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Greg Turley, CEO and Founder of arguscarhire.com Europe’s leading low cost car hire provider has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2005 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

In a decade that saw some of the biggest on-line brands go bust, arguscarhire.com has consistently outperformed the global market, managing outstanding annual growth and expansion since 1996 to become one of the top three global independent car hire providers in 2005.

Back in 1996 Greg Turley saw the opportunities that the world wide web offered consumers searching for low cost car hire and set about developing the first English speaking car hire website in Europe.

Recognising that consumers were still reticent about using the web to make any purchases, the main priorities in the development of this website was that it was fast, easy, secure and transparent for customers to use. The launch of the website transformed Argus’s business overnight providing a growing army of customers looking for the best deals in car hire on the web.

Acutely aware that it was just a matter of time before competitors followed his lead, Greg continued developing arguscarhire.com’s technology and was the first website to provide customers with a quotation facility and the first website to provide rates for all classes on cars in just one search.

In the fast changing world of travel technology, arguscarhire.com has consistently pioneered and invested in developing new technology to make it quicker and easier for consumers to book car hire. Even today, in just three clicks a customer can complete a car hire booking in just three clicks, from 8,000 locations worldwide, confident of guaranteed, lowest prices unlike competitive websites where it can take up to 7 searches to complete a booking.

Speaking about his nomination, Greg Turley, CEO & Founder of arguscarhire.com said “I am delighted to have been shortlisted for this quality award as theses awards provide great encouragement to entrepreneurs as a benchmark for performance, excellence, innovation and quality of service