Every business needs quality, reliable equipment and to pay as little as possible. So why buy the equipment when you could lease it? Find out how leasing can help your business grow.
Want to replace an unreliable walk-in fridge, or is your business growing quickly, and you need more cold storage space? Many companies will willingly sell you a new cold room, which makes sense, so why would you consider leasing one instead? Check out these 6 great reasons for renting a walk-in cold room:
1 – Same-day delivery
A refrigeration leasing company often has extensive stock and an experienced build team, which means quick delivery of your walk-in fridge or walk-in freezer. Wessex Refrigeration Hire offers same-day delivery, so there is no need to raise funds or wait for parts. This is ideal for emergency refrigeration when your commercial fridge breaks down.
2 – Boost cash flow
Probably the biggest advantage of a lease is that you don’t tie up your business capital, allowing it to be used for other essential costs such as salaries and stock.
Seasonal businesses can even request variable payments to match the business cash flow, paying less during quiet months or delaying the first payment to allow the asset to help generate income first.
Our customers can also leverage the cash saved in leasing to pay off debt with high-interest rates or leverage liquidity to invest in other revenue-generating areas of the business.
3 – Avoid costly repairs, maintenance, disposal
Leasing avoids the onerous responsibilities and costs of buying equipment, especially when repairing faulty equipment or covering the high costs of disposing and decommissioning refrigeration equipment in line with government regulations.
Repairs and decommissioning are all part of the service at Wessex Refrigeration Hire. If our customers have a breakdown, we protect valuable stock with our backup refrigerated trailers while we carry out any repair.
At the end of the lease term, we will quickly remove the room from your premises at no further cost.
If your business premises change, we can quickly move the walk-in cold room to another location, indoors, outside, or even on the roof! This will typically take our team 4 hours to complete, depending on the circumstances.
4 – Get the best quality equipment
Lease equipment is often high quality, flexible and as reliable as possible.
In contrast, walk-in fridge sales teams are unlikely to spec premium equipment to save money when quoting for a commercial fridge or freezer. Wessex Refrigeration Hire invests in reliable and highly efficient, premium refrigeration motors to reduce carbon emissions and ensure the rooms don’t break down.
Using the quality German refrigeration motor manufacturer Govi, in addition to being efficient, our walk-in cold rooms are ultra-quiet and very robust, directly impacting your business profit. Plus, they are uniquely flexible, plugging into a domestic 13amp power socket and running in either fridge or freezer mode at the touch of a button!
Wessex Refrigeration Hire carries out an annual service and replaces equipment with the latest technology well before its service life ends.
This cutting-edge refrigeration equipment is more likely to meet rigorous health and safety standards, reducing your risk to customer and staff health and safety and your business reputation. It also boosts staff morale and well-being, as they take pride in their quality kitchen facilities.
5 – Reduce costs
The cost of leasing can be the equivalent of buying with a 0% interest rate or less. Wessex Refrigeration Hire buys the equipment, benefitting from bulk discounts and also leveraging the asset’s end-of-term residual value, to provide the client with the best possible lease price.
Our customers also benefit from our expertise in refrigeration, rather than relying on a finance broker or trusting a commission-based salesperson.
6 – Low-risk investment
Leasing can be on a rolling weekly agreement or for any period up to 7 years (or more), with a term and price agreed upon at the point of order. Generally the longer the term, the lower the price.
This takes the risk out of your investment in a quality walk-in cold room. Our experienced team can advise on size, configuration and location. If you realise you need a different size or location after using it for a while, we can quickly help.
With a lease agreement, you can predict the costs in the future.
Our lease prices start from just £8 per day for a 1-year lease on a 3 x 2 x 2-metre walk-in fridge, which can be delivered on the same day, even over the weekend! *To start the agreement, we ask for a one month refundable deposit and one month lease payment in advance. The bill is issued monthly unless otherwise agreed.
We would love to talk with you about your requirements. Please email gareth@refrigerationhire-ie.stackstaging.com or call 0345 313 0122. One of our directors will answer calls during the evening and weekend so we can help with enquiries and emergencies outside normal business hours.