Countrywide Strengthens Sales Team

Countrywide Car and Van Rental, the second largest short-term corporate vehicle rental distributor in the UK, has strengthened its sales team with four new appointments. David Meaden and Andrew Shacklady join as corporate account managers, Matthew Oates as regional sales manager for the south east and John Hunter as regional sales manager for the south west region.

Commercial director, Roddy Graham said: "These four new sales appointments reinforce our commitment to strongly developing the Countrywide Car and Van Rental business. We now have six regional sales managers on board covering the whole of England and Wales to just short of Scotland, where we already have some existing representation."

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Leasedrive Velo is the largest independent privately-owned vehicle management group in the UK and comprises two main operating divisions.

Leasedrive Velo Vehicle Management
Working in partnership with fleet managers, or delivering a complete outsourced service, Leasedrive Velo offers blue chip clients a range of bespoke fleet management services. Major investments in the finest asset management system and pioneering, flexible, web-based customer service technology have resulted in Leasedrive Velo offering customers a truly world class fleet management service capability.

Leasedrive Velo Rental Management
One of the largest short-term vehicle rental management companies in the UK, with access to an almost unlimited choice of vehicles and locations throughout the country, Leasedrive Velo Rental Management offers a simple and transparent pricing policy with no hidden surcharges. For rentals of 28 days or more, it offers the Stopgap mid-term vehicle rental solution. Rates are substantially reduced compared to daily rental.

The headquarters for Leasedrive Velo is at hi-tech offices at TRL in Wokingham. Awards won by Leasedrive Velo include 'Innovation in Services and Systems' Energy Saving Trust Fleet Hero 2009 Award, Best Rental System category in the BusinessCar Techies 2009 Awards; the ITM 'Fleet Management Company 08/09' Award; the ITM 'Independent Vehicle Management Company 07/08' Award; the 2008, 2007 and 2006 Thames Valley Business Magazine 'Management Team of the Year' Award; the 2006 Fleet News Award for 'Best Contract Hire/Fleet Management Company'; and the 2006 GreenFleet Award for 'Leasing/Rental Company of the Year'

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