Enterprise Rent-A-Car has enhanced its rental solutions for businesses needing vehicles for a month or longer with its new Long-Term Rentals programme.

It enables businesses to rent cars and vans for longer periods efficiently, including based on vehicle emissions, and without any termination penalties.

The enhanced service is available in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France and Spain following repeated national lockdowns in Europe.

Adrian Bewley, assistant vice president of European business mobility at Enterprise, comments: “Longer-term rentals have become increasingly vital to organisations all across Europe as the pandemic has shifted work patterns. It has required businesses to rethink how their employees will travel safely and efficiently for work.

“We’ve designed Enterprise Long-Term Rentals to enable employees and key workers to remain mobile, in a modern, safe, low-emission and well-equipped vehicle, with the peace of mind that they can keep the vehicle for longer to meet changing business mobility needs.

“In a time of such massive uncertainty, the need for flexible, convenient business solutions is more acute than ever. Enterprise Long-Term Rentals enables organisations to cost-effectively keep vehicles for lengthy periods, whether for employees awaiting a company car or for those working on projects and short-term contracts.”

Long-Term Rental is designed to support employees who may now be working from home and need a vehicle for business trips or to go into an office, or to cover gaps in leased or purchased fleets when a company vehicle is being replaced.

Employees can obtain cars and vans of every type for contractual work, seasonal work or new employee probation periods.

Businesses can select a flexible rental duration from a month to several years, with enhanced service option to enable easy extensions and no penalties for early return. Customers can also request a specific make and model of vehicle, subject to availability, and exchange vehicles during the rental at no extra cost.