Adapted Vehicle Hire, the UK’s leading accessible vehicle hire company, will be attending the 2018 Naidex event, taking place on 25 & 26 April 2018. Naidex is Europe’s largest disability event for trade, healthcare professionals and end-users. Taking place at Birmingham’s NEC, the event is now in its 44th year and is dedicated to the care, rehabilitation
Disability vehicle specialist, Adapted Vehicle Hire (AVH), came to the rescue of a little girl with one of the world’s rarest medical complaints as her family hit severe mobility problems. Four-year-old Mary Allen, of Nantwich, Cheshire, was born with macrocephaly-capillary malformation syndrome (MCAP) – a condition that affects only 300 people globally and leads to
Adapted Vehicle Hire (AVH), the UK’s largest provider of specialist rental vehicles for disabled motorists, has posted its best quarterly performance in its 13 year history with sales in Q4 2017 up 20% year-on-year. In the last year, AVH’s range of adapted vehicles has continued to grow, with the provider offering access to the widest
Adapted Vehicle Hire, the UK’s leading accessible vehicle hire company, will be attending the 2018 QEF Kids event, taking place on 20 April. QEF, the Queen Elizabeth Foundation for disabled people, are to host the one day event at the QEF mobility centre in Carlsheaton, London. QEF is a national charity committed to providing life-transforming services that
It’s a fact that most drivers will at some stage be involved in an accident. It might be your fault or someone else’s, or you might only be a witness to a collision, but whatever the circumstances it pays to know what you should do. The first and most pressing thing is to determine whether
There is a saying about depreciating assets: it’s always better to rent than buy. When it comes to cars, few capital items depreciate faster. While the losses are hidden from your immediate view, that doesn’t make them any less real. Before you make a decision, do these simple sums: • How much does a new
For nearly 40 years, the Motability charity has helped more than four million people to get mobile, helping them to lease a car or scooter through a mobility allowance. However changes to the Disability Living Allowance have, according to a BBC News report [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35476904], resulted in more than two per cent of Motability’s customers –
By Frances Waight Despite the 2010 Equality Act, there are few signs that disabled people are having an easier time when it comes to securing employment. Although recent figures suggest the number of disabled people in employment increased by 94,000 in 2014/15, the ‘disability gap’ – the difference in the employment rate between disabled people
Making sure your car is winter-ready ought to be at the top of every driver’s to-do list, and it’s an even more important consideration if you are the driver of, or a passenger in, an adapted or wheelchair accessible vehicle. Every winter we hear stories of motorways clogged by snowbound cars and HGVs and
At Adapted Vehicle Hire our extensive range of adapted cars and Wheelchair Accessible vehicles for the disabled is growing!!! We have increased our fleet of Adapted Cars and Wheelchair Accessible vehicles adding: VW Passat Estate New Hyundai i30 More of the popular Honda Jazz We are also introducing to our WAV fleet the Citroen dispatch.
AVH are delighted to have sponsored the Midlands Wheelchair Tennis tournament in July. “Thank you again for sponsoring the Shrewsbury Summer open this year – please find a personalised group photo! The tournament was a great success with over 30 players playing wheelchair tennis across the weekend, joining us from all areas of the UK.
This week AVH has received a letter of thank you from another satisfied customer! “I have been meaning to write to you regarding my experience of the service i encountered when initially making enquiries, booking and hiring an accessible vehicle from the period 11th April to 14th April 2014. I cannot thank the administration
