Marie Curie switches to Leasedrive
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Leasedrive Group, one of the largest independent privately-owned vehicle management groups in the UK, has won the tender to provide a contract hire service to cancer charity, Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Commercial director, Roddy Graham said: "This proved a tough tendering process which was managed by CY Associates purchasing consultancy on behalf of Marie Curie. The process was extremely thorough and detailed. We are delighted to have prevailed thanks to the professionalism of our staff, the quality of our response and the benefits of our totally integrated online fleet management system.
"We are currently managing out the existing contract hire fleet through RunOut:Manager, part of the suite of solutions available through Drive:Manager. As vehicles come off fleet, they are being replaced on a mixed basis - either contract hire or contract purchase. The contract covers 175 vehicles, which will now be sourced from Peugeot and Skoda."
Tracy Henderson, central administrations manager at Marie Curie Cancer Care commented: "Besides the contract hire service provision, Leasedrive will also be assisting us with our duty of care responsibilities by providing a service to manage our driver declaration and driving licence monitoring programme. Additionally, we have retained Leasedrive to work with our risk advisors to provide an appropriate duty of care solution."
Leasedrive will be managing the contract using its bespoke, state-of-the-art online fleet management system, Drive:Manager, and overseeing the charity's duty of care responsibilities to its 'at work' drivers through the Responsibility business driver management service.
Since winning the account, Leasedrive has adopted Marie Curie Cancer Care as its official charity for the coming year and is organising a series of fund-raising events to boost its contributions.
Marie Curie Cancer Care works tirelessly to challenge the disease through its work in cancer care and research. Every year the charity provides care to around 25,000 cancer patients and their families - entirely free of charge. In the community, high-quality Marie Curie nursing gives terminally ill people the choice of dying at home, supported by their families. At its ten Marie Curie Hospices, the charity actively promotes quality of life for patients and again provides much needed support for their carers. The charity is also investigating the causes of cancer and better ways to treat the disease at the Marie Curie Research Institute.
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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. Leasedrive Velo is the winner of the 2006 Fleet News Award for 'Best Contract Hire/Fleet Management Company' the 2006 GreenFleet Award for 'Leasing/Rental Company of the Year', The 2007 and 2008 Thames Valley Business Awards for 'Business Management Team of the Year' and the 2007 ITM Award for 'Independent Vehicle Management Company'.
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