CASE STUDY: Powering Growth for SAS Plant and Groundworks Ltd

The Background

SAS Plant and Groundworks Ltd are a growing civil engineering and groundwork contractor. To secure larger commercial contracts and scale their operations, they needed to upgrade their fleet with a high-specification machinery setup.

The goal was to acquire a Volvo 14-tonne excavator, paired with a Steelwrist Tiltrotator. In the groundwork sector, this combination is a game-changer—the 360-degree rotation and 45-degree tilt mean the machine can work in tight spaces and complete complex grading without constantly being repositioned.

The Challenge

High-spec plant machinery requires significant capital. Buying the excavator and the Steelwrist attachment outright would have drained vital working capital from the business, limiting their ability to fund materials and payroll for upcoming projects.

SAS Plant and Groundworks needed a competitive finance package structured quickly, from a partner who understood that the attachment was just as critical to fund as the excavator itself.

The Solution

Reasn Finance stepped in to source and secure a tailored asset finance facility.

Rather than viewing the tiltrotator as an unnecessary extra, Reasn understood the massive efficiency gains it would bring to the client's business. Leveraging our network of specialist agricultural and construction lenders, we put together a flexible hire purchase agreement that matched the company’s cash flow.

The Outcome

With the new Volvo and Steelwrist setup immediately deployed to site, SAS Plant and Groundworks have seen a major boost to their day-to-day operations:

• Site Efficiency: The flexibility of the tiltrotator has significantly cut down job completion times.

• Cost Savings: Increased precision from the cab reduces the amount of manual ground support needed around the machine, improving on-site safety.

• Financial Protection: By spreading the cost, the business kept its cash reserves intact to take on bigger projects with confidence.

"Reasn Finance sorted the funding quickly and without any hassle. The Volvo and Steelwrist setup has been brilliant for our productivity on site, and keeping our cash flow intact meant we could focus on winning new business." — Laurence Brown, SAS Plant and Groundworks Ltd

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