Truck sales buoyant (1st March 2012)

BITA (the British Industrial Truck Association) says orders for forklift trucks increased by 20% in 2011, continuing the recovery from the market low point two years ago. In the year to December 2011, members reported s

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Doors open at BITA Academy (2nd November 2011)

The British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) and City of Bristol College have cemented their new strategic partnership with the official opening of the BITA Academy by Jack Lopresti MP.

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BITA and college to set up 'forklift academy' (27th October 2011)

BITA has teamed up with City of Bristol College to deliver a forklift industry apprenticeships initiative.

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  Planning ahead (1st May 2011)

Organisers of the International Materials Handling Exhibition – Quartz Publishing and Exhibitions and the British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) report that more than 70 exhibitors have already signed up for the ne

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  BITA initiative to attract new blood (1st May 2011)

An initiative to attract new blood into the forklift truck market, through better opportunities and apprenticeships, was announced at the recent BITA (British Industrial Truck Association) AGM.

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BITA predicting a modest recovery (1st June 2010)

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  New guide (1st September 2004)

Available from BITA is a new operator training guidebook for pivot steer (articulated chassis) lift trucks.

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  BITA predicting a modest recovery (1st May 2010)

BITA (British Industrial truck association) has predicted a modest recovery for the lift truck market in 2010 with prospects for stronger growth in the medium term tempered by an uncertain economic situation and conside

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  Replace worn arms (1st March 2009)

Leading forklift industry figures have voiced concerns over inappropriate fork arm repairs.

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  Truck guides (1st July 2008)

BITA's Operator's Safety Code for Powered Industrial Trucks (known as the 'green book' for the colour of its cover) was conceived in 1954, and since then has been updated to reflect evolution in products, applications a

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  No sign of meltdown (1st July 2008)

Times may be tough, but forecasts of meltdown are well wide of the mark, according to the British Industrial Truck Association's members-only Economic Forecast.

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  Maintaining safety through Thorough Examination (1st March 2008)

Between 2001/02 and 2005/06, the HSE recorded 21,190 injuries involving fork lift trucks, of which 94 were fatal, 5758 major and 15,338 resulted in absences from work of 3 or more days. On average fork lift trucks are

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  BITA lifts industry standards (1st January 2007)

Bita has launched PAS90, a new industry standard to make onsite working safer for industrial truck engineers Developed in conjunction with BSi, end users and British Industrial Truck Association members, PAS90 is a 13 page b

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