Epyx has reported a record year for its 1link Service Network platform with total UK transactions up 17% in 2022.

Tim Meadows, chief commercial officer at epyx

The service, maintenance and repair (SMR) solution also enjoyed a strong year internationally, with the number of invoices raised by users in Ireland up 220%, in Denmark by 209%, in Portugal by 12% and in France by 6%.

1link Service Network is used by fleets totalling more than four million cars, vans and trucks to manage their SMR processes, working with over 9,000 franchise dealers, independent garages and fast fits.

Tim Meadows, chief commercial officer at Epyx, said: “It is perhaps remarkable that 1link Service Network is posting record performance figures more than 20 years after it was first introduced. This achievement is very much due to the policy of ongoing development that we apply to the platform and which continues to bring new efficiencies to our fleet customers. Simply, the product is growing because it is getting ever more effective.

“It’s especially pleasing to see progress across our other European territories. International expansion is a big theme for Epyx for the next few years.”

Latest development work includes a project called 1link Service Network 2.0 – the first total rewrite of the platform since it was first created and equipping it for the coming decades.

Other Epyx platforms also saw significant year-on-year growth; fleet daily rental bookings through 1link Hire Network were up by 47% and invoices created for TyreServe – used by franchise dealers to offer tyre services to fleet customers – up by 33%.

Meadows continued: “The growth of these platforms is based on two factors. Firstly, it is very much part of a widely recognised move towards digitalisation since the pandemic, with more and more companies looking to use technology to streamline processes in order to reduce costs and increase efficiency. The second is simply thanks to the ongoing investment that we have made in ensuring that these platforms continue to break new ground.”