HITACHI Capital plans to recruit an extra 20 staff over the next five years and has added new office space to its Trowbridge head-quarters.

They will plan and manage 6,000 new specialist-built vehicles to be manufactured. General manager Jon Lawes said: ‘Since 2001, we have more than trebled the number of bespoke commercial vehicles from 800 to 3,000 and plan to double that again.’