{"id":7552,"date":"2015-06-22T15:25:03","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T15:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=7552"},"modified":"2015-06-22T15:27:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T15:27:34","slug":"europcar-targets-corporate-market-with-fleet-van-rental-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7552","title":{"rendered":"Europcar targets corporate market with fleet van rental centres"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7553\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7553\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/europcar-fleet-centres-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Europcar Chapter 8 van\" width=\"350\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/europcar-fleet-centres-sm.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/europcar-fleet-centres-sm-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/europcar-fleet-centres-sm-50x36.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Europcar hire van with Chapter 8 markings at one of the firm&#8217;s new UK Van Supersites.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Corporate hire plays a big role in the van rental business, as you&#8217;d expect.<\/p>\n<p>Many companies now run part-rental or even 100% rental fleets, enabling them to add or subtract vans to meet demand, without\u00a0committing to finance\u00a0or long-term leases.<\/p>\n<p>Europcar has now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7192\">joined Hertz<\/a> in opening a number of corporate rental van supersites around the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Located in Newcastle, Leeds, Birmingham, London and Bristol, Europcar\u2019s Van Supersites create a network running down the spine of the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Each supersite offers a range of vehicles targeting the fleet market, including crew cab vans, 4&#215;4 pick-ups and a\u00a0comprehensive range of Chapter 8 vehicles (vans with reflective markings required\u00a0is the vehicle will stop on a main road for work purpose, such as road works &#8212; see picture for an example).<\/p>\n<p>Europcar&#8217;s Ken McCall says\u00a0that the firm&#8217;s goal is to playing its role in the UK&#8217;s economic recovery:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe launch of Europcar\u2019s Van Supersites is part of our commitment to helping UK businesses that are making the most of an increasingly positive economy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By having a dedicated focus on a range of commercial vehicles \u2013 combined with specialist account management \u2013 these Supersites mean we can deliver both efficiency and cost savings to the businesses that need the confidence of supply for their own continuity&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Europcar&#8217;s network of\u00a0Van Supersites will run alongside the firm&#8217;s existing\u00a0170-strong branch network, which serves the needs of retail and corporate customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europcar has opened a network of five Van Supersites across the UK, providing a dedicated fleet rental service for corporate customers, including those needing Chapter 8-compliant vehicles for highways use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[1921,63,1678],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7552"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7556,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7552\/revisions\/7556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}