U-Drive

U-Drive Limited rents self-drive cars, vans, minibuses, MPVs and trucks, with online booking on its website. It also runs U-Drive Auto Centre in Poole, an MOT testing and servicing garage, and lists vehicle sales, U-Lease and U-Trade (ex-fleet vehicles) among its services.

Customers include private hirers and businesses. The website offers online quotes for personal hire and discounted business rates by phone, and directs business and public sector hire to a separate domain, u-drivepro.co.uk.

U-Drive was established in 1982 in Wareham, Dorset, and its registered office is in Parkstone, Poole. The website states a network of 9 locations across England and Wales, over 150 employees and a fleet of over 4,000 vehicles. Current job postings include vehicle technicians, driver/valeters, a management trainee, a fleet controller, an HR officer and a customer service representative, in Poole, Bristol, Salisbury, Exeter, Fareham and Southampton.

Product: Self-drive hire of cars, vans, minibuses, MPVs and trucks from branches, plus MOT testing and servicing at the Poole Auto Centre.