03.01.2011

Fork Rent secures Union Jack backhoe

Ipswich-based UK rental company Fork Rent was the highest bidder for the JCB’s Help for Heroes Union Jack backhoe loader with a bid of £70,250.

JCB staged the auction as a Christmas fundraising initiative in support of Help for Heroes, the British charity that supports servicemen and women wounded in conflicts around the world.
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Fork Rent was the highest bidder for the JCB’s Help for Heroes Union Jack backhoe loader with a bid of £70,250.

Fork Rent’s managing director, Guy Nicholls said: “I’m absolutely delighted that Fork Rent has secured the Union Jack 3CX Eco Backhoe Loader. It is such a distinctive machine and very fitting that JCB auctioned it to raise money for Help for Heroes. We’ve got on our thinking caps at Fork Rent to come up with more ideas how it might be used again to raise even more funds for Help for Heroes, such as a John O’Groats to Lands End road trip maybe.”

Bryn Parry co-founder, Help for Heroes, said: “We at Help for Heroes are thrilled that JCB decided to auction their exclusive Union Jack digger and well done to Fork Rent for securing the machine. The money raised will provide much needed funds to help our wounded heroes on their road to recovery, and if Fork Rent is able to use the Union Jack digger to raise even more money for H4H, that would be just fantastic.”

A group of wounded soldiers joined teams from JCB and Help for Heroes and over 100 representatives from the British construction industry, for the official launch of the auction on London’s South Bank before Christmas where the festive themed 200ft barge was moored on The Thames.