The billionaire boss of construction giant JCB has stunned the business world by naming his youngest son as heir and effectively sidelining his eldest. Lord Anthony Bamford, 80, has confirmed that his third child, George Bamford, will take the reins of the £6.5 billion digger empire instead of his older brother Joseph, in a move that ends years of speculation over who would inherit the firm founded in 1945. The Tory and Reform UK donor confirmed that the succession plan is now in place, with