Gavin Jones has been named chair of the newly formed 1link Hire Network Customer Forum – formed to independently represent vehicle leasing companies that use epyx’s daily rental e-commerce platform.

Jones, who is services manager – accident and rental services at Masterlease, explained that the move had come about after his company adopted 1link Hire Network earlier this year.

He said: “We were already aware of the good work that the 1link Service Network Customer Forum had done when it came to bringing about enhancements to that platform and wanted to engage in the same kind of process with hire. We approached epyx and were pleased to see them take the idea on board.”