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

|Date: 07 Apr 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 ...

07 Apr 2021
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JCB launches recruitment drive as production set to surge

|Date: 08 Feb 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 ...

08 Feb 2021
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High-spec JCB backhoe is master of all trades

|Date: 05 Oct 2020

High-spec JCB backhoe is master of all trades

Devon contractor Newenham Agri has re-affirmed its loyal allegiance to JCB backhoe loaders – by making th ...

Devon contractor Newenham Agri has re-affirmed its loyal allegiance to JCB backhoe loaders – by making the company’s flagship 4CX even more versatile. The Axminster-based agricultural and landscaping ...

05 Oct 2020
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JCB | Creating safer sites

|Date: 15 Apr 2020

JCB | Creating safer sites

JCB used this year's Executive Hire Show to showcase a range of new dumpers. The Executive Hire Show in F ...

JCB used this year's Executive Hire Show to showcase a range of new dumpers. The Executive Hire Show in February rounded up the latest equipment and machinery on offer through the rental sector to dev ...

15 Apr 2020
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JCB stops production as global demand for machines reduces

|Date: 18 Mar 2020

JCB stops production as global demand for machines reduces

JCB is today stopping production at all of its UK manufacturing plants as disruption resulting from the w ...

JCB is today stopping production at all of its UK manufacturing plants as disruption resulting from the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic causes an unprecedented reduction in global demand. The company i ...

18 Mar 2020
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Historic day as 750,000th backhoe rolls of JCB production line

|Date: 09 Mar 2020

Historic day as 750,000th backhoe rolls of JCB production line

JCB celebrated a unique milestone as its 750,000th backhoe loader rolled off the production line. The lan ...

JCB celebrated a unique milestone as its 750,000th backhoe loader rolled off the production line. The landmark machine was driven off the line at the company’s factory in Rocester, Staffordshire – the ...

09 Mar 2020
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JCB’s fast charge mini makes electric start to 2020

|Date: 18 Dec 2019

JCB’s fast charge mini makes electric start to 2020

JCB will show the fast charge version of its first ever fully electric mini excavator at the Executive Hi ...

JCB will show the fast charge version of its first ever fully electric mini excavator at the Executive Hire Show 2020. The 19C-1E can put in a typical full day’s shift for a mini excavator on a single ...

18 Dec 2019
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JCB 19C-1E Mini Excavator | Charge ahead

|Date: 10 Dec 2019

JCB 19C-1E Mini Excavator | Charge ahead

Site preparation takes many forms, especially if urban brownfield locations are being developed and low e ...

Site preparation takes many forms, especially if urban brownfield locations are being developed and low emission machinery is required. Construction equipment journalist, Dan Gilkes, puts JCB’s new 1. ...

10 Dec 2019
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Weston enlarges fleet with new JCB telehandlers

|Date: 09 Sep 2019

Weston enlarges fleet with new JCB telehandlers

Weston Logistics, a division of Weston Homes Plc, has invested in a fleet of 12 new JCB Loadall telescopi ...

Weston Logistics, a division of Weston Homes Plc, has invested in a fleet of 12 new JCB Loadall telescopic handlers. ...

09 Sep 2019
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JCB X-Series | Make the grade

|Date: 01 Jul 2019

JCB X-Series | Make the grade

Earlier this year JCB launched its new X-series excavators in the 13-16 tonne sector. PHPD takes a closer ...

Earlier this year JCB launched its new X-series excavators in the 13-16 tonne sector. PHPD takes a closer look at the new machines that promise both enhanced operator comfort and more power and accura ...

01 Jul 2019
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