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Leasedrive heats up BDR Thermea’s car fleet
10 November 2011

Leasedrive, the largest independent privately-owned vehicle management group in the UK, has added cars to the existing van contract hire agreement held with BDR Thermea, a world leading manufacturer and distributor of innovative heating and hot water systems and services. The new contract, covering 550 cars and vans, is for three years with an option for BDR Thermea to extend for a further two years.

Commercial director, Roddy Graham, at Leasedrive said: “Before its merger to form BDR Thermea in 2009, Baxi had been a Masterlease UK light commercial vehicle customer since 2004, converting to a sole supply arrangement four years later. Last year, Masterlease was selected to provide accident management and short-term hire services for the entire BDR Thermea UK fleet. Missing was the car contract hire business. So when BDR Thermea issued a tender earlier this year for its car fleet, we knew we could offer the service and experience to manage its whole fleet.”

Janey McDonald, UK indirect procurement manager at BDR Thermea, commented: “When we went out to tender, a robust selection process was undertaken to identify the best partner to manage our car fleet. Leasedrive had worked closely with us to improve the operational performance and financial efficiency of our light commercial vehicle fleet and it was critical that we delivered the same for the car fleet but not necessarily with the same partner. During the selection process, Leasedrive was able to demonstrate the quality of its service provision, the value it had added to our LCV fleet and also demonstrate the financial and operational benefits of a consolidated fleet. We remain impressed with Leasedrive’s consultative expertise and like its holistic approach to total cost management.”

Notes to Editors:

BDR Thermea
BDR Thermea is a world leading manufacturer and distributor of innovative heating and hot water systems and services, operating in a market worth over €16 billion of annual sales. It employs more than 6,300 people across Europe with a turnover of almost 1.8 billion (2010). The group has a top market position in six key countries: UK, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy and strong positions in the rapidly growing markets of Eastern Europe, Turkey, Russia, North America and China. In total, BDR Thermea operates in more than 70 countries worldwide.

For more information, visit: www.bdrthermea.com

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