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X marks the spot as JCB seals big deal for excavators

|Date: April 09, 2021

X marks the spot as JCB seals big deal for excavators

JCB has secured one of the biggest deals of the year for its X-Series range of tracked excavators after a ...

JCB has secured one of the biggest deals of the year for its X-Series range of tracked excavators after an investment by one of the Midlands’ leading civil engineering companies. Chasetown Civil Engin ...

April 09, 2021
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First deal signed for JCB pothole fixer

|Date: April 06, 2021

First deal signed for JCB pothole fixer

British digger maker JCB has signed its first deal for its revolutionary pothole fixer with a council whi ...

British digger maker JCB has signed its first deal for its revolutionary pothole fixer with a council which helped develop the machine. Stoke-on-Trent City Council became the first authority in the UK ...

April 06, 2021
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More new jobs on the way as 700 to get permanent JCB contracts

|Date: April 01, 2021

More new jobs on the way as 700 to get permanent JCB contracts

JCB launched a fresh recruitment drive for hundreds more shop floor employees and announced plans to give ...

JCB launched a fresh recruitment drive for hundreds more shop floor employees and announced plans to give hundreds more agency employees permanent contracts as demand for construction equipment contin ...

April 01, 2021
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Biggest ever UK order as Sunbelt Rentals buys 2,100 machines

|Date: March 29, 2021

Biggest ever UK order as Sunbelt Rentals buys 2,100 machines

Britain’s biggest equipment rental company is investing in 2,100 new JCB machines in a deal worth £65 mil ...

Britain’s biggest equipment rental company is investing in 2,100 new JCB machines in a deal worth £65 million – the biggest ever order from a UK customer in the company’s 75-year history. Sunbelt Rent ...

March 29, 2021
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UKs biggest telehandler hirer places £26m loadall order

|Date: March 09, 2021

UKs biggest telehandler hirer places £26m loadall order

The UK’s biggest telehandler hirer is expanding its fleet further - by placing an order for £26 million w ...

The UK’s biggest telehandler hirer is expanding its fleet further - by placing an order for £26 million worth of JCB Loadall models. Ardent Hire Solutions is adding 525 new JCB Loadall telescopic hand ...

March 09, 2021
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JCB Hydradig delivers test data for Big Yellow Robots project

|Date: March 03, 2021

JCB Hydradig delivers test data for Big Yellow Robots project

A JCB Hydradig wheeled excavator is playing a key role in supporting a £72m Government-backed project to ...

A JCB Hydradig wheeled excavator is playing a key role in supporting a £72m Government-backed project to transform UK construction through digitally-enabled modern methods of construction. The machine ...

March 03, 2021
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New meets old as Scottish contractor continues commitment to JCB

|Date: February 26, 2021

New meets old as Scottish contractor continues commitment to JCB

A leading Scottish contractor’s enduring loyalty to JCB’s tracked excavators has been cemented with the p ...

A leading Scottish contractor’s enduring loyalty to JCB’s tracked excavators has been cemented with the purchase of a brand-new JCB 150X HD. The new machine joins an original 1966 JCB 7 excavator in t ...

February 26, 2021
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Highways & Infrastructure | Streets Ahead

|Date: February 25, 2021

Highways & Infrastructure | Streets Ahead

A new solution from JCB could be the ace in the hole for the road repair sector. The government has made ...

A new solution from JCB could be the ace in the hole for the road repair sector. The government has made some significant commitments in infrastructure spending in recent times – not least HS2 – but t ...

February 25, 2021
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JCB | Zero to hero

|Date: February 24, 2021

JCB | Zero to hero

JCB is completing the circuit in its Road to Zero programme with a number of electric launches. Construct ...

JCB is completing the circuit in its Road to Zero programme with a number of electric launches. Construction Plant News Editor, Lee Jones reports. It was 75 years ago last year that JCB began its jour ...

February 24, 2021
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JCB launches recruitment drive as production set to surge

|Date: February 17, 2021

JCB launches recruitment drive as production set to surge

JCB is recruiting more than 400 additional UK shop floor employees as the company gears up for a surge in ...

JCB is recruiting more than 400 additional UK shop floor employees as the company gears up for a surge in production, the company have announced. The market for construction equipment has rebounded sh ...

February 17, 2021
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