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Vauxhall Motors has been chosen by Boots Group
plc as the solus supplier of its essential user company cars in a
deal negotiated by GE Commercial Finance, Fleet Services.
The manufacturer will now exclusively supply the 250-strong
essential car user fleet with diesel vehicles drawn from across its
model range from Corsa to Zafira.
In addition, Boots has also reduced the number of suppliers to its
800-strong user chooser fleet from 15 to six, with Vauxhall among
these preferred sources.
For the first time in the corporate sector, Vauxhall is also
introducing a planned fleet maintenance package that underwrites all
servicing, maintenance and repair costs to provide Boots with known
SMR costs over the three-year period of the contract.
The new fleet policy has been drawn up in conjunction with global
vehicle leasing and fleet management specialist, GE Fleet Services,
which carried out a Key Solutions consultative study of the Boots
fleet designed to reduce costs while improving operational
efficiency and driver choice. GE Fleet Services will also be funding
the vehicles through a special hybrid lease product.
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Sarah Hall, Contracts Manager, Business Services at Boots said: "The
aim of this exercise was to reduce costs while improving operational
efficiency and driver choice. Working closely with GE Fleet Services
and Vauxhall, we have achieved this successfully.
"We wanted a range of vehicles for our essential user fleet which
met our criteria of driver desirability, safety and competitive but
with fixed maintenance costs. Vauxhall fitted the bill, and had the
flexibility to offer us the new, fixed cost maintenance package."
Maurice Howkins, Vauxhall and Saab Fleet Sales Director, UK and
Ireland, said the new agreement with Boots was testimony to the
desirability and versatility of the Vauxhall model range.
"We are delighted to be working with such a respected high street
brand as Boots and look forward to meeting their vehicle needs for
many years to come. The introduction of the planned maintenance
package is a first for us in the fleet market and gives the customer
peace of mind over the life of the contract."
Gareth Smith, Strategic Account Manager at GE Commercial Finance
Fleet Services, said: "The Key Solutions consultancy exercise that
we carried out was very comprehensive, and we are pleased that such
a successful outcome has been produced by working alongside the
Boots and Vauxhall teams. We believe that this is an excellent fleet
solution."
Key Solutions is designed to improve processes, deliver better
services, increase productivity and reduce costs. It has delivered
savings of between 7-22 per cent for 230 UK fleets since its launch
three years ago.
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