Lombard Vehicle Management has won another exclusive deal with a major housing group in one of the most comprehensive solutions it has ever created.
Lombard is providing Walsall Housing Group (whg) with around 210 Ford LCVs, ranging from Ford Connects to Transit Jumbos and Tippers, on a contract hire basis over 36 months, with the option for a further three years.
What makes the deal stand out, however, is the range of ancillary products and services chosen by whg and the level of bespoke ... read more
Newly-appointed Lombard boss Alex Baldock is sending a clear message to fleets - if you are not leasing your vehicles you may well be compounding the financial pressures resulting from today’s tough new economic climate.
Baldock, who moved from Barclays to become managing director of Lombard in July, says, “I am especially delighted to be joining Lombard and working alongside Head of Lombard Vehicle Management, Rob Bailey, at this particular time, Lombard is very much open for business ... read more
Lombard Vehicle Management has been appointed by Yorkshire-based Just Car Clinics, the UK’s second-largest independent chain of vehicle crash repair centres, to exclusively supply not only its management cars but also the transporters used to pick up damaged vehicles.
The 30 cars, which are a mix of Audi, BMW and Mercedes models for managers including those who run the company’s 19 repair centres in the Midlands and North, are being run on a fully-maintained basis. Joining them are seven ... read more
Solution Includes Lombard’s Pioneering Recycled Van Equipment
Lombard Vehicle Management has won a new, exclusive contract for over 100 vans with existing client Whitefriars Housing Group.
Whitefriars follows strict public sector tendering guidelines but has reappointed Lombard for a period of five years, following a 12-month extension in 2007 of an initial three-year contract.
“The past four years has been an extremely positive experience,” says Karen Iceton, Head of Business and ... read more
Wheelchair-led team helps raise over £100,000 for charity
A team from Birmingham-based Lombard Vehicle Management, including a wheelchair user, has just conquered Britain’s highest peak, Ben Nevis, to raise money for disability charities Scope and Capability Scotland.
The Ben Nevis Challenge challenge, with a total target of £100,000, was set by Ken Hames, presenter of BBC TV’s Beyond Boundaries and an ex-SAS member, and stipulated that each team must be led by a wheelchair ... read more
DRIVERS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED BACK INTO COMPANY CARS, SAYS LOMBARD BOSS
Significant Savings for Fleets and Drivers
If drivers are encouraged to take the company car option rather than cash they and their employers will both be better off, as well as reducing CO2 emissions, according to Lombard.
A recent report by accountancy firm KPMG concluded that company cars produce up to 40% less CO2 than those chosen by cash-for-car drivers, who frequently buy used vehicles with poorer emissions ... read more
Lombard Vehicle Management has been awarded the Fleet Management Service Award in the 2008 Van Fleet World Honours. This is Lombard’s third major award in six months. The Van Fleet World Honours is an annual event that awards manufacturers, service companies and individual who have excelled in their sector.
Wayne Millward, Lombard’s Van Unit Operations Manager was delighted to receive the award, saying “We are very proud of this award because it recognises that we have an ... read more
Lombard is launching Van Plus+, the only in-house, bespoke build management service offered by a leasing company.
Van Plus+ gives customers a turn-key, custom-built van to meet the specific needs of their business and van usage. First, Lombard’s experts identify the basic van best suited to them and source the vehicle. Then they develop the final specification, from racking and roof systems to specialist items, and manage the suppliers. The van is fitted out and liveried entirely at one ... read more
Mansfield Electrical Services Limited serves the electrical services sector and has asked Lombard Vehicle Management to supply them with an initial forty two vehicles. The new fleet will feature the turn-key Volkswagen Transporter and Volkswagen Caddy and will be fully maintained over a three-year cycle and delivered with internal racking and ply-lining, roof systems and livery.
The vehicles will also arrive equipped with the Lombard Fleet Tracker.
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Online Grocery Retailer of the Year Ocado is the latest high-profile van fleet to award an exclusive supply deal to Lombard Vehicle Management (LVM).
“Ocado has significant growth plans and needs a supplier that can meet the unique requirements of our business as it develops,” says Ocado Fleet Manager Stuart Skingsley.
“We need a supplier that can support our growth and offer plenty of flexibility and we believe that LVM can provide that. The LVM team took time to understand ... read more
