THE retirement of its long-standing fleet manager Jim Brown has left the way open for Warner Howard to outsource the management of its fleet. The supplier of hand dryers, hygiene and laundry equipment, has appointed FCM to manage its fleet of 120 cars and vans.

Warner outright purchases its fleet, but has turned to the FCM card for both fuel and maintenance payments. Graham Botwright, director at Warner, said: 'In the short time we have been with FCM we have certainly noticed some downward trends in our fleet operating costs.'