Royal Mail teams up with ARI for fleet management business
Fleet management company ARI has team up with Royal Mail Fleet, the UK’s largest independent workshop network, to offer services for commercial fleet operators. As previously reported by Post&Parcel, Royal Mail announced in mid-April that it was opening up its UK-wide network of 110 vehicle workshops to commercial customers – following a pilot project run across 20 workshops during the previous 15 months. Companies which have used Royal Mail’s fleet servicing offerings have included British Gas.
Now, Royal Mail believes the tie-up with ARI will “deliver a highly competitive and compelling offer”.
Paul Gatti, Royal Mail Fleet director, said: “I’m really excited about this and the opportunities it will create. The combined force of ARI and Royal Mail Fleet brings together two industry leaders with a common goal of helping fleet operators exceed their operational and strategic challenges.”
Keith Allen, managing director at ARI, added: “This kind of strategic co-operation has never been seen before in the industry and shows the commitment of both businesses to delivering innovation, customer service and best in class fleet management programs.”
In a notice posted on the myroyalmail.com website today (3 May), Royal Mail said that the tie-up with ARI would provide “opportunities for further growth from jointly winning new contracts”. Furthermore, it will also allow Royal Mail to have access to ARI’s contractor garage network when it doesn’t have coverage or capacity in its own workshops.
