We would like to take this opportunity to advise you of our reduced office hours over this Summer Bank Holiday weekend. Fownd will be closed from Friday 26th to Monday 29th August and will re-open for business as usual on Tuesday 30th August.

If you have vehicles on rent during this period (up until Tuesday 30th August at 08:00hrs) any amendments, extensions or terminations for vehicles need to be passed to the Reservations Team before 12:00hrs on Friday 26th August, either via email: - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by speaking to one our reservation agents on 0845 46 36963.

On behalf of everybody at Fownd, thank you for your continued custom and may we wish you a very pleasant break.

Fownd has just issued its first news letter! We have been working hard on new features and products so we wanted a way to communicate these effectively to our clients. What better way than in a concise document distributed quarterly that you can read at your own leisure.

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Fownd Supply Management a procurement outsourcing, business support and consultancy company, has signed an agreement with Italian manufacturing company Framec (www.framectrade.it), to import eutectic deep freeze vehicle bodies to the UK. This adds to the growing list of services and products that Fownd manage, including: Vehicle Rental, Project Management, Fleet Management, Contract Hire, Bulk Buying and now Alternative Technologies in chilled/deep frozen distribution.

Paul Tuszynski, Fownd's Executive Director, comes from a background of supplying not only end products but specialised knowledge into the refrigerated/frozen transport sector says:

"this technology really brings a great advantage to its operators. Reduced noise and operating costs, no intrusive maintenance regimes and of course as the units are not powered from the vehicles engine, we can adopt greener technologies from the vehicle manufacture such as Start/Stop engines. This further reduces the carbon impact of our clients and significantly lowers costs."

Fownd Supply Management, a procurement outsourcing, business support and consultancy company, has moved to new larger premises in Solihull and added more staff to cope with the demand for their procurement services. In excess of 300 vehicles, including cars, vans and refrigerated vans are controlled from the offices at Wellington House which accommodates the entire team under one roof allowing PPE, Rental, Leasing, Contract Hire and Alternative Technologies/Hydrogen Engineering Development to interact more rapidly and respond to customer needs instantly.

Kylie Bellingham, the latest recruit, comes from a background of supplying short-term rental vehicles to the likes of Tarmac, Carillion and United Marine Dredging. Suppliers can look forward to an increase in the projected annual procurement budget of £1.7m across the board.

MD Christopher Dean: " the new offices and staff are already having a positive impact with our clients. We now need more suppliers of rental vehicles and safety wear to help us reach our maximum potential.'