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As a manufacturer of big-ticket agricultural machines, JCB is the largest UK-based supplier of farm equipment.
The group’s agricultural sales are understood to account for about 20% of turnover, which equates to £840m of the £4.2bn total generated in 2019. Among the company’s exports, more than 60% of Fastrac sales are in markets such as France and Germany, central Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Loadall telescopic handlers are built in its world headquarters facility at Rocester, with JCB engines and cabs from nearby plants, and transmissions from Wrexham, north Wales. Fastracs are built alongside wheeled loaders at Cheadle, where a separate factory produces the compact loaders and telehandlers.
Making a dividend to pay to maintain high standards of kit, is the way forward for JA Gilston Agricultural Contractors, based in Co Durham, who feature in our Contractor’s Yard series. Founded by John Alastair Gilston, in 1981, at the age of 18 years old, it has been a lifetime commitment in making it the success it is today. Now run alongside his son, James and with two full-time employees, as well as a secretary, who works one day a week, and and engineer working flexible hours. Although now trying to specialise specifically into forage harvesting, there are still a number of services the team have on offer, which run alongside a variety of council-run contracts for grass and winter maintenance.
Bobcat leads the industry in the design and manufacture of compact equipment. Established in 1947 and now part of the Doosan family, for more than 70 years Bobcat has built equipment which helps its customers work more efficiently and effectively, and has a clear focus on agriculture with the launch of the latest generation of Telehandlers. David Toppin, Managing Director, said “We are delighted to have secured the industry leading brand and we are very much looking forward to promoting the Bobcat Telehandler range, we see it as a great compliment and much valued addition to our existing portfolio of quality agricultural brands”.
She said: The way the government scheme is being perceived out there is there s lots of devices for everybody who is struggling, but actually in reality on the ground it feels quite different.
She said there were cases of larger families or parents working at home and home schooling where there just weren t enough devices to go round. It s about us being as proactive as we can as a school community to do the best we can as a school community, she added.
As well as fundraising for new devices, the school is also taking equipment people no longer need.