An FCC Environment company, J&B Recycling confirmed that Jackson-Smith will step down following a career that has seen the business grow from a small family operation into a regional player.<\/p>\n
Jackson-Smith\u2019s journey in the sector began at the age of 16, working on the weighbridge of her family\u2019s solid fuel business, led by her father, Alan Jackson.<\/p>\n
From these early beginnings, she developed a detailed understanding of logistics and operations, later progressing into transport management and taking on increasing responsibility within the business.<\/p>\n
In 1998, she founded J&B Recycling alongside her husband, Stephen. Over the following decades, the couple expanded the company significantly.<\/p>\n
J&B Recycling currently employs around 200 people, processes more than 200,000 tonnes of waste annually, and provides services to thousands of commercial customers as well as local authorities across the region.<\/p>\n
Commenting on her retirement, Jackson-Smith said: \u201cJ&B Recycling has been such a huge part of my life for so many years, so this is a very emotional moment for me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud of what we\u2019ve built together and the people who have been part of that journey.\u201d<\/p>\n
A major milestone in the company\u2019s growth came in 2014, when Jackson-Smith secured investment from BGF, enabling upgrades to facilities and processing capabilities.<\/p>\n
More recently, she has overseen two significant transactions, with the business joining Urbaser<\/a> in 2021 before becoming part of FCC Environment<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n Her contribution to the sector has also been recognised externally. In 2025, Jackson-Smith was named Female Business Leader of the Year at the British Business Awards 2025.<\/p>\n Jackson-Smith added: \u201cWhile it\u2019s sad to step away, I\u2019m also looking forward to spending more time with my family and friends, and to travelling and seeing a bit more of the world after so many years focused on the business.\u201d<\/p>\n In a statement, the company added: \u201cEveryone at J&B Recycling would like to thank Vikki and her family for their years of hard work, commitment and leadership, and wish them all the very best for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An FCC Environment company, J&B Recycling confirmed that Jackson-Smith will step down following a career that has seen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-577212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}