Car hire operators set growth path

BY HENRY MCHAZIME

Newly formed Car Hire Operators Association says it would engage all authorities involved in the sector to among other things, ensure growth.This stand was taken by the group at a meeting it held Friday in Lilongwe.
The meeting’s agenda included setting up objectives for the association and the group’s interim Chairman Torgei Haxormene said they would lobby to government to necessitate a better business environment for the growth of the car hire sector. “As an association we would like to attract operators so that they become members and one way of doing that is by setting objectives that would ensure that car hire firms develop,” said Haxormene who is also Managing Director of Sputnik Car Hire.The meeting agreed to have a constitution in place and ensure that member of the association elect new leadership once all structures are in place.
The association’s objectives include liaising with authorities on all sourcing funding for members and recommending minimum car hire rates.The meeting in Lilongwe included several car hire representatives among them Planet Car Hire, Apex, Convenient, and Budget Car Hire.Countrywide Car Hire has offered to host the next meeting in Blantyre on September 25.

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Comment:
It's quite obvoius and challenge for car operators to ensure growth in their companies as worldwide recession is still in the atmosphere.Could there be a better goal this days to reach besides growth?