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Opticar and Eurolease join forces

Following five years of successful teamwork, Opticar and Eurolease have strengthened their bond with Martin Wroe, MD of Toomey Eurolease being appointed a director of Toomey Opticar, and Jim Salkeld, Chairman of Toomey Opticar being appointed a director of Toomey Eurolease.  The two companies work closely together in the provision of the mixed-funding ‘optifleet’ platform, using their specialist skills to deliver the optimum solution to companies and employees alike. 

“Eurolease are able to concentrate on the company-funded aspects of the solution, with spot-hire and company-car reallocations complementing the traditional Contract Hire offering” says Jim Salkeld, “whilst Opticar can continue to focus on the employee-funded ECO and Optimised Cash arrangements as well as the growing range of driver management functions.”

Martin Wroe, who’s been with Eurolease since its formation in 1995 and the MD since it was brought into the Toomey group at the turn of the millennium, sees it as a natural progression of a highly successful formula: “Like many leasing companies we probably saw ECO as a box to tick but not really part of our core business.  It takes up a lot of resource and requires specialist knowledge and systems that we didn’t really want to develop, especially when margins are under such competitive pressure.  Working closer with Opticar, and especially with the optifleet platform, gives us the ability to sell into larger and more complex fleets without compromising on our service levels.”