HAMPSHIRE business services group office2office is updating and expanding its vehicle fleet in a three-year £1m deal with Ford.

The company, which has a full listing on the London Stock Exchange, will take delivery of 56 new Ford vans each year for the next three years.

Nine out of ten of the Fords for the Basingstoke companywill be jumbo-sized Transits, made at the Ford factory in Southampton, with the remainder being Ford Connects.

Mike Weston, operations director for Basingstoke-based office2office, said: " We carried out a rigorous tender process with various vehicle manufacturers and ultimately our decision came down to the product - our drivers test-drove the vehicles and preferred Ford. Although our deal is with Ford we are still using Hill Hire as our contract rental providers."