributor of Yale Materials Handling equipment.
£5m,400 unit deal signed (1st March 2011)
Briggs Equipment has signed a £5 million contract to supply nearly 400 trucks and other materials handling equipment to builders' merchant Travis Perkins.
£5m, 400 unit deal signed (24th February 2011)
Briggs Equipment has signed a £5 million contract to supply nearly 400 trucks and other materials handling equipment to builders’ merchant Travis Perkins.
Driver performance improved (1st December 2010)
Travis Perkins owns home improvement retailer Wickes, operating more than 2,500 trucks. In 2009, Briggs Equipment undertook research which found that forklifts were not receiving the proper care and attention needed. Im
Warehouse warning (1st October 2010)
Briggs Equipment is warning fleet operators to refresh their health and safety procedures and make sure they can safely cope with demand as industry gears up for the busiest period of the year. Historical studies commis
Technology & innovation winner (1st September 2010)
Briggs Equipment has recently won a prestigious technology and innovation award for its 'Speedshield' asset management tool.
Briggs forges link with Forkway (20th August 2010)
The recent strategic alignment between Briggs Equipment UK and Yale Material Handling has brought Briggs a new strategic partner - the Forkway Group.
From News
Container handlers (1st August 2010)
After 18 years of service, London Thamesport has renewed its contract with Briggs Equipment by taking supply of five Konecranes empty container handlers. The new fleet will help maintain levels of efficiency that are am
From Lifting & Moving
Improving driver behaviour (1st August 2010)
Briggs Equipment's Speedshield asset-management tool encourages best-practice driver behaviour by enforcing a tailored HSE checklist on startup. This feature gives users a paperless online HSE compliance record with ex
Distribution shake-up (1st August 2010)
Richard Close, CEO of Briggs Equipment talks to Handling & Storage solutions editor Simon Duddy about its multimillion pound acquisition of Yale UK and its plans for the future
Briggs Equipment set to buy Yale UK (1st July 2010)
Representing a very significant consolidation of the lift truck market, the deal will initially see Briggs becoming Yale's sole national distributor in the UK market (excluding Northern Ireland).
Cat fills 5.5 tonne gap in range with new truck (1st March 2010)
Briggs Equipment has brought a new range of Cat counterbalance trucks to the UK, as well as adding to its asset management offering by promising managers direct control of truck fleets
End unsafe practices (1st March 2010)
Managers operating in power stations and refineries can now put an end to the manual handling of difficult materials using Cat Lift Trucks.
Brings us experience to briggs (1st February 2010)
UK Cat Lift Truck distributor and independent materials handling service provider, Briggs Equipment has appointed Chris Meinecke as chief operating officer. He joins the UK team from the USA where he has worked with Bri
New Cat tow truck (1st February 2010)
The UK's national Cat Lift Truck distributor and service provider, Briggs Equipment has launched the new Cat NTR30N tow truck as part of its warehouse equipment range.
Skyhook for confined areas (1st February 2010)
Lincolnshire-based JC Plant has manufactured a new range of machines using Cat Lift Trucks supplied by the UK's national Cat Lift Truck distributor and service provider, Briggs Equipment.
Operator safety priority with new Cat tow truck (27th January 2010)
The UK’s national Cat Lift Truck distributor and service provider, Briggs Equipment has launched the new Cat NTR30N tow truck.
Low lifetime costs from new ic range (1st January 2010)
UK Cat Lift Trucks distributor and service provider, Briggs Equipment has extended its product range to include the new DP/GP IC-powered Cat lift trucks. Boasting enhanced productivity, durability, comfort and safety, t
Complete fleet visibility (1st October 2009)
New from Briggs Equipment is an asset management solution designed to help drive efficiency across business operations. BE Fleet UK, a division of Briggs, enables customers to manage fleet service costs and monitor real
Net gains or false profits? (1st September 2009)
Used forklift sales are soaring. But Briggs says buyers need to know who they are dealing with and what they are buying – and offers some tips on how to go about it
Free crunch-busting top tips booklet (1st September 2009)
Cat Lift Trucks has produced '10 Recession Busting Tips', a comprehensive booklet from Briggs Equipment containing information on how to keep a business profitable so it can thrive out of the recession.
Briggs posts £1m used truck month (1st September 2009)
Briggs Equipment says demand for used equipment has seen sales soar despite the malaise affecting the wider forklift market. As such, it's launched a second hand truck auction site: http://bmhque.co.uk.
