A car and chauffeur held for you by the month. Someone who knows your diary's habits, the side entrance at the office and which school gate to use, without being told twice.
In partnership with Harrods Aviation · Signature Aviation · SW Global
Why a retainer
Principals and families who travel daily usually arrive at the same choice: employ a driver and run a car, or book a service journey by journey. The first brings recruitment, holiday cover, a vehicle to insure and maintain, and nobody to call when your driver is ill. The second means a stranger each morning.
A retainer sits between the two. You have one chauffeur who becomes yours in every practical sense, in a car kept to our standard, with a trained colleague who steps in when they are away and an operations desk behind both. You get the continuity of an employee without becoming an employer.
It suits anyone whose week has a pattern: a chief executive between offices and the airport, a family with school runs and evenings out, a visiting principal in London for the season.
What you gain
The value is in everything you stop having to explain.
What you avoid
Everything that comes with employing someone and owning the car.
How it starts
We talk through a typical week and month: hours, places, passengers, travel abroad, the busy seasons.
We propose a chauffeur suited to you and your household, and you meet them before anything is agreed.
The first weeks are a settling-in period. We review how it is going and change anything that is not right.
A monthly arrangement with hours that fit your pattern, and extra cars or cover added when you need them.
Part of a wider service
A retainer gives you first call on everything else we do.
Start the conversation
Describe a typical week and who travels. The right person will call you back to talk it through, in confidence.
Prefer to talk? +44 2030 048300 or WhatsApp, at any hour.
Questions people ask
Yes, that is the point of the arrangement. When your chauffeur is on holiday or unwell, a colleague who has been briefed on your preferences covers, and you are told in advance.
Yes. It is a personal arrangement and it has to suit both sides. You meet before anything is agreed.
Most do. Tell us your pattern and we will shape the hours around it, with extra cars added for busy periods.
Tell us what matters to you: the same car every day, a particular model or specification, or simply a consistent standard. We will propose an arrangement to match.
Tell us about your situation and we will advise.
One contact, wherever you are
