JCB employees have dug deep to help raise thousands of pounds for this year’s Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal by snapping up commemorative digger themed pin badges. The poppy pin badges - the brainchild of retired Staffordshire firefighter Kelvin Chell - feature a JCB backhoe loader and have been sold at all 11 of the company’s UK manufacturing sites in the run up to Armistice Day. The initiative raised more than £11,400, with JCB boosting the total to £12,500. Within da

JCB and a group of employees have dug deep to help transform a village playground where the company has its World Headquarters.

A village bowling club has two reasons to celebrate after securing funding for a new shelter and topping off a successful season.

A historic Staffordshire Moorlands village church is building firm foundations for the future with support from digger giant JCB.

From one Staffordshire industry stalwart to another - digger giant JCB is showing its support for the pottery industry by placing a major order with a leading chinaware manufacturer.

A Staffordshire Moorlands cricket club has ended the sporting season on a high with news that JCB has renewed its support.

JCB is helping ring the changes in a Staffordshire Moorlands village with a £1,000 donation towards its church bell renovation project.

British engineering giant JCB has set a new world land speed record of 406.320 mph with its hydrogen-powered JCB Hydromax.

JCB's hydrogen-powered Hydromax streamliner clinched an SCTA speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats – reaching 368.347mph at the world's leading land speed racing event.

Children at a Staffordshire Moorlands primary school are celebrating after digger giant JCB pledged £750 for new games equipment.

Almost 320 runners braved one of the hottest nights of the year to complete JCB’s Lakeside 5 race and fun run.

Digger maker JCB threw the biggest birthday bash in its history at the weekend as more than 23,000 employees and their families partied to performances by Robbie Williams and Alex James.

A retired Staffordshire firefighter is digging deep for the Poppy Appeal — by launching a JCB-themed badge to raise vital funds.

British engineering giant JCB has successfully completed UK testing of its hydrogen-powered JCB Hydromax car – reaching 208mph and clearing the way for its world land speed record attempt at Bonneville next month.

A Staffordshire Moorlands sports club has been bowled over by a £750 donation from digger giant JCB to buy new kit and help boost membership.

A Uttoxeter charity is urging local men to sign up for its annual free prostate cancer testing campaign which this week received funding support from digger giant JCB.

It's celebration time for two high-profile Cheadle summer entertainment events after the town’s biggest employer pledged its support.

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.

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.

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.