Credit hire and claims management business CCL is looking for locations in Scotland and the Midlands to expand its network.

Since 1997, the £30m turnover business has opened 13 distribution centres around the UK, three of which have been relocated to larger premises in the last 12 months. It provided more than 40,000 car and motorcycle hires in 2005.

Paul Cave, CCL’s national branch manager, now wants to establish depots in Scotland and the Midlands to support long-term contracts with major insurance companies and their repair networks.

CCL, which has its head office in Verwood, Dorset, has more than 280 staff. Alongside its credit hire operation, it has a prestige hire service and launched the FlexxiLease short term leasing division in 2003 following its acquisition of One Stop Car Shop.