His family built its wealth on terra firma, now Jo Bamford hopes his own business Ryse can harness the power of hydrogen. But if the UK wants to be a leader in zero-emissions tech, it needs to step on the gas…
When you are named after Joseph Cyril Bamford, the man who founded arguably the world’s most famous excavator company and whose initials adorn each of the yellow diggers, you have big shoes to fill.