Gala Coral Group has outsourced the management of its 300-strong company car fleet and 180 grey fleet cars to Fleet Alliance with the intention of making considerable efficiency savings over the next three years.

Group efficiency director, Diane Atkins, said: “They were able to help us meet all of the key objectives of our new company car policy which included continuing to offer a level of choice that is competitive within the employment market place, and delivering against our environmental commitments.”

Dr. Colin Morgan, Head of Corporate Responsibility at Gala Coral Group, said: “The appointment of Fleet Alliance will ensure that we can continue our work on reducing the environmental impact of our company car fleet.

“By capping the C02 emissions at 160g/km for our company car drivers and measuring mileage accurately, we will be in an even stronger position to make positive progress on our environmental stewardship strategy which is increasingly at the heart of how we do business in the company.”

Currently, Gala Coral operates a two badge car fleet with Ford and Toyota models, but from May this will switch to models from the Volkswagen Audi Group for the majority of its company car drivers, with Mercedes and BMW models also being available for senior managers. Directors will continue to have a free choice of vehicle.

In line with the company’s environmental policy of reducing the CO2 emissions of its fleet, all new benchmark vehicles will have a CO2 level of 160g/km or less and drivers who want a hybrid option will continue to be able to select the Toyota Prius.

Another key change will be a switch away from solus supply contract hire to a competitive tendering approach for each new car on the fleet, using Fleet Alliance’s panel of six different funders, to indentify the most cost effective option.

Fleet Alliance will also be responsible for introducing licence checking for all drivers, for arranging driver training for those identified as high risk, for managing mileages across both the grey and company car fleets and for verifying that scheduled service and maintenance is carried out, thus ensuring that the company’s duty of care responsibilities are being met.

Fleet Alliance managing director, Martin Brown, said: “We are delighted to be working with Gala Coral Group for the next three years, and to be able to help identify and introduce increased efficiencies to the operation of both its company car and grey fleets.”

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