Scaffolding companies can use trade finance to buy tube, boards and fittings for new contracts, with funding decisions often reached in three to five days.
Winning a bigger scaffolding contract often means buying more tube, boards, fittings and netting than the current stock can cover, and that outlay comes before the hire income starts. A growing firm can find its own kit fully committed across live sites while a new job sits waiting on materials it cannot yet afford. A business loan or a trade facility can release that pressure.
Trade finance funds the supplier order directly, so the components for a new contract arrive without draining working capital. The firm can take the work, erect on schedule, and repay as the hire is invoiced and paid, turning a stretched balance sheet into a contract it can actually deliver. Growth stops being capped by how much kit the firm can buy from its own reserves.
Scaffolding ties a lot of money up in physical kit, and growth makes that worse before it makes it better. The pressure points soon stack up across the order book:
Tando is a human-led brokerage, so a scaffolding company works with a dedicated account manager who understands kit-heavy cash flow rather than an automated form. Decisions usually arrive within three to five days, the firm is NACFB accredited, and lending partners are FCA-regulated. Bad credit or a bounced payment will not automatically end the discussion.
A scaffolding company landing a large commercial job could use a facility to buy the extra tube and boards it needs, then repay as the hire is invoiced over the contract. Because erection crews are paid weekly whatever the client does, payroll finance can keep wages steady alongside the materials facility.
Direct funding for the cost of goods based on a confirmed customer order.
A globally recognised guarantee of payment to your supplier upon verification of shipping documents.
Optimising cash flow by allowing you to pay suppliers early while extending your own payment terms.
Yes. When a new contract needs more tube, boards and fittings than current stock allows, trade finance pays the supplier so the components arrive in time to start. You repay as the hire income comes in over the contract. That lets a firm accept work it would otherwise turn down because its existing kit is already committed elsewhere.
Trade finance is aimed at the purchase of materials and components, the tube, boards, fittings and netting a contract needs. The hire income then repays it. It does not fund the day-to-day hire operation itself, but by covering the upfront kit purchase it frees your own cash for the running costs that keep crews on site.
Often, yes. Tando regularly arranges funding for firms with bad credit or a past bounced payment that other brokers avoid. The contract in hand carries real weight. Lending partners are FCA-regulated and assess the business as it trades today, so an earlier credit problem does not automatically rule out a facility that the current order book can support.
Facilities usually run from 75,000 to 500,000 pounds, sized to the kit a contract requires and your wider order book. Firms turning over 200,000 pounds or more a year are the typical fit. Because scaffolding ties so much value up in physical components, the right figure tends to track the size of the contracts you are trying to win.
Usually within three to five days, and sometimes within hours when a contract start date is close. A dedicated account manager handles the case directly, so there is no automated queue holding things up. The aim is to have funds ready before the supplier deadline, so a firm can confirm a contract knowing the materials will be on site in time.
Generally recent accounts or management figures, details of the contract being serviced, and the supplier quote for the materials. Tando keeps the paperwork light, and the account manager will confirm exactly what your case needs. Since the decision leans on the contract and the order rather than a rigid scorecard, gathering documents is usually quick once the job is confirmed.
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