JCB’s biggest ever UK loadall order
JCB has won the biggest single order for its Loadall telescopic handlers ever placed by a UK customer. The order from Ardent Hire Solutions is part of a two-year deal worth more than £75m. Ardent has invested in a fleet of 1,100 Loadalls ranging from the compact 525-60 through to the 550-80. The company is also investing in a fleet of 3CX backhoe loaders, rough terrain forklifts and 7T Hi-Viz site dumpers, which have a low-slung chassis design and revised skip to give improved front visibility. Group managing director global major accounts Yvette Henshall-Bell said: “We are delighted to secure this major order from one of the UK’s leading plant hire companies. It shows great confidence in JCB machinery and also in the wider construction sector which Ardent’s plant hire bus...