Fleet Help is launching a brand new service, upkeep and restore (SMR) proposition to cater for the rising variety of new OEM manufacturers set to launch within the UK over the approaching 24 months.

Fleet Help mentioned it plans to assist OEMs appoint and handle their aftersales SMR community, in addition to providing an internet work reserving service for drivers.

The OEMs, that are predominantly Chinese language EV manufacturers, require a storage community already in place to help their aftersales community – or as they develop their very own – in preparation for after they begin promoting new fashions to UK fleets and customers.

With a community of over 5,000 garages, over 86% of that are ‘EV prepared’, Fleet Help mentioned it’s properly positioned to arrange and handle all parts of their SMR wants.

Nigel Ward (pictured) has been appointed to go Fleet Help’s particular initiatives administration group to handle the roll out of those providers to the brand new OEMs and make sure the Fleet Help community is greatest positioned to service its present prospects.

Ward has held a number of positions throughout the fleet, leasing, and motor finance trade over greater than 30 years together with operations supervisor for Peugeot Contract Rent, nationwide gross sales supervisor for Free2Move Lease and heading Groupe PSA company gross sales.

“Lots of the new EV manufacturers planning to launch right here within the subsequent 24 months are on a voyage of discovery as they arrive within the UK market. The UK boasts some of the mature markets on the planet and our intention is to make use of our 20 years of SMR experience to assist and help their launch plans. This contains guaranteeing drivers are sorted as soon as they get behind the wheel of their new automotive,” defined Ward.

Coupled with this announcement Grant Thornton’s automotive part headed by Owen Edwards introduced it has agreed to collaborate with Fleet Help on this undertaking. This can permit Grant Thornton to supply OEMs with a holistic view of {the marketplace} coupled with Fleet Help which has the breadth of community by way of measurement and capabilities.

“Having a very good SMR community in place will improve confidence with drivers, customers and firm fleets in manufacturers which have beforehand by no means bought automobiles within the UK,” mentioned Vincent St Claire, Fleet Help’s managing director. “Fleets received’t entertain providing these automobiles to drivers, nonetheless good they’re, except they’ve an SMR community in place.”