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Plant, Equipment & HGV hire without the hidden cost.

One platform, one team, every supplier – managed by Nexus, powered by Iris®. The intelligence layer between you and the UK’s Plant, Equipment and HGV hire market.

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  • 125+ accredited supply partners
  • 650+ branches across the UK
SECTION 02 / HIDDEN COST

Every hire you place costs you twice.

Every piece of Plant, Equipment, or HGV you hire carries a price tag and a hidden cost. An average of over 2 hours of administrative work per hire. £50 to £75 of overhead. Per hire.

Multiply that across hundreds of hires a year and the cost is significant. Most businesses don't see it because it's buried in procurement and operations overhead. But it's real.
And it quickly adds up.

// PER HIRE
2hrs
of admin time
// PER HIRE
£50–75
in overhead
// PER YEAR
100s
of hires placed
=

You're funding a small team
you didn't know you employed.

// COST OF FRAGMENTATION
  • 01Accessing and managing supplier portals
  • 02Coordinating deliveries across multiple providers
  • 03Chasing and filing compliance certificates
  • 04Processing and reconciling invoices
  • 05Tracking and authorising payments
  • 06Manual reporting and spreadsheets
  • 07Arranging servicing and managing breakdowns
  • 08Completing admin for off-hire and proof of collections
  • 09Managing vehicles that go off-road
  • and much more...

How many hires
does your operation
place a year?

500 hires / year
Annual admin cost £31,250
Hours reclaimed with Nexus 1,000 hrs
Equivalent FTE days 125 days

That's 125 full-time days of operational capacity Iris® & Nexus gives back to your team.

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Now imagine eliminating it entirely.

03 · The Three Pillars

One platform. One team. Every supplier.

Plant, Equipment & HGV hire without the hidden cost is made possible when three things are working together. Nexus manages the operation, Iris® runs underneath it, and there is a real person supporting every hire.

Intelligence beats fragmentation.

Pillar 01

Managed by Nexus.

We don't sell software. We sell outcomes. 25 years consolidating fragmented hire markets — cars and LCVs first, now the same operating model applied to Plant, Equipment & HGV. One platform. One team. One invoice.

  • One platform · every supplier
  • One team · one point of contact
  • One consolidated monthly invoice
About Nexus

Pillar 02

Powered by Iris®.

Iris® is the platform we use to manage your suppliers for you. You get the visibility and control; we handle the coordination.

  • Visibility · live compliance & cost dashboards
  • Control · configurable approval workflows
  • Simplicity · one consolidated, pre-validated invoice
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Pillar 03

Delivered by People.

The Live Hire Desk. Industry experts who know the kit and the depots, not script-readers. People who pick up the phone, with direct lines into every supplier in the network.

  • Sourcing · compliance · breakdown
  • Damage · fines · invoices
  • UK-based, named account manager
Meet the Live Hire Desk
30-minute walkthrough

See the platform, the team and the operation — in 30 minutes.

A live tour of Iris®, a meet with the Live Hire Desk, and a walk through how Nexus runs your account — all on one call.

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04 · Categories

Complete coverage
across 5 categories.

Most construction and infrastructure sites don't hire from just one category. They need Plant, Equipment, HGVs, welfare units, access solutions, and specialist vehicles. Without Nexus, that means several different suppliers, multiple portals, separate compliance processes, and a stack of invoices. With Nexus, everything comes together in one place.

i. Site & Ground Works

Excavators, loaders, ground prep, demolition, site transport.

Heavy plant and machinery for earthmoving, excavation, demolition, and groundworks. Pre-delivery inspection docs, PMIs tracked, every supplier audited.

Explore Site & Ground Works ii. Material Handling

Forklifts, telehandlers, warehouse equipment.

Equipment for lifting and moving materials across warehouses, sites, and facilities. LOLER compliance tracking and alerts. PDI documentation on demand.

Explore Material Handling iii. Access Equipment

MEWPs, scaffolding, powered access.

Powered access platforms, scaffolding, and height access solutions. LOLER certifications on demand. Hybrid and zero-emission MEWPs available.*

Explore Access Equipment iv. Site Setup & Welfare

Welfare units, accommodation, infrastructure, services.

Welfare facilities, site accommodation, temporary infrastructure, site power and site services. Flexible hire options, full spend visibility against customer-specific KPIs.

Explore Site Setup & Welfare v. HGV & Specialist Fleets

Rigids 5t–26t, articulated, specialist HGV, light commercials.

Heavy Goods Vehicles and specialist transport for logistics, construction, and operations. Fines and compliance handled end-to-end via Iris®.*

Explore HGV & Specialist Fleets

*Customer and profile dependent. Full T&Cs apply.

05 · The Difference

Why Nexus?
Intelligence beats fragmentation.

This is what changes when fragmentation stops and control begins.

Without Nexus

Multiple systems. Multiple sets of admin. Multiple places to look.

