Leasedrive Velo
Leasedrive Velo operates two divisions, Leasedrive Velo Vehicle Management and Leasedrive Velo Rental Management.
Leasedrive Velo Vehicle Management
Leasedrive Velo Vehicle Management offers blue chip clients the highest quality bespoke total vehicle management service available. Working in partnership with fleet managers, or delivering a complete outsourced service, Leasedrive Velo provides a range of services including fleet management; contract hire; contract purchase; finance lease; hire purchase; personal contract purchase; plus sale and leaseback.
The bespoke fleet management service includes client policy advice; vehicle acquisition, maintenance management and disposal; captive leasing management; employee car ownership schemes; cross-border leasing: fuel management; mileage capture and reporting; roadside assistance; accident management; corporate social responsibility management; carbon neutral driving and business driver management.
A key differentiator is Drive:Manager™, the multi-award winning, totally-integrated online fleet management solution.
Leasedrive Velo Rental Management
Leasedrive Velo Rental Management is one of the largest short-term vehicle rental management companies in the corporate market with access to 132,783 vehicles from 924 locations in the UK, including airports.
The company offers a simple and transparent pricing policy with no hidden surcharges. Rates are constant throughout the country and customers benefit from special all-inclusive pricing including free delivery and collection.
For rentals of 28 days or more, it offers the Stopgap midterm vehicle rental solution.
The History
Leasedrive was established in 1983 and Velo in 1988. The two companies merged at the start of 2007 to form one of the largest independent privately-owned vehicle management groups in the UK. In 2008 Leasedrive Velo Group was involved in a senior management buy-out in a deal valued at £80m backed by private equity house Lloyds Development Capital (LDC).
Leasedrive Velo is a member of the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association, the Association of Car Fleet Operators and the European Fleet Alliance. Commercial director Roddy Graham is also chairman for the Institute of Car Fleet Management and a member of the All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group.
The People
Managing Director David Bird, formerly Chief Financial Officer at Leasedrive Velo, previously held the position of Chief Operating Officer of Shell Auto Finance and ARVAL PHH. Commercial Director is Roddy Graham, formerly Managing Director of Budget Rent a Car UK and Sales Director of Highway Vehicle Management. Financial Director is Robert Whitrow, former BT Fleet finance and commercial director.
The board is supported by one of the most experienced senior management teams in the industry. The quality of people at the top is representative of those employed throughout Leasedrive Velo.
The Leasedrive Velo System
At the heart of Leasedrive Velo is ALFA, an industry leading asset finance and management system. The system has been developed by CHP Consulting and provides a robust finance and billing platform, along with integrated workflow management capability. The ALFA system is complimented by a web-based front end, developed by epyx and providing integrated vehicle procurement, ordering, policy management, service, maintenance and repair, plus records management.
Detailed interactive management reporting is available for Leasedrive Velo's own systems and its strategic partners via Drive:Manager™. This provides fleet managers with a desktop tool to assist them in the running of their fleet and drivers with the ability to compare and order vehicles, progress orders and book routine services.
The online total fleet management Drive:Manager™ system is password protected and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is widely acknowledged as the industry leading system, developed with input from fleet professionals for use by professional people.
The Leasedrive Velo Vision
We will continually strive to deliver the highest quality bespoke vehicle management service and demonstrably deliver savings and efficiencies to our clients through investment in people, world-class fleet management systems and totally-integrated innovative solutions.
