JCB rewards UK staff with record bonus

Digger maker JCB is to give its entire UK workforce a £1,000 (€1,388) Christmas bonus following a year of soaring sales, it emerged today.

All 5,500 staff at the Staffordshire-based manufacturer will get the windfall after sales topped £2bn (€2.77bn) for the first time this year. Turnover is up from the previous record of £1.75bn (€2.43bn) in 2006.