Our CEO Steve Mulholland took part in the Big Construction Debate at the Labour Party Conference 2026 yesterday.
Plant-hire is one of the clearest practical tests of the Government’s priorities, from good growth in every postcode and 1.5 million new homes to reindustrialisation and getting young people into work.CPA members are overwhelmingly family-owned SMEs working in every region of the country. They supply the excavators, cranes and specialist equipment behind every major housing and infrastructure site in the UK.
Our message to Government is simple: we are ready and willing to deliver. We just need the right conditions to invest.
With thanks to the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) for organising the debate and fellow panellists Amanda Long, Construction Products Association; Henry Tufnell MP; Milda Manomaityte, ACE; Ben Goodwin, CECA; Brett Amphlett, Builders Merchants Federation Ltd; and Brian Berry, Federation of Master Builders for a lively discussion! #Lab26
