Fast-expanding Fleet Assist is relocating to offices in Huntingdon as the company seeks to drive forward with further growth.
The company, which launched in 2003, is today the leading supply chain management specialist to a significant number of the UK’s major contract hire and leasing companies and vehicle rental operators collectively supplying more than one million vehicles to customers nationwide.
Fleet Assist, which currently employs almost 50 people, provides those leading contract hire and leasing companies and rental organisations with a network of more than 5,000 franchise and independent service outlets which undertake service, maintenance and repair (SMR) work on company cars and vans. The network is supported by a contact centre and technical authorisation services as well as industry leading data analytics.
The company is planning to move in quarter two 2019 from Gaynes Hall, Perry, Cambridgeshire, to Unit 1, Sovereign Court, Ermine Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE29 6XU.
Vincent St Claire, managing director, Fleet Assist, said: “The major reason behind the decision to relocate is the ongoing expansion of Fleet Assist. The business is growing rapidly and the new offices provides the company with significant additional space to recruit new staff.”
“The new office is situated close to good public transport and road links, which makes Fleet Assist easier for visitors to find and provides an improved location to recruit new staff.”
“Improved facilities and local amenities for employees allied to enhanced communication access further reinforces the decision to relocate.”
Year-on-year growth in the number of companies signing up to use the Fleet Assist network and related services, notably including SMR business vehicle intelligence, has enabled Fleet Assist to build up a wealth of SMR data. As a result, a diverse range of organisations utilise the company’s consultancy service to obtain in-depth information on fleet car and van in-life expenditure to help establish real world whole life operating cost trends and even more accurate SMR cost figures.
Looking forward, Mr St Claire said: “The decision to invest in the new office facility ensures we future proof the business to enable the continual development of the products and services offered whilst ensuring they are scalable.
“We continue to see significant interest from more contract hire companies as well as rental companies in helping them to manage vehicle SMR; and, with an ever-increasing focus on cost management there is growing interest from customers in utilising our vehicle maintenance authorisation service and our service booking facility.”
