Business membership of Streetcar, which hires VW Golfs, Polos and Transporter vans on a pay-as-you-go basis, has doubled over the past year.

Corporate membership has risen from 900 to almost 2,000 in the past 12 months as organisations adopt the car club scheme as an alternative to owning their own fleet or using private hire vehicles.

Brett Akker, Streetcar’s co-founder, said: “Streetcar can help organisations optimise their transport usage, by cutting out the overheads of maintaining a fleet of pool cars and only paying as and when they need a vehicle.”