INDUSTRY NEWS
Manitou’s MD takes a seat on the CEA’s Management Council
FOLLOWING the Construction Equipment Association (CEA)’s AGM at Plantworx Construction Exhibition, Chief Executive Rob Oliver announced a new member of the Management Council: Mark Ormond, Manitou UK’s Managing Director.
Commenting on the announcement Rob said: “I’m really pleased to welcome Mark to the Management Council team. As a former President of the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA), he will bring an understanding of trade association work and fresh ideas.”
Mark has been at the helm of Manitou UK for the past 18 months. His remit covers both the Manitou and Gehl brands with full responsibility for operations in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Manitou reported record sales in the region in 2018 with significant further growth during the first half of 2019.
Prior to joining Manitou, Mark’s career was primarily in the agricultural sector, having been the MD at three leading equipment manufacturers over a 15-year period: Grimme, Lemken and SAME Detz-Fahr respectively. As Rob Oliver suggested in his comment, Mark is an active member of the Agricultural Engineers Association, has been a Board Member of it since 2013 and its President from 2017 to 2018.
Mark commented on his appointment saying: “Manitou is a global leader in materials handling equipment with construction being one of the most important sectors to our business. Trade associations provide valuable support and services to their members. I am honoured to be elected to the Management Council of the CEA and look forward to sharing my AEA experiences to support the continued future development of the CEA.”
'New PM must intervene as construction output flatlines', warns FMB
CONSTRUCTION leaders are calling on the new Prime Minister to stimulate construction and house building for the benefit of the wider economy as the latest statistics show that the sector is flatlining, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Commenting on the latest construction output statistics from the Office for
National Statistics, which show that construction output growth in Great Britain was flat (0.0%) in the three-month on three-months to May 2019, Sarah McMonagle, Director of Communications at the FMB, said: “Alarm bells will be ringing in the ears of the two candidates vying to be Prime Minister, with these latest stats showing that the construction sector is at a standstill.
“Whoever wins the race for PM, I want to see that person take decisive action in their first days in office by intervening to stimulate our waning sector, which is so vital to the health of the wider economy. Indeed, without it, our country’s house building aspirations will be impossible to deliver.”
McMonagle concluded: “The poor performance of the construction sector over the past few months was driven partly by a drop in activity in the repair and maintenance sector. As you would expect, this part of the construction industry is particularly vulnerable to dips in consumer confidence, which the threat of a ‘no deal’ Brexit continues to perpetuate.
“There would be no better way to encourage homeowners to commission building projects in the second half of this year than by slashing VAT on housing repair, maintenance and improvement from 20% to 5%.”
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