Wessex Fleet Solutions has this week become the latest fleet to sign up to epyx's 1link Hire Network daily rental e-commerce platform.

The Salisbury-based company is adopting the platform in order to more efficiently handle growing demand from its customers for daily rental services, explained marketing director Simon Naylor.

He said: "We are seeing sustained growth in our business at the moment and, as a result of that, are handling ever greater volumes of daily rental bookings.

"With Thrifty as our main supplier alongside a variety of other national and local providers, we have been looking for a solution to enable us to improve the entire short term hire process and believe that 1link Hire Network fits the bill."

Ken Trinder, head of business development at epyx, said: "We have seen several major leasing companies sign up to use 1link Hire Network in 2011. The platform continues to gain momentum."