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Huddersfield Van Hire: Shire Link Van Hire and House Removals

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I am very pleased to welcome Huddersfield-based Shire Link Van Hire and House Removals to vanrental.co.uk.

Shire Link has a wide range of vans and 7.5 tonne trucks for hire, including:

  • Small vans
  • Short wheelbase panel vans
  • Long wheelbase panel vans
  • Extra-long (Jumbo) panel vans
  • Luton vans – with or without tail lifts
  • 7.5 tonne trucks – day cab or sleeper cab with 40m³ body
  • 7.5 tonne removal lorry – 28ft long body (64m³ body)

Shire Link is a family-run business that has been established in the Huddersfield area for more than 30 years. The company is situated on the A629 (Halifax Road) between Hudderfield town centre and J24 of the M62, making access convenient and easy from all directions.

Shire Link also has a limited amount of free customer parking, where customers can leave their cars when hiring a van.

To find out more or get a quote for van or 7.5t hire, contact Shire Link directly:

  • Web: www.shirelink.co.uk
  • Telephone: 01484 427701
  • Email: Via contact from on Shire Link website

If you would like to advertise your van or minibus hire company on vanrental.co.uk, visit our advertising page to see the full range of options or contact us directly with any questions.

Halstead & Sudbury Van Hire: E A Vehicle Rental

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I’m very pleased to welcome E A Vehicle Rental of Halstead in Essex and Sudbury in Suffolk, to vanrental.co.uk.

E A Vehicle Rental is part of a family-run firm that’s based at Weavers Court in Halstead – close to the centre of the town. The company also has a second branch in Sudbury, which is around 15 miles north of Halstead.

E A Vehicle Rental offers short and long wheelbase panel vans for hire as well as luton box vans and 7.5 tonne trucks.

To find out more or make a booking, contact E A Vehicle Rental directly:

If you’d like to advertise your van or minibus hire business on vanrental.co.uk, visit our advertising page to see all the options or contact us directly if you have any questions.

Extended – Europcar Van Hire Discount Code – Up to 20% OFF [EXPIRED]

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** THIS OFFER HAS NOW EXPIRED **

Update – we’ve managed to get this discount code extended for another two weeks!

Save up to 20% On Europcar Van Hire if you book by 15/11/2011!

Just a reminder that our exclusive Europcar discount code ends on Wednesday 30th November 2011.

This voucher code provides up to 20% off Europcar van hire at all UK locations, for all types of van.

The code is valid for hire periods up to 16th December 2011, so there if you need to rent a van in the next fortnight, make sure you get  a Europcar quote with the vanrental.co.uk discount code.

Click here to go to our discount code page

Van Rental in Peterborough: Eye Van Hire

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I’m delighted to welcome Eye Van Hire of Peterborough, to vanrental.co.uk.

Eye Van Hire offers a range of van hire services from its Peterborough base and can provide same day van hire for when you need a van immediately – following a large DIY purchase, for example.

To find out more, contact Eye Van Hire direct:

If you’d like to advertise your van or minibus hire company on vanrental.co.uk, visit our Advertising page to get started or contact us direct.

72% Of People Choose Van Hire To Move House – New Survey

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A new survey carried out on the vanrental.co.uk website has found that 72% of drivers chose to take the DIY removals option and hire a van last time they moved house.

Driving a van held no fear for most drivers, with 66% saying that they felt ‘comfortable’ driving a van or that it was ‘not too bad’.

Interestingly, hiring a van is such good value that even the 21.3% of drivers questioned who refused to drive a hire van would still hire one, relying on friends or family to do the driving.

Unsurprisingly, most people identified either loading and unloading (35.8%) or paying the bill (37.6%) as their least favourite elements of van hire – although none disputed the cost savings when compared to using a removals company.

The survey also found that hiring a van is a pretty rare activity for most people – of the 2,600 people questioned, only 52.2% had hired a van at all in the last five years – and just 3.5% had hired a van more than once a year in that period.

To find out more, click here to see the full story.

Competition: Win Ring Automotive Digital Tyre Compressor & Tyre Gauge

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WIN a Ring RAC630 tyre compressor and RTG6 tyre gauge

Win this RAC630 12V digital tyre compressor PLUS a Ring Automotive RTG6 digital tyre gauge and tread depth gauge

Keeping your tyres correctly inflated is one of the easiest and most effective ways to reduce your car or van’s fuel consumption, optimise its handling and minimise tyre wear.

There is really no excuse not to do it – and to make it easier still, we have an award-winning Ring Automotive RAC630 12V digital tyre compressor and a Ring RTG6 digital tyre gauge and tread depth gauge to give away to one lucky winner in our new competition.

