TRADING for more than 40 years with a 50,000 strong fleet of vehicles, Northgate Vehicle Hire is the UK and Europe’s leading provider of light commercial vehicles.
With 67 branches and workshops and more than 1,800 employees across the UK, it prides itself on providing innovative vehicle solutions, great value and excellent customer service for a diverse range of SMEs across the country.
Just some of the reasons the Business Van Award Judges chose Northgate as winner of this years Best Long Term Rental Award.
With consistently high customer reviews, a Trust Pilot score of 4.1 against an industry average of 3.1, and a string of industry awards to its name, Northgate continues to put customer service at the heart of its business proposition.
Northgate has continued to add new products and services for the benefit of our business users, allowing ever greater efficiencies for companies across all of the main focus areas for fleet managers. These include flexibility of terms, SMR and reliability considerations, reducing vehicle downtime, cashflow management, tax efficiency and above all, high levels of support across the whole country.
With a minimum rental term of 12-months, Northgate’s long term vehicle hire offers businesses a flexible alternative to contract hire or ownership, which allows for shorter minimum commitments than other fleet funding methods and with the option to run contracts for up to 48 months, customers can relax knowing their future needs are also taken care of.
Customers can access a wide range of LCVs as standard, and any type of vehicle on request. Our vehicles can be customised and branded to a customer’s exact specifications.
As part of all long-term rental agreements, the Northgate promise on vehicle downtime is standard. If a vehicle is ever off the road for more than two hours for repairs, we’ll offer a replacement vehicle to get drivers back on the road as soon as possible. A key benefit to Northgate customers is the flexibility which is built into long-term hire agreements.
Risk management and compliance, accident management, telematics, fuel cards and even vehicle inspection apps can all be included under one contract, and these diverse functions can all be supported by a single account manager.
In simplifying processes and relieving the burden of administration from SMEs, Northgate’s full ’Vehicle Fleet Solutions’ proposition helps companies with more than just the provision of vehicles to meet their fleet needs, it allows them to concentrate on their core business functions.
Northgate is committed to helping van customers on the Drive to Zero, providing the latest electric vehicle options to help support carbon reduction across customers fleets.
Importantly with Northgate, its additional support packages can be built into long-term rental contracts, cutting down the need for multiple supplier agreements to be signed and multiple accounts to be managed.