With Nexus + Iris®

One platform. One team. Every supplier.

In detail
Without Nexus
With Nexus + Iris®
Multiple supplier relationships to manage yourself
One platform, one team, one point of contact
Different contracts, different processes, different invoices
We coordinate with all your suppliers behind the scenes
Hours spent by your team on coordination and chasing
One login, one invoice, all the complexity removed
Compliance events missed, certifications manually chased
Full compliance management — nothing missed, everything digitised
Invoice reconciliation taking days across multiple sources
Every invoice validated and consolidated before it reaches you
Visibility is reactive — you see costs when invoices arrive
Real-time visibility across your entire hire operation
Fines and damage handled individually across every supplier
Fines and damage managed and challenged on your behalf
No consolidated reporting or trend analysis
Boardroom-ready reporting across your entire operation
06 · The Hire Desk

Industry experts.
Not order-takers.

The Nexus Live Hire Desk is much more than a booking service. It's our UK-based team of Plant, Equipment & HGV hire experts providing real operational support via live chat, phone, and email.

  • i.
    Plant, Equipment & HGV sourcing managed on your behalf. Right kit, right place, right time, sourced across 125+ accredited supply partners, 650+ UK branches and 700,000+ assets.
  • ii.
    Delivery and collection audit checks completed for you. Pre-delivery inspections, condition reports, off-hire docs, all captured against the hire record.
  • iii.
    Damage, fines, compliance, and escalations handled end to end. Cases validated against supplier SLAs and challenged on your behalf where overcharging is flagged.
  • iv.
    Invoices pre-checked, validated, and challenged where required. Every supplier invoice validated against signed terms before it reaches your finance team, all underpinned by full visibility and control through Iris®.
Meet the Live Hire Desk

07 · Scale

Built on 26 years. Powered by 125+ supply partners. Backed by 700,000+ assets.

We didn't build this overnight. Nexus has spent over 25 years consolidating fragmented hire markets, starting with cars and LCVs, learning what worked, and bringing the same proven model to Plant, Equipment & HGV.

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Accredited suppliers
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Branches nationwide
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Vehicles & assets
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Of hire expertise

Every supply partner in the network is governed by signed SLAs, KPI frameworks, and annual audits. We ensure quality, health, safety, environmental standards are checked, evidenced, and managed end-to-end so you don't have to. A network that scales like a national supplier and behaves like a local one.

08 · Responsible Business

Responsible business runs through everything we do.

At Nexus, responsible business is not a separate agenda. Powered by technology and delivered by our people, we collaborate closely with customers and supply partners to reduce environmental impact, support green targets, and boost employee engagement.

  • 01 Empowering people.
  • 02 Tech-led change.
  • 03 Driving impact.
  • 04 Inspiring partnerships.
09 · Talk to the Desk

Your Plant, Equipment & HGV hire.
Our intelligence.

Whether you are managing 50 hires a year or 5,000, the complexity is the same. We turn it into a single platform, a single invoice, and a single point of contact. Book a demonstration of Iris® and discover what complete visibility and zero overhead looks like for your operation.

Talk to the team Book a discovery call 30 minutes · No prep needed
10 · Common Questions

Common questions about
Nexus and Iris®.

Nexus isn't a hire company — we don't own the assets. We're the intelligence layer between you and the UK's hire market. Through Iris®, we manage Plant, Equipment & HGV hire across every supplier you'd otherwise deal with directly. You get one platform, one team, one invoice. We coordinate the network behind the scenes.
We work with our accredited network of 125+ suppliers across 650+ branches, and we can onboard supply partners you already have relationships with. The platform doesn't restrict your choice; it simply consolidates how you manage that choice.
Most businesses spend over two hours and £50–75 of administrative overhead on every hire: sourcing, compliance chasing, invoice reconciliation, off-hire admin. Across hundreds of hires a year, that's a measurable operational cost. Nexus eliminates most of it. The exact saving depends on your hire volume and current process. Try our calculator to see the potential savings for your operation. To view our calculator, click here.
Iris® provides end-to-end compliance management across your entire hired fleet. For Plant and Equipment this covers LOLER certifications, PDI documentation, and PMI tracking. For HGVs this extends to MOTs, laden brake testing, tachograph calibrations, and DVS requirements. All compliance records are pre-validated by our team before being digitised and made available on demand through Iris®. Proactive expiry alerts at 7 and 3 days ensure nothing is missed. Every record is audit-ready, downloadable, and held against the hire record.
Five categories: Site & Ground Works (heavy plant machinery & groundbreaking equipment), Material Handling (forklifts, telehandlers), Access Equipment (MEWPs, scaffolding, powered access), Site Setup & Welfare (cabins, infrastructure, power), and HGV & Specialist Fleets (rigids, articulated, specialist HGV, light commercials). All managed through one platform.
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