Northgate Mobility created to provide single mobility solution
Northgate Mobility has been created to offer customers full support throughout the full vehicle mobility lifecycle.
Comprising Northgate Vehicle Hire UK and Ireland, Auxillis, Blakedale and FridgeXpress, ChargedEV and Principia Law, Northgate Mobility allows customers to access vehicle hire, fleet management and support solutions, insurance services, specialist vehicles, and EV charging, through a simple, unified proposition.
Its ‘One Fleet’ approach will offer a fleet size of 80,000 vehicles comprising a full range of LCVs, both ICE and electric-powered. The fleet includes over 2,000 specialist traffic management and temperature-controlled vehicles and 15,000 cars.
All vehicles and services will be available to all customers across 73 fully equipped rental and workshop locations.
Rebrand
Over a phased 12-15-month transition, Auxillis, Blakedale and FridgeXpress will become Northgate Insurance Services, Northgate Highways, and Northgate Temperature Controlled respectively.
ChargedEV and Principia Law will sit within Northgate Mobility while retaining their existing company names, with the day-to-day operations of all companies remaining unchanged throughout the transition.
The Northgate Mobility Group will be led by managing director Neil McCrossan, who was previously managing director of Northgate UK and Ireland. Mel Bebbington, who leads Auxillis, will lead the rebranded Northgate Insurance Services business. Jon Taylor will head up the rebranded Northgate Highways business and Adam Naylor will lead the rebranded Northgate Temperature Controlled business.
Clear structure
McCrossan said: “Northgate Mobility brings together a broad range of specialist capabilities under one clear structure, making it easier for our colleagues to be One Team, united in a single mission focused on delivering our customer-first ethic and on making things better for customers and colleagues.
“By aligning these businesses and brands we’re creating a more connected, responsive mobility business that’s built to support customers today and evolve with them in the future.”
