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innovation reflects our commitment to using the best possible equipment and technologies to provide optimised solutions that deliver reduced carbon emissions,” Ian elaborates.“ Business ethics refers to our strong reputation for being a fully accredited, accountable, and compliant service provider. Lastly, process rigour means our teams operate in a processdriven manner on every site, working seamlessly to deliver an enhanced service and efficient project delivery.”
When it comes to sustainability, Jet is taking huge leaps to lead the UK’ s road planing industry on a path to Net Zero.“ We’ ve switched our entire fleet of planers to operate on HVO, leading to a 90 per cent reduction of our carbon emissions, and invested in new equipment that enables us to carry and manage more waste with fewer vehicles, reducing the number of miles used per tonne of waste,” Ian explains.“ We were recently‘ highly commended’ for a sustainability award, and although we didn’ t win, we were up against some huge organisations across diverse sectors. In the end, Aston Martin won the award, but our commendation is testament to our progress so far within this industry.”
Having featured in the Sunday Times
Best Place to Work 2025 list, we ask Simon about Jet’ s approach to company culture and personal development.“ Being recognised in this way is a huge achievement for us, especially considering our industry is often considered to be behind others in terms of ESG and sustainability,” he shares.“ Alongside prioritising the health and safety of our people, we embrace the concept of the‘ Jet way,’ not judging ourselves against our competitors but instead measuring tasks individually to find improvements. This approach breeds an environment for continuous improvement, where we regularly review our processes and find ways to be more efficient and challenge our ways of working.
“ In light of the industry’ s ageing population and a lack of skilled people entering the workforce, we recognised that to grow our business in terms of people, we either needed to entice planer operators away from other companies or train our
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