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November 11th, 2008
Lex Accelerates Speedy Hire’s Replacement Vehicle Programme
The Lex daily rental team headed up by Ian Drayton were approached by Speedy Hire to identify a solution to a recurring problem; when Speedy Hire’s unique range of vehicles needed replacing due to a mechanical fault or an accident, how could a substitute vehicle with the exact specifications be delivered as quickly as possible?
After analysing the previous three years of data relating to Speedy Hire’s requests for the rental of vehicles to act as replacements for their existing vehicles, the Lex daily rental team were able to identify the most common vehicle requested (Ford Transit Dropside with Tail Lift), duration of hire and the Speedy Hire location in the UK which had the most demand for a substitute vehicle.
A solution was then developed by the Lex daily rental team and SIXT rent a car, the worldwide operating vehicle rental organisation and long standing Lex partner, whereby twenty Ford Transit Dropside with Tail Lift vans were altered to conform to the exact specifications required by Speedy Hire and which would be delivered to the locations with the most demand for replacements by the Lex delivery agent, IXT rent a car.
SIXT rent a car would also be legally responsible for storing and collecting the substitute vehicles, which would retain SIXT rent a car’s livery, identifying them as temporary replacement vehicles.
Commenting on the agreement, Ian Leonard, Fleet Director of Speedy Hire said: “We are delighted to work with the Lex daily rental team and SIXT rent a car to have this substitute vehicle arrangement in place. Not only does it ensure that our fleet is on the road doing business, but from a health and safety perspective we are consistent with our policies, both as a representation of our business and our drivers. We offer a big hand of thanks to Lex for their work in solving this issue.”
Ian Drayton, Daily Rental Operations Manager, Lex comments: “We are very proud of the agreement that we have designed and implemented in conjunction with SIXT rent a car for Speedy Hire to solve their replacement vehicle issues. This is a market first agreement and is a clear indicator that Lex can deliver a replacement vehicle solution for a client who has vehicles with the most detailed specifications – it’s a great success story for Lex and Speedy Hire”
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About Lex
Lex is part of the HBOS group. The business owns a fleet of over 250,000 cars and vans.
Lex has a motoring heritage dating back to 1928. Today over 20,000 businesses across the UK, including two thirds of FT-SE 100 companies, trust it to provide motoring and vehicle services.
The company is the UK's largest contract hire provider of company cars and vans.
For more information, please call contact James Lambert, Head of PR at Lex on (+44) 7826 875371 or email james.lambert@lex.co.uk
About Speedy Hire
Speedy Hire is the UK’s largest provider of tools and equipment for hire. The company operates from over 450 depots throughout the UK and Ireland.
The Group has specialist divisions that cover tools, portable accommodation, lifting, surveying, training, pumping and power generation equipment.
For more information, please call Martin Currie or Katherine Fletcher at Citypress on 0161 606 0261 or email Katherine.fletcher@citypress.co.uk
About SIXT
SIXT rent a car have built a strong reputation for offering the fleet industry flexible solutions, excellent choice, unparalleled rental flexibility, customer service excellence and pan-European coverage that gives access to one of Europe’s largest fleets. Sixt rent a car in the UK, together with its Partners, boasts a comprehensive car and commercial rental fleet of some 26,000 vehicles, ranging from saloon, estate and MPV cars to light vans, pick ups and dropside vehicles.
Customer service and rental flexibility is paramount to the Sixt rent a car offer. Sixt provides a number of fleet solutions ranging from one-off rental to integrated flexible rental packages that can be tailored to provide vehicle rental solutions for today’s fleet operator.
For more information, please call Per Voegerl, Commercial Director, SIXT
phone: +44 (0) 1246 506 266
email: per.voegerl@sixt.com
on 0161 606 0261 or email Katherine.fletcher@citypress.co.uk
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