Briggs bucks recession with £1million used truck sales month (7th August 2009)
Briggs Equipment says demand for used equipment has seen sales soar despite the malaise affecting the wider forklift market. As such, it's launched a second hand truck auction site: bmhque.co.uk
Customised trailers help deliver trucks (1st June 2009)
Briggs Equipment has invested in a new fleet of seven customised trailer vans, plus drivers, as part of a five year contract hire agreement with Ryder to increase productivity and reduce costs in delivering MHE acros
Ergonomic low level order picker (1st April 2009)
Briggs Equipment, the UK's national Cat Lift Truck distributor and service provider, has launched the Cat low level order picker.
Lead by better example (1st April 2009)
With the introduction of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, health and safety can no longer be a 'box ticking' culture among managers. Ken Stoll, safety, health and environment advisor for Briggs Eq
Energy efficient pallet trucks (1st February 2009)
Briggs Equipment has launched two new high-spec stand-on and sit-on Cat power pallet trucks.
Free forklift safety kits for operators (1st February 2009)
Briggs Equipment is providing free kits to forklift truck operators as part of its national 'We Can Handle It' campaign. The campaign aims to get more drivers to take ownership and care for their trucks to help increas
Eliminate hidden costs (1st February 2009)
Inefficient use of batteries, fuel and tyres might seem obvious candidates for firms seeking fleet management savings, but Briggs Equipment says this is where unneccessary costs can hide
Sideloaders lift productivity levels (1st October 2008)
In a deal worth £410 000, Briggs Equipment UK has sold five Baumann Sideloaders to Dudley Tubes to move heavy steel in high racking.
Why pay the penalty? (1st October 2008)
In an unsettled economy, can you really predict where your business will be in five years time? Briggs says penalty-free flexible truck hire is the solution. Brendan Coyne reports
Tiller makes smoother operator (1st October 2008)
Briggs Equipment has added the Cat NO20NT stand-on low level order picker to its range.
From Products
Briggs launches 'mid-term' rental package (22nd September 2008)
Briggs has launched a mid-term rental package which it says delivers higher flexibility than standard rental contracts and better costs than short term hire.
On the tail of lift truck service (1st August 2008)
Briggs Equipment runs a 500-strong mobile engineering operation to service its fleet of Cat Lift Trucks and ancillary plant and equipment. The company has now launched an extended wheel base van in response to operati
Top Cat for high level order picking (1st August 2008)
Briggs Equipment, UK Cat Lift Truck distributor, has launched the new Cat high level order picker. The NOH10N lifts to a maximum height of 10m at up to 0.40m/second. The new design incorporates Cat's poweRamic mast. T
Greener Caterpillar fleet (1st June 2008)
PalletFORCE, working with Briggs Equipment, has invested nearly £300,000 in a fleet of new Caterpillar GP25N trucks with engine protection systems. The gas forklift trucks will achieve increased turnaround on pallet m
Available for short-term hire (1st June 2008)
Briggs Equipment has invested £8m in 550 new machines for its short term rental fleet. Alongside a range of counterbalance machines, the new fleet includes 120 pieces of Cat warehouse equipment, eight 10-16t SMV machi
Sales and service solutions for Scotland (1st April 2008)
By meeting the needs of the oil, fishing, distilling and utilities industries, the Scottish materials handling industry provides increasingly specialist products and service Briggs Equipment, UK national Cat Lift Truc
The right part for the job (1st April 2008)
Clive Green, parts development manager at Briggs Equipment looks some of the issues companies should consider in choosing a supplier of parts and components for their equipment
From Distribution
Briggs Equipment strengthens tail lift business (1st February 2008)
Briggs Equipment has strengthened its position in the tail lift industry with the launch of its new Vehicle Mounted Lifting Equipment (VMLE) division.
Fleet response to Xmas peak (1st December 2007)
With retailers and their suppliers facing demand peaks, the Christmas period often means more trucks are needed. Briggs can supply trucks at 24 hours notice – and says its NRN reach trucks boost safety for temporary workers
Briggs urges 'Get to grips with tyre safety' (1st October 2007)
In a survey by Briggs Equipment, more than 40% of forklift tyres fitted and ordered by customers were the wrong size and compound. The company says it's a worrying statistic because if the tyre footprint is the wrong s
Cat Lift new range (1st April 2007)
The NR-N Cat lift trucks are the latest range to be designed and developed by Briggs Equipment UK. PoweRamic mast layout gives drivers increased visibility while improving the truck's load capacity retention, even at full ope
On the catwalk (1st February 2007)
Briggs Equipment the UK's sole national Cat Lift Truck distributor, will be revealing its latest ranges of fork lift trucks at IMHX.
