JCB digs deep with £750 Christmas bonus for thousands of staff

Construction equipment giant JCB is rewarding thousands of employees for their hard work with a £750 Christmas bonus.

The bonus will be paid to more than 6,000 employees – including agency employees with over 12 months’ service – working at JCB’s 11 plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham.

JCB said this year has been “a solid one” and demand for its machines going into next year is very strong.

“The whole team can be proud of what has been achieved in 2021 and I am delighted that we can reward everyone’s efforts with a Christmas bonus,” said Lord Bamford, JCB chairman.

CEO Graeme Macdonald said: “This year we will produce a record number of machines and this bonus rewards a tremendous team effort.

“We are still facing severe challenges caused by unprecedented supply chain disruption which is impacting on production, and we expect this to continue for the first six months of next year.”