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.
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- Site & Ground Works Excavators, dumpers, rollers, breakers, compactors.
- Site Setup & Welfare Cabins, fencing, generators, tower lights, CCTV.
- Access Equipment MEWPs, scissor lifts, boom lifts, scaffold towers.
- HGV & Specialist Fleets Tractor units, curtainsiders, tippers, tankers.
- Material Handling Forklifts, telehandlers, reach trucks, pallet trucks.
Iris®
The intelligence layer behind every hire.
125+ supply partners, bookings, compliance, fines, damage, reporting.
The team
Industry experts. Not order-takers.
UK-based plant, equipment and HGV specialists owning every hire end to end.
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02 · The Platform
Iris® is the platform we use to run your hire operation end-to-end.
Sourcing, compliance, damage, fines, billing, and reporting across every supplier, every site, every asset, in real time.
You get the visibility. We manage the network behind it.
02 · The Intelligence Layer
Iris® sits between you
Iris® sits between you
and everyone you'd otherwise call.
Most hire platforms hand you a portal and call it a tool. Iris® is the operating system the team uses to run your hire operation. One source of truth across every supplier, every site, every asset. Every booking, compliance certificate, damage, fine, and invoice is held across the hire record.
We manage the supply partner network through Iris®; you see what we see. Every status, every cost, every paperwork item is visible to your team in real time, downloadable on demand.
Your operation
Site, finance & ops teams.
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Iris®
The intelligence layer.
01Sourcing
02Compliance
03Damage
04Fines
05Billing
06Reporting
Supplier network
125+ across the UK.
→ 03 · The Capability Tour
Seven modules.
Live demo
Seven modules.
One operating layer.
Explore the seven modules that make up Iris®. Each one is interactive, showing you a representation of the information your team would have day to day.
Interactive · click each module to explore
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04 · Compliance Workspace
Assurance for Transport Managers
Your O Licence is your responsibility.
A missed PMI, an overdue tachograph calibration, or a laden brake test that cannot be evidenced is not just an operational problem. It is a risk to your licence.
Iris® keeps you ahead.
01 · Visibility
Full Visibility
Every hired vehicle on your O Licence tracked. LOLER, MOT, PMI, tachograph, and LBTs.
02 · Validation
Paperwork Checked
Certifications pre-validated by our team, digitised, and available on demand via Iris®.
03 · Data
Live Dashboards
Calendared with proactive alerts.
04 · Reporting
Compliance Reporting
Real-time compliance tracking and event planners across your hired fleet.
05.1 · Organised Compliance
Every compliance event across your hired HGV fleet tracked in one place. MOTs, PMIs, tachograph calibrations, laden brake tests, and LOLER certifications — all digitised, pre-validated, and available on demand.
Audit-ready records at a click.
Organised compliance.
Compliance planners configurable by category, giving you a forward view of every upcoming inspection across your fleet.
No surprises. No missed deadlines. No risk to your licence.
The intelligence behind your operation
Most hire platforms give you tools to manage your suppliers yourself. You get a portal, a few dashboards, and a stack of new admin to do.
Iris® is different. It’s the platform we use to manage your suppliers for you. You get the visibility and control. We handle everything else.
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Your suppliers stay. Your control improves.
Book equipment from any supplier through Iris®. Our live hire desk handles the coordination.
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See everything in real time.
See every piece of equipment on-hire. One dashboard. Automated off-hire alerts.
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One invoice. Total transparency.
One invoice covering all suppliers. Line-item visibility with export toolkits
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Compliance management.
LOLER, Tacho, PMI, LBT, MOT dates tracked automatically. Backup paperwork downloadable on-demand.
07 · Trust & Security
Engineered for Tier 1
The Iris®
Engineered for Tier 1
procurement scrutiny.
The credentials behind the platform — built for the security and compliance posture your procurement team signs off against.
The Iris®
Platform.
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ISO 27001 Certified
Information security management.
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GDPR Compliant
Data protection built-in.
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99.9% Uptime SLA
Built for business continuity.
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24/7 Monitoring
Issues resolved fast.
08 · Common Questions
Common questions about
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Common questions about
Nexus and Iris®.
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.
09 · Talk to the Desk
Your Plant, Equipment & HGV hire.
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.