Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has secured its biggest fleet order ever after British Gas confirmed a contract for 5,300 Caddy vans to be delivered over the next two years.

Lombard Vehicle Management has won the contract to provide the first 2,000 vans, with British Gas yet to award the contract for the remaining 3,300.

British Gas negotiated directly with Volkswagen, but neither company would reveal further details of the contract, which based on published contract hire rates is worth £980,500 a month.

The vans are expected to cover an average of 12,000 miles per year and are supplied on a four-year contract.