There's no doubt that last week's announcement of Briggs Equipment's takeover plans for Yale UK will shake up a market already dominated by a few large players. Speculation is rife on our Discussion Forum, and the announcement appears to have triggered more questions than it answered. What does it mean for Briggs' commitment to Cat? How will it affect the existing Yale dealers in the UK? What will it mean for competition between Briggs and Barloworld? Some of these issues are addressed in our report this week, but there's still lots of uncertainly and guarded comment by the key players. As they say, watch this space ...