British engineering company JCB has set a new world land speed record of 406.320 mph with its hydrogen-powered JCB Hydromax. The car recorded the average speed 400.623 mph in its first run this morning (11th August) across the Bonneville Salt Flats, and 412.135 mph on its second run, giving the average of 406.320 mph - the fastest a hydrogen internal combustion car has ever travelled. In doing so, JCB Hydromax surpassed the 350.092 mph world diesel land speed record set by JC

JCB's hydrogen-powered Hydromax streamliner today (6th August) clinched an SCTA speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats – reaching 368.347mph at the world's leading land speed racing event. JCB Hydromax at the start of the Bonneville Salt Flats Driven by Wing Commander Andy Green OBE, the car set a new record in the Southern California Timing Association’s (SCTA) Blown Gas Streamliner (AA/BGS, 500+ cubic inches) class at Bonneville Salt Flats at 8:50am on the 6th August 202

In August 2006, JCB Dieselmax, driven by Wing Commander Andy Green OBE, set a world diesel land speed record of 350.092 mph – a record that still stands. 20 years after rewriting the record books with the JCB Dieselmax car, the company is returning to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to attempt a new speed record – this time using hydrogen power. They are targeting a new land speed record with a 32-foot car powered by its own hydrogen engines. The Staffordshire-based manufac

Tickets for the third annual LIV Golf United Kingdom presented by JCB 2026 are now on sale. The tournament is extending to 72 holes this year promising fans four days of world-class golf and entertainment in Rocester, Staffordshire Hospitality and general admission tickets are available as the JCB Golf & Country Club prepares to welcome the global golf league back to Staffordshire from July 23rd to 26th. This will be the league’s fifth time visiting the UK since launching i

One of Staffordshire’s oldest family pottery firms has wished JCB and Lord Bamford a happy 80th birthday – with the creation of a unique handmade vase. Stoke‑on‑Trent‑based Moorcroft, founded by William Moorcroft in 1913, is renowned worldwide for its rich colours and distinctive tube‑lining technique, in which raised outlines are applied by hand before painting and glazing. The company’s skilled team has produced a four‑sided vase designed by Emma Bossons, one of Moorcroft’s

Digger manufacturer JCB has donated £1,000 to help a community group stage a life-saving heart screening programme in memory of a mechanical engineer who died suddenly aged just 26. Pictured at JCB’s World Headquarter are (left to right): Past President of Uttoxeter Rotary Club Jerry Gear, Penny and Paul Lane and JCB Group Communications Director John Kavanagh. Formula One mechanical engineer, Anthony Lane, who grew up in Stubwood, near Denstone, close to the company’s World

STOKE-ON-TRENT charity The Hubb Foundation and Staffordshire digger giant JCB have today (February 16th) launched a unique partnership to ensure thousands of vulnerable children across the city have free half-term holiday activities throughout the year. JCB apprentice George Lowe (19) serves up a healthy meal to St Mary's Primary School children. The three-year £375,000 partnership will fund 1,000 activity places every half term in February, May and October at up to 35 Sto

A full‑sized JCB digger dressed up like a collector’s scale model stole a few hearts on Valentine’s Day – and stopped Londoners in their tracks outside an iconic railway station. The ‘JCB Backhoe in a Box’ drew huge crowds when it was first unveiled at the digger maker’s World HQ in Rocester, Staffordshire. Now the capital is digging the love for this innovative display as it arrives in London - proving romance really does come in all shapes and sizes, even giant, beautifully

JCB APPRENTICES have created a unique 80 th anniversary project at the company’s World Headquarters that invites the public to tune into its past, present, and future. The team of 15 young engineering, manufacturing, and business apprentices designed the innovative ‘listening bench’ for the grounds of the company’s Rocester factory – giving employees, visitors, and the local community the chance to sit, relax, and hear JCB’s story. The bench, designed in the style of Jos

Local manufacturer JCB has secured a contract for 535 militarized versions of JCB’s 437HT wheeled loader with the United States Marine Corps (USMC) to be supplied over the next decade. The contract is the third to be signed by the USMC, which five months ago placed a $45 million order for a militarized version of JCB’s 4CX backhoe loader. That followed a $39 million deal in 2024 for Multi Terrain Loaders, a militarized version of the JCB Teleskid compact tracked loader. Chris

The JCB Pothole Pro has returned to the district on another mission to help patch up the area’s potholes and prepare roads for surface treatments. The machine combines cutting and cleaning functions, enabling quicker and more cost-effective pothole repairs. It’s primarily used to fix potholes before the roads undergo a preventative surface treatment. This month, it completed work in Leek, at Ilam Moor Lane - from Brunnister Lane to Blore Road - and Dove Dale’s Thorpe Road.