Nationwide Autocentre is to adopt 1link Service Network across its 190 UK outlets, formerly Lex Auto Centres before Nationwide's MBO. The epyx e-commerce platform is already in use at 75 Autocentres and will be adopted at the others by the end of October.

The move to 1link Service Network is part of a strategy to increase Nationwide's 'already considerable' fleet business. Gwyn Jones, director at Nationwide, said: "We handle around 10,000 cars and light vans every week and a large proportion of this business comes from fleet customers.”