The RAC630 is an Auto Express award winner and has a load of great features. To use it, simply:

  1. Plug it into your car or van’s cigarette lighter;
  2. Preset the pressure you require on the digital display;
  3. Connect up the hose to the tyre and let the RAC630 do all the work – no more pumping!

I use one of these on my van and it has no problem at all reaching at least 55psi.  The RAC630 also has a built-in lamp for night-time use – this is especially useful at this time of year.

Click Here to enter the competition

The Ring Automotive RTG6 tyre gauge and tread depth gauge is also a nice piece of kit – one of the best of its kind, it is easy to use, accurate and the inclusion of a tread depth gauge makes it easier to keep an eye on the state of your tyres, too.

Finally, don’t forget we currently have an exclusive Europcar van hire discount code – save up to 20% on Europcar van hire throughout the UK. Click here for full details.

Garmin Nuvi 1240 Sat Nav Competition Winner

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Congratulations to the winner of our Garmin Nuvi 1240 sat nav competition.

We had a record number of entries, but there can only be one winner!

David C. of Belfast is the lucky winner – David, your sat nav will be in the post to you shortly.

If you missed out this time, keep an eye out for our next competition, which will be starting shortly.

P.S. Don’t forget we are currently running an exclusive discount code for up to 20% off Europcar van hire – click here for full details of this great offer.

WIN A Garmin Sat Nav – VanRental.co.uk Competition Giveaway

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Garmin Nuvi Sat Nav Competition prizeWe have a brand new Garmin Nuvi 1240 GPS sat nav to give away to one lucky winner this month.

This slimline model includes full, street level Western Europe mapping plus major road maps for Central and Eastern European countries. In total, 23 countries are covered.

Other great features on this model include:

  • Pedestrian mode – use it on foot as well as when driving (ideal on city breaks)
  • ecoRoute software – calculates the most fuel efficient route
  • Text-to-speech – the Garmin’s spoken directions include street names, correctly pronounced
  • Speed camera database – keep your licence clear of points by getting advanced warning of speed cameras. Garmin’s speed camera database is updated daily. (Remember that using this functionality is illegal in some European countries)
  • Plus the best part – it’s completely free for our winner, just click here to enter the competition!
Entries close at 2pm on 25th October 2011. To find out more or enter the competition, click here.

Sixt Discount Voucher: Hire Any Van For £29 Per Day [EXPIRED]

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** THIS OFFER HAS NOW EXPIRED **

Hire any van for just £29 per day* with our Sixt Discount Code EXCLUSIVE to vanrental.co.uk!

We’ve managed to negotiate a special voucher code for Sixt van hire that is only available when you click through from vanrental.co.uk.

This great discount enables you to rent any van for just £29 per day from participating locations – a saving of up to £10 per day on Sixt’s usual van hire rates.

This exclusive vanrental.co.uk discount is available at the following Sixt locations:

This offer has now expired.

  • Bishops Stortford
  • Bristol South
  • Bromley
  • Cardiff
  • Edinburgh
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI)
  • Epsom
  • Feltham / Hatton Cross
  • London Battersea – Vauxhall
  • London Bow
  • London Fulham / Chelsea
  • London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
  • London Ilford
  • London Kings Cross
  • London Shepherd’s Bush
  • London Stansted Airport (STN)
  • London Victoria Station
  • London Walthamstow
  • London Wembley
  • Manchester Airport (MAN)
  • Only available at the locations listed
  • Max. rental period 3 days (Need longer? Click here)
  • Valid Monday – Thursday only
  • Excludes Minibuses, Luton, Dropside & Tipper vans (click here for these)
  • Valid until 15th October 2011

Click here for discount van hire from Sixt - only available from vanrental.co.uk

This voucher code is only available through vanrental.co.uk and is valid for the locations above until 15th October 2011.

This offer has now expired.

Sixt.co.uk

*Terms and conditions apply. See Sixt website for more details (Click here for terms and conditions)

We’ve Moved To VanRental.co.uk!

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Welcome to vanrental.co.uk – the new home of MyLocalVanHire.co.uk.

As you may have noticed, we’ve moved! Our new home is vanrental.co.uk – a shorter, easier and more memorable website address for you to use.

Nothing else has changed – we’ve still got more than 720 van hire branches listed in over 400 locations – enabling you to be sure of finding a van rental company in your local area.

We have also got some big improvements planned for the next year – so stay tuned!

How To Get Started on vanrental.co.uk

Are you looking for a van hire company in your area? Click here

Do you run a van hire company? Click here to sign up to vanrental.co.uk

As always, if you have any questions for us, please leave a comment below or drop us an email – we will be glad to help.