SSR Group expands with RP HIAB Transport acquisition

Sterling Sinclair Removals Group (SSR) has expanded, with the acquisition of RP HIAB Transport in Alloa.

The six-figure deal is the fifth acquisition completed by Edinburgh-based SSR founder Adam Sinclair, who set up the business in 2016, in Stirling, after injury forced the former Scotland Under-20 rugby star to step away from professional rugby.

The firm has since grown into one of the top-five biggest storage and removal companies in Scotland, with Glen Transport, Britannia Edinburgh, Letford Removals and Larbert Carriers all added to the group’s portfolio, which also includes Edinburgh Self Store and Stirling Self Storage.

The addition of the heavy-lifting company marks a strategic move for the city businessman, who has rebranded it HIAB Container Scotland and relocated it to his Stirling headquarters:

“A lot of companies transport containers and a lot of companies sell them. But not a lot do both, so I feel we are closing a gap in the market by becoming a one-stop shop for haulage and sales,” he said:

“It is going to be a big advantage for the customer to have all this done in-house with no need to have it subcontracted out – the whole client journey is going to be much more streamlined.

“Through my experience in shipping containers, it’s going to be a good solution for many container companies and self-storage buyers. As well as being ideally placed for the port at Grangemouth, we are also not far from the rail-freight terminal at Coatbridge and I’m confident there are exciting times ahead for Sterling Sinclair with the HIAB section of the company.”

A member of the British Association of Movers, SSR operates UK-wide for both residential and commercial contracts. Clients include Sir Andy Murray’s luxury Cromlix hotel.

Sinclair first hit the acquisition trail in 2019 with Larbert Carriers in Falkirk, the HIAB Transport deal coming a year after he brought Tillicoultry’s Glen Transport into the group.

Sinclair’s rugby career as a second row saw him play for London Irish, Albi, Rotherham and USA Perpignan at club level before injury intervened.

www.sterlingsinclairremovals.co.uk