AVIS Fleet Services has won a contract hire deal for the 300-car fleet operated by John Mowlem & Co's facilities management division Aqumen Services. The move also sees the fleet moving from Peugeot to solus Ford - a decision which Aqumen says was taken two-and-a-half years ago by Mowlem group.

Leeds-based Aqumen provides facilities management both for Mowlem and a growing range of public and private sector organisations. Under the new deal, Avis Fleet Services will work in partnership with Aqumen when its clients require a fleet management service.

The agreement is one of a number of new deals secured by Avis Fleet Services' Northern Division, details of which are due to be announced soon. Aqumen previously acquired vehicles via finance leasing, with fleet management handled in-house.