Switch Car Rental has appointed Fleet Assist as its SMR garage network partner.
The multi-year deal will see all the SMR requirements of Switch’s fleet of more than 25,000 vehicles supported by Fleet Assist’s network of 5,200 garages and nearly 500 mobile service vans.
As part of the agreement, Fleet Assist’s Service Booking Lite (SB Lite) platform has been rolled out to Switch’s in-house team, allowing jobs to be sent to the most appropriate garages, while Fleet Assist’s Paybill service will consolidate all SMR spending into one invoice.
Switch head of fleet operations Grant Capel said: “Our team has been using the Fleet Assist network and SB Lite for a few months now, giving our central contact team greater control and visibility to manage the nationwide SMR needs of our branch network more effectively.
“We operate one of the youngest rental fleets in the UK, made up of low mileage vehicles, so it’s important we keep them in top condition. Partnering with the Fleet Assist garage network helps us do just that.”
Fleet Assist business development director Garry Winckley said: “We have worked very closely over a period of a few months to finetune the setup of SB Lite for the Switch contact team.
“The roll out of the new SMR processes to the rental network has gone smoothly and they are already benefitting from greater SMR efficiencies and vehicle availability.
“Having access to a full data reporting suite also ensures greater transparency of the fleet’s SMR needs moving forward.”
