JCB have just announced major investment in Staffordshire, including on-shoring work that has until now been contracted out to a French company. In return the government are upgrading the A50 and various local infrastructure.
No doubt this was on the table at those discussions as well.
When JCB launched their own engine in 2004, whilst it obviously didn't put any of the established players on the run, it certainly shook up the likes of Perkins and Cummins in the mid-range 4-6-cylinder market. It was a massive risk as customers could have flocked to manufacturers using power plants they knew and trusted, but all went well and it's been a massive success and they now sell a lot out to other OEMS. Obviously Perkins are British (but owned by Caterpillar), and the government will be looking to encourage "green" engine and engineering tech from anyone that's going to challenge the American and European brands in the global marketplace (Cat, Cummins, Deere, FPT, Volvo Penta, AGCO).
JCB also spent £10m renovating an old Arkwright mill into one of Gove's beloved Academies, and in this case it is actually aimed at sending 14-18yos onto engineering careers, rather than specialising on arts and drama which seems to be what most of the charity-funded academies do...
Think it's fair to say they're doing the whole "Corporate Citizenship" bit reasonably well, though I'm sure many of their agency staff would disagree...