LeasePlan UK

Leaseplan
Fleet management organisation
Industry Automotive
Founded 1963, Netherlands, 1979 UK
Headquarters Slough, Berks
Services Vehicle leasing and advisory services
Number of employees
 570 in the UK and over 6,000 worldwide
Website http://www.leaseplan.com (international) http://www.leaseplan.co.uk (UK)

LeasePlan UK was created in 1979 and is part of the Dutch fleet management and financial services company LeasePlan Corporation N.V. which was founded in 1963. The Dutch parent company is 50% owned each by Volkswagen Bank GmbH and Fleet Investments B.V..

LeasePlan UK operates a fleet of over 137,000 vehicles including 38,000 commercial vehicles.[1] Major clients include Royal Mail,[2] NHS,[3] Virgin Media[4] and Carlsberg.[5]

There are four brands operated in the UK:

LeasePlan (for large corporate accounts), LeasePlan Go (for small to medium corporate accounts and Consumer Leases), Network (for small businesses and sole traders) Automotive Leasing (for the public sector).

Leaseplan Go was formerly called Fleetline, it was rebranded on 15 October 2012.[6]


In 2011, LeasePlan won Fleet News’ Customer service award[7] and Automotive Leasing won “Leasing company of the year” at the Green Fleet Awards for involvement with the fully electric Nissan Leaf.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Leaseplan Website". Leaseplan.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  2. ↑ "LeasePlan Wins 5,000 vehicle Royal Mail Deal, Fleetnews". Fleetnews.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  3. ↑ "Automotive leasing". Automotive leasing. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  4. ↑ http://www.myleaseplan.co.uk/lpuk/im-a-fleet-manager/virgin-media-move-fleet-to-leaseplan/download/435/
  5. ↑ LeasePlan. "Lisplangou.com". Lisplangou.com. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  6. ↑ News, Fleet (2012-10-15). "FleetLine rebrands to LeasePlan Go". Fleet News. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  7. ↑ Green, Toby (2011-03-24). "Independent Article". Independent Article. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  8. ↑ "HR Magazine article". HR Magazine article. Retrieved 2012-12-18.

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