Centrica has taken delivery of the first of 723 Ford Transits, which are being delivered at the rate of 30 per week. The order is for a mix of 638 medium-wheelbase , medium-roof panel vans and 85 short-wheelbase, low-roof models. The smaller ones will be used by British Gas service engineers, while the larger ones will be used to carry plant and tools for central heating installation engineers.
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Gas fleet support manager Martin Lock says: "The Ford Transit was the best cost option for our business. It's popular with the engineers and we have a long-standing relationship with Ford that works well."
The vans are being leased though Hitachi Capital and Lombard, and are supplied on five-year 60,000-mile contracts.
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