BREAKING NEWS - Prohire Awarded Significant Contract!

Prohire Plc, the fast growing Commercial Vehicle hire and Fleet Management specialist has announced its biggest ever contract win.

Autobar Vending Services, Europe’s largest refreshment supplier, has appointed Prohire as its exclusive Fleet Management provider for the next four years covering Contract Hire, Daily Rentals and Accident Management.

Prohire will be responsible for fleet managing the entire Autobar fleet, including cars, vans and trucks.

The contract will be headed up by Mick Hirst, Prohire’s Key Accounts Manager.

Andrew Morley, Prohire’s Sales Director, commented: “This is a very significant achievement for our company and the decision to award Prohire exclusivity is testament to our all-embracing service capability.”

Autobar operates from 12 depots providing vending services, coffee and equipment to hotels, restaurants and cafés throughout all areas of the UK and Eire.

Prohire Plc Appoint a Key Account Manager

As part of its ongoing growth strategy and dedication to customer service, Commercial Vehicle Hire and Fleet Management specialist, Prohire Plc, has announced the appointment of Mick Hirst to the role of Key Account Manager.

Mick will be responsible for the day-to-day support of the larger Prohire fleet customers and his role will entail interfacing with his nominated customers at every level and in turn with the company’s Operations and Sales functions to ensure that the level of service provision is second to none.

Mick Hirst explains: “Our larger customers rely on Prohire to provide a comprehensive range of services to satisfy their operational requirements across their business, therefore it’s important that we’re fully aware of and satisfy such needs”.

Having started out as a workshop apprentice with a DAF dealership, Mick has over 20 years’ experience in the commercial vehicle sector having worked in both sales and operational roles.

Andrew Morley, Prohire Sales Director, comments: “Prohire is proud of its exceptionally high customer satisfaction rates at every level of the business and Mick’s appointment should be seen as further evidence of our total commitment and dedication to customer support across our business. Mick will play a very important part in our company’s development particularly in view of his broad range of knowledge gained within the commercial vehicle sector”.

New Vehicles will Carry the Canisters

Energas Ltd, one of the largest distributors of cylinder gases in the UK, has added a DAF tractor unit and a 26 tonne DAF chassis to its fleet. Both vehicles were supplied on contract hire by commercial vehicle hire and fleet management specialist, Prohire Plc.

 

Energas supplies an extensive range of industrial cylinder gases, LPG, refrigerant gases, food grade and drinks dispense gases to a diverse client base across the country and the 26 tonner has been specified by Prohire’s engineers through discussions with Energas and the bodybuilder to enable it to carry various types of gas and different cylinder sizes safely and efficiently.

 

Modifications included the introduction of a specialist tail lift to the rigid vehicle with drop down sides to ease loading and unloading along with the addition of a ‘central spine’ to which cylinders are secured to prevent the potential risk of hazardous load movement during transit.

 

The decision to acquire the vehicles on contract hire is a departure from the traditional method of acquisition by Energas. Historically the company had always purchased its vehicles outright, but since being acquired two years ago by the French firm, Air Liquide, Energas has switched to contract hire as its preferred method of acquisition.

 

“We believe that contract hiring our vehicles is the way forward,” says the Energas Group Distribution Manager, Dave Richards. “It offers a number of advantages for a company such as ours, not the least of which is preserving our working capital for investment projects within the business and enabling us to accurately budget the running costs of our commercial vehicle fleet.”

 

Dave Richards chose to approach Prohire having seen work being carried out on a Prohire vehicle at one of the company’s body-builder partners.

 

“I was very impressed not only by how pro-active Prohire were throughout the build management process but also with their attention to detail and the high level of support that they offered including a comprehensive vehicle handover process,” comments Dave.

 

Both of the new vehicles have been finished in the new Energas livery and the tractor unit has been given a name – ‘Lois’ – in honour of Dave’s granddaughter.

 

“A number of our vehicles are named after members of our staff’s families, so I was thrilled that the new tractor has taken my own granddaughter’s name,” says Dave.

Andrew Morley, sales director at Prohire, comments: “we are delighted to have been selected by Energas as their commercial vehicle supplier of choice as we are now in the process of supplying further vehicles to Energas for delivery in 2014”