Steve Moody

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Consultant - Construction Plant Finance

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Join date: Nov 21, 2025

About

I have been a Director of SKM Asset Finance Ltd since 1997 and this is my 41st year of financing construction equipment! We are asset finance brokers based in Ringwood, Hampshire and we specialise in providing funding to the Construction Industry, including Plant Hire, Groundworks, Building, Civil Engineering, Waste Recycling and Demolition. Prior to forming the company I worked for Construction Equipment Finance Ltd, a subsidiary of De Lage Landen Ltd, for 4 years and prior to that I worked for JCB Credit Ltd, now JCB Finance Ltd, for 10 years.

We have a team of 12, all who have many years of asset finance experience, mostly within the Construction sector.

Tel: 07850 624220, Visit: www.constructionplantfinance.co.uk, Email: steve@constructionplantfinance.co.uk

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Nov 21, 2025 ∙ 8 min

The Green Premium Problem: Financing Electric Construction Equipment and Closing the Cost Gap

Across the UK construction sector, interest in low-emission sites is growing. Contractors face increasing pressure from clients, local authorities, developers and sustainability frameworks, and electric machinery is one option to reduce the local environmental impact of building works. It helps contractors comply with clean-air policies, positions them competitively for tenders with strict sustainability criteria, and signals environmental responsibility. But despite these incentives,...