ON SI T E
No Regrets Whether it’s the working class upbringing or a trait inherited of experience, loyalty is clearly of fundamental importance to John Mould. A good many of his staff have been with him for 20 and even 30 years; his entire tipper fleet is – and has been for some time – MAN; and his demolition equipment fleet is purely Hitachi with whom he has had a working relationship for 30+ years.
Perhaps more telling is his relationship with his finance broker. “I had ordered 5 new tippers and, at the last minute, there was a problem with my usual finance house and they refused to help me. I called Paul Collins at JCB Finance and explained the situation. He came to the yard – the tippers had already been delivered by this point – and we sorted out a finance agreement there and then,” Mould says. “That was 21 years ago and, even though he has changed companies several times, Paul Collins is still my finance man to this day.”
In addition to illustrating his loyalty, that tale also highlights another of Mould’s key character traits; the ability to recognise and seize and opportunity before worrying about the consequences. “I don’t have a middle name but, if I did, it would be Chancey,” Mould admits. “I don’t want to be one of those people that live with regret about things they didn’t do.”
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Case in point is the large and expanding transfer station less than a mile from the demolition HQ. “The land was about to be bought by BT but, at the last minute, they pulled out and I knew that I could buy the land for way under the market price if I could act quickly,” he continues. “A quick phone call to my bank manager who, thankfully, had just been promoted and allowed to agree larger loans without authority, and the land was mine. It is now one of the fastest growing and most profitable parts of the J Mould business.”
Recycling & Reclamation
It is fitting that recycling should be at the heart of the J Mould (Reading) business today as the company was a true pioneer in the sector. Indeed, the company was operating an extensive fleet of crushing and screening equipment in the 1980s, long before recycling and waste minimisation became fashionable or enforced by legislation.
“Demolition contractors are generally very good at recycling because it’s a key part of their livelihood. But I was never keen on
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