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Jet Plant Hire( Jet), an industry-leading road planing business, is building the scale and capability to support road infrastructure projects of virtually any size. From local patching repair programmes and general hire to major highway replacement schemes and public sector contracts, the business combines a growing depot network with specialist expertise to deliver a responsive, nationwide service.
Established in 1989, Jet remains familyowned and now employs 108 people across its operation. The company’ s continued investments in state-of-the-art equipment and strategically positioned depots are supporting an ambitious growth strategy, while its focus on quality, safety, and sustainability is helping the business to respond to the changing demands of the infrastructure sector.
When Construction & Civil Engineering last sat down with Jet in February 2026, we took a deep dive into the company’ s history and three strategic pillars of sustainable innovation, business ethics, and process rigour. Now, we revisit the company and speak with Ian Mitchell, Commercial Director, to uncover how Jet has developed over the last eight months.
“ Since we spoke, we have opened our new Bradford location, serving our customers’ operations in the North of the UK and expanding our customer footprint, with local personnel serving these customers,” Ian enthuses.“ Our equipment utilisation has also improved by several percentage points, and our NPS score has improved to an amazing 96 from an already excellent 88.
“ Aside from these developments, we have acquired three new state-of-theart replacement planing machines and delivered an 11 per cent increase in shift volume compared to the first six months of 2025. Alongside that, we’ ve upgraded 50 per cent of our service vans and replaced several HGVs to keep up to date with the latest technology available.”
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