CARDIFF brewer SA Brain & Co has made Inchcape Vehicle Contracts the solus supplier for its 100-strong user-chooser fleet.

Previously, SA Brain had used seven suppliers, but decided to streamline the operation. Inchcape formulated a three-tier banding based on monthly contract hire costs. The firm helped put together a new car policy, which encouraged most drivers to go down the diesel route, and set up a system on the SA Brain intranet that gave drivers advice and tax calculations.

Alan Sweetman, facilities manager at the firm said: 'One of the reasons we chose Inchcape was it was willing to do that work before it had the business.'

SA Brain changes its cars every three years or 90,000 miles.