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Event management companies, outdoor hospitality providers, festival organisers, touring brands, showground operators and visitor attraction venues all rely heavily on specialist groundcare vehicles to operate efficiently. From hospitality trailers to food trucks, from UTVs to 4×4 site vehicles, the industry requires equipment that is robust, versatile and capable of performing under the demanding conditions of live events.
Gable Asset Finance specialises in supporting UK organisations across the entire events and temporary hospitality sector. Whether a business runs corporate hospitality suites, mobile bars, exhibition roadshow units, catering vans, backstage logistics fleets or site-support vehicles, Gable provides fully tailored finance options that make acquiring essential groundcare vehicles affordable, tax-efficient and cash-flow friendly.
This article explores the full range of groundcare vehicles required in the event management industry, the compliance considerations businesses must meet, how finance supports operational continuity, and 10 real-world case studies demonstrating the types of vehicles that UK event operators regularly acquire through asset finance.
Events take place in highly variable environments — festival fields, city centres, racecourses, sports stadiums, agricultural showgrounds, heritage venues, corporate branding locations and touring exhibition spaces. These conditions demand specialist vehicles that can transport people, equipment, structures, catering supplies and hospitality stock safely and efficiently.
Outdoor events especially require rapid setup and breakdown, often across large or uneven terrain. Groundcare vehicles ensure:
Without the right equipment, events risk delays, safety hazards, poor customer experience and financial losses. Gable Asset Finance enables businesses to acquire these vehicles without large upfront capital expenditure, helping them scale and grow sustainably.
Many event companies provide on-site hospitality for sponsors, corporate guests and VIPs. This often requires custom-built trailers featuring:
These trailers often require powerful towing vehicles such as:
These are built on chassis such as:
Mobile offices support:
Food and beverage operations are the backbone of most outdoor events. Mobile catering vehicles require:
These vehicles require:
Businesses often finance these units due to their high customisation cost — a fully equipped catering truck can easily exceed £60,000–£120,000.
ATVs and UTVs are indispensable because they can:
Common models used include:
Event operators must consider:
Gable Asset Finance helps organisations plan their fleet acquisitions around both legislative obligations and operational demands.
Gable works with organisations of all sizes — from national event contractors to small independent street-food businesses — providing access to:
With flexible terms, fast approval, and sector-specific expertise, Gable ensures businesses can acquire the essential groundcare vehicles needed to deliver safe, successful and profitable events.
A UK festival management company required a fleet of six Polaris Ranger UTVs to improve staff movement, artist shuttle services and safety patrols across a 300-acre event site. Gable arranged a finance lease that reduced upfront expenditure and aligned repayments with seasonal income cycles.
A growing mobile catering brand needed a fully equipped Mercedes Sprinter food truck with refrigeration, extraction, LPG installation and branding. Gable structured a Hire Purchase agreement allowing the business to own the vehicle outright at the end of term while spreading VAT and equipment costs.
A corporate events agency invested in a 7.5-tonne exhibition trailer with expanding side pods, a branded interior, and integrated AV systems. Gable provided a long-term lease with balloon option, enabling the business to upgrade again in future without capital strain.
A rural wedding venue required four Land Rover Defenders to tow marquees, generators and washroom trailers across fields. Gable financed all vehicles under a multi-asset package, giving the business predictable monthly costs.
A touring experiential marketing company needed a Ford Transit-based mobile office for field staff. Gable structured a finance lease to optimise tax relief while enabling immediate deployment.
A major contractor required an additional 18-tonne tractor unit for transporting staging equipment nationwide. Gable refinanced several older assets to release cash flow and wrapped the new HGV purchase into a single monthly repayment plan.
A group of independent caterers pooled resources to acquire three refrigerated vans. Gable provided a shared finance structure allowing each operator to manage their individual share while retaining flexible fleet usage.
A showground organisation invested in two caged tippers for waste movement and grounds maintenance. Gable utilised asset refinance to reduce the deposit and secure favourable monthly payments.
A racing venue needed electric buggies and minibuses to transport spectators and VIPs. Gable delivered an operating lease package allowing the venue to upgrade vehicles every three years.
A mobile street-food festival required quad bikes for site access and a fleet of small vans to move lighting towers and generators. Gable structured a multi-asset Hire Purchase plan enabling rapid expansion.
Gable finances hospitality trailers, catering vans, refrigerated vehicles, UTVs, quad bikes, 4x4s, minibuses, logistics vans, HGVs, tippers, exhibition trailers and more.
Yes. Whether it’s a bespoke food truck, VIP trailer, branded roadshow vehicle or mobile bar unit, Gable structures finance around both the base vehicle and the specialist internal build.
Often no. Finance agreements can require low or zero deposit depending on credit status, asset type and term length.
Yes. Gable regularly arranges seasonal repayment structures tailored for festivals and touring companies.
Absolutely — existing vehicles can be refinanced to release working capital for expansion, staffing or new equipment.
Yes. Gable can combine multiple vehicles into a single repayment to simplify budgeting and reduce administration.
Yes — including gas safety certification, food hygiene approval, street-trading rights, and local authority registration. Finance does not affect compliance requirements, but Gable helps businesses time their purchases around regulatory obligations.
Only if transporting nine or more passengers for hire or reward. Many logistics vehicles do not require this, but compliance is essential when people transport is involved.
Whether you are a festival organiser, catering business, exhibition contractor, wedding venue, hospitality provider, marketing agency or showground operator, Gable Asset Finance provides the specialist financial support needed to acquire essential groundcare vehicles.
From UTV fleets to luxury hospitality trailers — if your event needs it, Gable will finance it.