ISSUE 265 April 2019
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EDITOR: RICHARD HOLLIS: 0161 482 6249 04 INDUSTRY NEWS
10 ARMORGARD 10 DRAPER 11
12 PREMAC 13
14 WERA 15 GYS 24 BOSCH
Features
16 WIHA: ELECTRICVARIO It's kick-off time for Wiha's latest range of hand tools launched under a football themed promotion.
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JCB: BRUSHLESS IMPACT DRIVER AND COMBI DRILL Resident reviewer, Peter Brett, casts a careful eye over the latest pieces of cordless kit from JCB.
20 DRAPER: PLUNGE SAW Peter Brett gets to the cutting edge of power tools with the new plunge saw from Draper.
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FFX SHOW REPORT DIRECTORY
Columnists
25 DEBORAH WILLIAMS Health & Safety
28 BEN DYER IT
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LISA GILLESPIE HR & Recruitment
GUILD OF MASTER CRAFTSMEN Marketing
EDITORIAL VIEWPOINT
APRIL is always a special time for ToolBUSINESS+HIRE as it’s the publication’s anniversary month. The first edition was launched in 1993 making the magazine 26 years old this month - and, I suppose, an Aries!
Sadly, I was also hoping to be able to write about how our industry - and the economy in general – should be settling into a more secure place now that the uncertainty surrounding Brexit is over. At the time of writing, however, the original 29 March deadline has been and gone and the whole situation seems as unstable as ever. We shall be looking to bring you the implications of whatever deal (or not) we eventually end up with, but that will have to wait at least one more month…
by RICHARD HOLLIS, Editor 3
Back to this issue, Peter Brett brings us a report of the FFX show, as well as product reviews on a plunge saw from Draper and a pair of cordless tools from JCB. You can find out how they fared inside.
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