Briggs in deal with BT Fleet (1st February 2007)
Briggs Equipment UK, the UK's sole Cat Lift Truck dealer, has been named as a preferred supplier to BT Fleet, a subsidiary of BT, in a deal worth potentially in excess of £2m. The five-year agreement will see Briggs supply a
Customer-centric (1st February 2007)
When long-standing Caterpillar distributor, Finning, sold its materials handling division a new player entered the UK forklift market in the form of Briggs Equipment. Charlotte Stonestreet spoke to CEO, Richard Close about hi
New range of Cat lift trucks (1st October 2006)
Briggs Equipment, recent purchaser of Finning Materials Handling, has launched the new NR-N range of Cat lift trucks.
Sammons Enterprises purchases Finning's materials handling division (20th September 2006)
1000th Caterpillar truck delivered (1st August 2006)
The 1000th Caterpillar truck is delivered to the 1000th Travis Perkins site by Finning Materials Handling
The 1000th Cat truck to the 1000th Travis Perkins site (12th July 2006)
Finning Materials Handling, the sole provider of Caterpillar trucks, has reached the 1000th delivered truck milestone with Travis Perkins. The 1000th machine, a Cat DP35N Counterbalance truck has been delivered to the Travis Perkins’ 1000th site in H
Short term hire deals with crisis (1st June 2006)
DIY specialist Wickes was recently tested in a crisis situation when its Hemel Hempstead distribution centre was significantly damaged by the Buncefield fuel depot fire last December. Located just 500m from the depot, the site supplied over 1800 uniq
Warehouse range extended (1st April 2006)
Finning has added to its extensive Caterpillar warehouse range by introducing a new medium level order picker, three stand-on stackers and three pedestrian stackers. All the new models have been designed for agile operation in narrow aisles and opera
Weighing systems white paper (1st April 2006)
Finning Materials Handling has published a comprehensive 'white paper' on weighing systems forklift trucks, which aims to highlight the issue of load checking and encourage best practice.
Getting it right first time (1st April 2006)
The conditions of tyres are one of the most important and often most neglected safety aspects of industrial handling vehicles. However, with a variety of options available on the market, ensuring you obtain the right tyre for the right application ca
New electric trucks (1st April 2006)
Finning Materials Handling, distributor of Cat Lift Trucks has introduced a new range of electric trucks.
Weighing systems white paper (11th March 2006)
Finning Materials Handling has published a comprehensive ‘white paper’ on weighing systems forklift trucks, which aims to highlight the issue of load checking and encourage best practice.
Discharging battery misconceptions (1st October 2005)
In light of spiralling energy costs, how can warehouse managers reduce the day-to-day running costs of electric warehouse materials handling equipment?
Measure twice... (1st August 2005)
A comprehensive site survey involving all parties can make a huge difference to bottom lines. Finning Materials Handling’s Peter Barlow explains the company’s approach
Keep it in check (1st December 2004)
A detailed daily inspection of any handling equipment if conducted correctly should take three to four minutes. It’s not much time to take and can potentially save lives, so why are many inspections carried out incorrectly or at worst not at all? Her
Replacement parts within 14hrs (1st October 2004)
According to Finning Materials Handling, its new parts service is set to knock 34 hours off the fastest turnaround times in the industry.
Safety event for the young (1st April 2004)
The Health & Safety Executive recently ran a pilot event at Derby College for people under 21 to raise awareness of health and safety issues in industry.
From Health & Safety
Less electricity needed to recharge (1st April 2004)
City Plumbing Supplies, the heating and plumbing division of Travis Perkins, has taken delivery of 28 new Cat EP15KRT electric lift trucks from Finning Materials Handling as part of its continuous equipment investment programme.
New range offers speed, stability and advanced safety (1st April 2004)
Developed in conjunction with Finning customers, the new Cat N range of counterbalance trucks offers faster lifting speeds, improved stability, advanced safety features and good all round visibility. An evolution of the K range, the N range encompass
