Distrigaz scraps managers' chauffeur-driven cars

The former Distrigaz Sud, which recently became GDF SUEZ Energy Romania, a company with over one billion euros in turnover specialising in supplying natural gas, has taken a new cost-cutting measure: it dropped its chauffeur-driven cars, opting for a taxi company instead. The measure does not involve the vehicle fleet used by the company for interventions necessary on the gas networks. "Not a lot of people are affected, around 30, because the company has not reduced the fleet meant for interventions. However, this saves the company quite a lot of money in terms of car maintenance costs, insurance costs and other expenses. The taxi company the contract has been sealed with has a good presence at the airport," say market sources. Representatives of GDF SUEZ Energy Romania could not be contacted for further information by the time this issue was ready for print.