Leasedrive VELO

Leasedrive Velo comes to the rental rescue of the RNLI
27 May 2010

The rental management division of the Leasedrive Velo Group, one of the UK’s largest independent privately-owned vehicle management groups, has won a three-year contract to service the vehicle rental requirements of all eligible crew working for the RNLI, the charity that saves lives at sea.

Roddy Graham, commercial director, Leasedrive Velo said: “Our ability to flexibly service the RNLI’s needs, often at short notice, anywhere in the UK and the Republic of Ireland was of key importance, together with the provision of one-way rentals for crew members attending training courses.”

Steve Wallington, business services administration manager at the RNLI said: “Our crew members are volunteers, often working unsocial hours, so it was important to appoint a supplier who would actually save them valuable time and offered the maximum geographic coverage.”

“As a charity, we are also constantly looking at reducing our costs so we constantly seek best value for money.”

The RNLI has over 4,800 crew members operating from 235 lifeboat stations. The charity’s head office is based in Poole, Dorset and it has nine regional offices around the UK and Republic of Ireland.

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Notes to Editors:

RNLI
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 235 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and has more than 140 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824 its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 137,000 lives.

For more information on the RNLI please visit www.rnli.org.uk.

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