BENTLEY will be offering bespoke contract hire and lease hire options for business customers from November 1. Bentley Financial Services will start under the support of Volkswagen Financial Services UK to offer finance packages for buyers.

Rolls-Royce cars will also be covered until the two companies split up in 2002. Rolls-Royce and Bentley's managing director of UK operations, Malcolm Wade, said: 'The launch of this new enterprise will further cement the foundations already established within the new world of Rolls Royce and Bentley and our dealer network. This new alliance is an important part in our future development plans.'