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Enterprise Car Club teams up with Translink

Enterprise Car Club has teamed up with Translink to bring its car club services to Belfast’s Lanyon Place and Great Victoria Street railway.

There will be two low-emission car club vehicles at each station, available to rent by the hour or the day. The cars add to the existing car club fleet based at Enterprise Rent-A-Car branches in Belfast, Omagh and Portadown.

Car club members can book via an app, online or by phone and then access the vehicle using the app.

Dan Gursel, managing director of Enterprise Car Club, said: “We are delighted to work with Translink to launch this service. There is increasing demand from people for integrated mobility services, which make it easy to move between public and shared transport such as car clubs.

“This initiative brings that option to residents, businesses and visitors in Belfast. We already have car club vehicles based at or very close to railway stations in England and Scotland and have seen how people integrate rail and car club into travel plans.”

TTC net zero pledge initiative sees carbon offsetting with Yorkshire Police Force

Following its retention of its National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS) contract with North, West and South Yorkshire Police Forces, TTC has pledged to achieve net zero by the end of 2022.

TTC aims to have offset more than 600 tonnes of carbon emissions and be a carbon negative company by 2025.

The company has partnered with wildlife-based organisation, Make It Wild, to help achieve its carbon offsetting goals.

Jim Kirkwood, chief executive officer (CEO) at TTC Group, said: “The planting of trees to offset our carbon footprint, the broadening of wildlife habitats, engaging with and supporting local community led projects as well as having an established and active ESG programme all contribute to participating and contributing to the ultimate solution we collectively seek.

“TTC Group will, under my stewardship, continue to encourage, support and actively engage in projects aimed at supporting local social value creation as well as those environmental projects which make a difference to families across the regions of this great country.”

Select Car Leasing partners with Zap-Map

Select Car Leasing has partnered with Zap-Map to allow Select customers that lease an electric vehicle (EV) three months free access to Zap-Map’s premium service.

The company said the premium service provides the ability to hone-in on charge points using enhanced filters such as ‘user rating’ and ‘multiple charger locations, as well as adding unlimited vehicles to the app and saving unlimited route plans.

David Lewis, head of electric vehicles (EVs) and energy at Select, said: “Select Car Leasing is fully behind the electric revolution, as we help customers transition from traditionally fuelled cars and vans to electrified models, so we’re pleased to partner with a platform that really shares our ambitions.

“We want to make driving an EV not just accessible and attainable, but also enjoyable and hassle-free and with Zap-Map, the stress of locating and paying for EV charging is completely erased.”

Fleet Operations team take part fundraising challenge

Fleet Operations’ employees have taken part in a 24-hour, 874-mile cycle as part of the company’s 20th anniversary fundraising challenge.

Using three static bikes donated by Keele University, 40 members of staff from the company pedalled a distance equivalent to cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats.

The charity event is part of a company-wide initiative to raise £20,000 for 20 charities throughout Fleet Operations’ 20th year in business.

Fleet Operations said the charities set to benefit include national charities, including Aspire, MIND and Anthony Nolan Trust, as well as local causes including Donna Louise Hospice in Stoke-on-Trent and Savana in North Staffordshire.

AA Approved Garages strikes deal to help deliver savings

Prestige Fleet Servicing has announced a partnership to guarantee the supply of Mobil products to its AA Approved Garage network.

The partnership will see garages within the network gain savings on lubricants and is designed to help garages struggling with cost-of-living rises in the wake of rising fuel bills, says Anthony Garbacz, network director at AA Approved Garages.

“Lubricants are a significant investment for garages – indeed, for some, they represent a six-figure annual spend - and we want to give something back to all those in our network,” he said.

“We appreciate this is a year many garages will struggle with rising fuel bills, and we are delighted to share this saving – especially on such a high quality, premium brand.”

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