BCC'S recently established light commercial vehicle leasing arm has won a three-year contract to supply 24 Ford Transit vans to vending machine specialist Provend Services. BCC's car division already supplies passenger cars to Provend, which operates a combined fleet of some 500 vehicles, but the van business was won after a competitive tender.

Set up this summer in response to growing demand, BCC's van operation covers LCVs up to 3.5 tonnes, including car-derived vans, four-wheel-drives, minibuses and pick-ups.