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Yes, slab lifters are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £3,000 to £40,000, and most deals are written over 12–84 months with a deposit of around 10–20%. Decisions typically take 24–48 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£3k – £40k
Approval Speed
24–48 hours
Same-day for < £100k
Rates From
4.5% APR
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Check EligibilityOn a purchase price of £12,000: a 10% deposit of £1,200, then 48 monthly payments of £253 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £13,344, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Manual vacuum slab lifter, single suction pad | £3,000 – £8,000 | Manual Vacuum Lifter (specification class) |
| Powered vacuum slab lifter, multi-pad | £8,000 – £20,000 | Powered Vacuum Lifter (specification class) |
| Overhead crane-mounted slab handling system | £20,000 – £40,000 | Crane-Mounted Slab Handler (specification class) |
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Check EligibilitySlab lifters qualify for Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), letting you deduct the full cost from taxable profits in the year of purchase, up to £1,000,000 for qualifying plant and machinery. HP agreements let you claim capital allowances on the asset; lease payments are generally deducted as an operating expense.
Slab lifters are bought by worktop fabricators and stone merchants handling full-size slabs that are too heavy and awkward to move safely by hand, whether that's moving slabs between racking and the saw, or loading a finished worktop for delivery. This is handling equipment rather than a cutting process, so it doesn't generate stone dust itself, though it's routinely bought alongside a bridge saw or CNC router as part of setting up a fabrication workshop. Buyers finance a slab lifter because workshop layout and workflow investments like this are usually bundled with the wider machinery purchase, and financing the lifter alongside the saw or router keeps the whole workshop fit-out on one facility rather than a separate cash purchase. Replacement is typically driven by handling larger or heavier slabs as the business takes on bigger-format stone, or by adding a second unit as throughput grows, rather than the lifter wearing out, since the frame and vacuum system are mechanically simple and robust.
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