Kwik-Fit Extends Fleet Hire Agreement

Kwik-Fit Fleet has extended its business partnership with leasing and fleet management company Fleet Hire into a fifth year with the signing of a new 12-month solus preferred agreement. The Solihull-based company operates a fleet of almost 6,000 vehicles and now uses Kwik-Fit Fleet for the supply of virtually all fast-fit related services, from traditional tyre repair and replacement utilising Kwik-Fit’s High Street centre network and 200 Mobile units to brake, exhaust and battery services.

This year Fleet Hire is looking to utilise Kwik-Fit Fleet’s recently launched vehicle MoT and servicing operations and increase customer use of tyre safety checks, typically undertaken by Mobile units in company car parks. Kwik-Fit Fleet reports an increasing uptake in tyre safety checks amid the growing corporate focus on occupational road risk management. Meanwhile, one of the strengths of Kwik-Fit Fleet’s relationship with Fleet Hire and its customers is the provision of an out-of-hours service. Company car and van drivers in need of help outside Fleet Hire’s operating hours have their telephone call answered by a special helpdesk managed by Kwik-Fit Fleet. The operator then arranges for immediate assistance to be provided to the caller.

Fleet Hire’s decision to sign an improved contract with Kwik-Fit Fleet follows the January appointment of new managing director Graham Hale, who took over following the retirement of David Bourne, one of the original company founders. Mr Hale said: “We are pleased to be associated with Kwik-Fit whose partnering approach to the way they do business is aligned to our own business ethos. Whilst I have only recently joined Fleet Hire I look forward to developing still further the good relationship that exists between our two organisations.”

Mike Wise, head of Kwik-Fit Fleet, Europe’s largest independent fast-fit company, said: “Fleet Hire is aiming to double its fleet size over the next few years and the extension of our relationship with the company will mean an increasing number of fleet customers benefit from our wide range of services.

“Kwik-Fit Fleet is the UK’s largest provider of fast-fit services to the fleet industry and we continue to innovate in terms of increasing our range of services – in recent months breaking into the vehicle servicing and MoT business and supplying glass repair and air conditioning recharging.

“Additionally, services such as our out-of-hours offering, online reporting and invoicing and tyre safety checks continue to help businesses look after their drivers, improve cost-management and comply with all-important at-work driving health and safety regulations.”