VAN specialist Northgatehire has teamed up with easyCar.com, the car rental company founded by Stelios, the serial entrepreneur.

The new venture will see Northgate provide commercial vehicles through the easyVan.com website.

Northgate has a fleet of over 65,300 vehicles available from 88 locations throughout the UK.

Customers are given the choice of five vehicles, depending on the size they require, ranging from car-derived vans to Ford Transit Lutons with tail-lifts. Confirmation of the booking is sent to the customer via email in the form of a voucher which they print off – detailing from which Northgate rental location they can collect the van.

Phil Moorhouse, managing director – UK Rental, at Northgate said: ‘Northgate is excited about this venture. It expands our routes to market, allowing us to reach the consumer without detracting from our main commercial offering.’