Europcar is celebrating retaining its Gold level accreditation from Investors in People, which recognises commitment to developing and empowering employees within an organisation. Originally given Gold level in 2010, the status has been awarded for a further three years following an extensive review of the business, which found Europcar continued to excel in all areas of employee development, despite a number of significant changes within the business.

Europcar has today announced the new features of its Privilege loyalty programme with the addition of several new benefits aimed at rewarding the loyalty of both individual leisure customers and frequent business travellers. With this new programme, Europcar is demonstrating its aims to deliver quality service and tailor-made solutions to its customers.

As the heavy rain and flooding of December and early January look set to turn to colder conditions in the next week or so, Europcar, the leader in car hire services in Europe, is urging motorists to consider hiring a vehicle, rather than driving their own.

Europcar has opened its first Mobility Centre at ExCeL London. A central component of the ground-breaking partnership between the two companies, announced at the end of 2013, the Europcar Mobility Centre will provide a range of services for visitors to ExCeL, representing a radical new direction in the way both companies approach mobility management.

Europcar is helping customers enjoy stress-free car hire in a number of countries across Europe as well as Australia and New Zealand with the launch of GoZen and GoZen+. The new all-in-one cover reduces the customer’s excess to zero for theft and damage to cars, including damage to the windscreen, mirrors, lamps and tyres.

Europcar has entered into a new partnership in Canada with Discount Car and Truck Rentals, one of the largest car rental companies in Canada with over 260 locations and 17,000 vehicles covering all ten Canadian provinces. Roland Keppler, chief executive officer, Europcar Group stated: “The new partnership with Discount fulfils the next step in our strategy to further develop our global footprint and extends our opportunities in the world’s car rental market, and especially in North America.”