Leasedrive

Leasedrive to ‘furnish’ Harveys with solus contract hire
3 January 2012

Leasedrive, the largest independent privately-owned vehicle management group in the UK, has won a five-year agreement to supply around 140 contract hire vehicles to Harveys, the UK's largest furniture specialist, on a sole supply basis. Harveys is wholly owned by the Steinhoff UK retail group which also owns Cargo, Reid Furniture and the largest UK bed retailing business through its Bensons for Beds, Sleepmasters and Bed Shed chains.

Roddy Graham, commercial director at Leasedrive, said: “An existing customer of our rental management division, we were doubly delighted to win the tender process for Harveys’ contract hire business and are already capturing extra business from within the group.

“Previously, Harveys had adopted a multi-supplier approach involving nine suppliers including brokers. However, on the retirement of its fleet manager, Harveys undertook a review and opted for a solus supply outsourced agreement which we secured against stiff competition.

“Harveys was impressed with not only our online totally-integrated fleet management system, Drive:Manager, but also our willingness to offer a bespoke service solution. This includes a dedicated helpdesk and an individually designed website offering self-help and fleet policy acknowledgement.

“We have assisted Harveys with a vehicle manufacturer review to improve company car driver choice and provide a better quality service as part of an eligible employee’s total reward package. We have also provided financial modelling to determine the optimum financial funding route and are providing a duty of care service for cash allowance drivers.”

Notes to Editors:

Harveys
Harveys is the largest furniture specialist in the UK with over 160 stores nationwide.

Wholly owned by Steinhoff International Holdings Ltd, Harveys has the backing and infrastructure of a huge global furniture manufacturing and retail leader. Steinhoff is now one of the top five furniture groups in Europe and Australasia, and the largest in Africa. Based in South Africa, Steinhoff has annual sales in the region of £3bn providing Harveys with a quality network of proven systems and manufacturing infrastructure including a classic site based in Bridgend. Steinhoff also owns the largest UK bed retailing business through its Bensons, Sleepmasters and Bed Shed chains.

Steinhoff owns more than 70 factories spanning the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand. Employing over 50,000 staff globally, Steinhoff is a major player in the global furniture economy.

For more information, visit: www.harveysfurniture.co.uk

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