Uttoxeter Coope. The last remains of the brewery were demolished in the 1960s to make way for the Maltings shopping precinct and car park. The brewery clock was re-furbished and installed on the town hall in the 2000s. In 1945, Joseph Cyril Bamford founded J C Bamford Excavators Limited in Uttoxeter, now known as JCB. The firm, based in the nearby village of Rocester, is the world's third-largest construction equipment manufacturer. The firm's first vehicle was a tipping trailer made from war-surplus materials, which J. C. Bamford built in a rented lock-up garage in Uttoxeter. The Bamford family had previously started
Peter Bamford International GT Open. Peter Bamford Peter Richard Bamford (born 6 March 1954), London, England is an English businessman, currently Chairman of Superdry pls, formally SuperGroup plc, the owner of the Superdry brand, a rapidly growing youth fashion retailer. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Rentokil-Initial plc. Bamford has held a number of Chairman and non-executive roles since leaving Vodafone in 2006 which have included Chairman of Six Degrees Technology Group and Chairman of PRS for Music Limited. He was an Executive Director of Vodafone Group plc for 8 years in which period the company was transformed from a UK