If you need to hire a van this week, then we have an exclusive deal for you: SAVE up to 10% on SIXT van rental.
This offer is exclusive to vanrental.co.uk and can only be accessed through our special booking link, below.
Here are the details:
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I’m very pleased to welcome our newest advertiser, Easirent.com in Preston, to vanrental.co.uk.
Preston Easirent is part of the Easirent group and offers a wide range of vans and 7.5t lorries for daily hire, including models with tail lifts.
Here’s a summary of the vans and trucks available from Easirent in Preston:
As you can see, this is a pretty comprehensive selection that should satisfy virtually all van hire requirements!
If you have any questions or want a quote, contract Easirent’s Preston branch directly at:
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If you missed out on the Hertz Winter Van Rental Sale — which ended on Friday — then don’t worry.
From today, Hertz is offering van hire from just £11 per day until the end of February:
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This really is a seriously good deal and is the lowest daily rental price Hertz has offered for a long time — so don’t miss out:
Terms and conditions may apply: see Hertz website for details.
Save up to 20% in the Europcar January sale
Europcar is currently offering discounts of up to 20% on van hire as part of its January Sale.
This is valid for bookings made by February 1st and completed by 30th June, with certain exclusions.
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If you need a van for a trip to the tip, to move furniture or for a big DIY project, this could be a good opportunity. Europcar has also provided some helpful tips for driving and load a van (we have more tips on driving and loading vans):
All you have to do to benefit from the Europcar January sale discount is book online as normal*: click here to visit the Europcar website.
*Terms and conditions apply. See Europcar website for details.
A belated Happy New Year from vanrental.co.uk!
If your bank account is feeling a bit battered after the Christmas splurge, then we’ve got good news.
To help get 2015 off to an affordable start, we’ve negotiated an exclusive 10% discount offer with Sixt Van Rental.
Here are the details:
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Offer: Save up to 10% on Sixt Van Rental
Valid from: 5 January 2015
Expires: 11 January 2015
Interested? Click here to access our Sixt discount booking page.
Terms and conditions apply. See Sixt website for details.
I’m very pleased to welcome our newest advertiser, Strafford Self Drive of Brighton, to vanrental.co.uk.
Founded 31 years ago, in 1983, Strafford is an independent car and van hire specialist serving business and leisure customers along the south coast, from its base on Preston Road (A23) in Brighton.
Strafford offers a comprehensive range of van, minibus and MPV vehicles for hire, including:
All vehicles are well-maintained and come with full breakdown cover. European use is available, subject to additional costs and prior arrangement.
For more information, to receive a quote or to make a booking, contact Strafford Self Drive directly:
According to a new report from the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA), the impact of the vehicle rental and leasing sector on the UK economy was around £25bn in 2013, including £5.2bn in tax revenue.
The report, which was commissioned by the BVRLA from research foundation Oxford economics, measures three types of economic impact:
The scale of the rental and leasing industry in the UK becomes clear when you consider that in 2013, BVRLA members had 3 million vehicles on lease and 400,000 vehicles available for rental.
The main areas of direct and indirect economic activity are the businesses involved in the industry itself, manufacturers of UK-made vehicles and engines, the used car and van market, and the activity of the UK automotive dealers which supply rental companies.
The report estimates that the rental and leasing industry itself employs 53,600 people directly and 263,400 indirectly, through the wider supply chain and through consumer spending.
If accurate, this claim is quite impressive, as it means that the rental and leasing industry accounts for the employment of 1 in every 88 workers in the UK!
A sizeable part of the industry’s contribution to the economy comes via its purchase of British-built vehicles, along with foreign vehicles with British-built engines. Rental and leasing companies are amongst the biggest buyers of new vehicles each year, and purchased an estimated 308,000 UK-made vehicles in 2013, which is thought to have generated £4.3bn in GDP and £1.4bn in tax revenue, as well as 90,000 jobs.
Overall, the industry purchased 80% of the British-made vehicles that were sold in the UK last year, and 20% of all British-built vehicles, including vehicles made for export.
A great many people, it seems: one of the reasons the leasing and rental industry has such a big impact on the UK economiy is that so many other businesses are dependent on its services. As a result, the sector’s gross value added (the sector’s contribution to the UK’s GDP) of £13.3bn was comparable to that of the electricty generation and distribution indsutry in 2013, which had a gross value added of around £18bn.
This kind of illustrates my point — virtually 100% of UK businesses require electricity, so the electricty generation and distribution sector is going to have a big impact on GDP, rather like the leasing and rental sector.
However, before we get too carried away, it’s worth rembering that even the BVRLA’s £25bn headline figure is just a drop in the ocean in the scheme of things, and accounted for just 1.6% of UK GDP in 2013, when UK GDP totalled £1,606bn!
If you need to hire a van before Christmas, then time is running out! Demand is sky high as due to extra seasonal demand parcel delivery firms and couriers.
Luckily, we’ve managed to negotiate an exclusive 10% discount on Sixt Van Hire, only available to vanrental.co.uk visitors.
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SAVE up to 10% on Sixt Van Hire:
Valid for bookings made from: 8 December 2014
Expires: 14 December 2014
(You can also use this discount to book ahead for later hire periods)
Demand for UK van hire is rising, according to business hire giant Northgate, which operates a fleet of 57,000 vans and minibuses in the UK, along with 40,000 in Spain.
In its half-yearly results, Northgate reported that utilisation of its UK fleet had risen from 88% to 89%, despite the number of vehicles on hire rising by 1,800 since 30 April 2014.
The company has opened five new sites since the end of April, and plans a further three before the end of April 2015. These new sites accounted for 1,100 of the 1,800 new vehicles on hire, suggesting that Northgate’s growth is largely being driven by expansion, rather than organic growth.
This conclusion is backed up by the firm’s admission today that all of its growth so far this year has been driven by its regional sites — i.e. those away from the London area. Growth at existing branches was a relatively modest 1.3%, and although the company believes this can be increased, I reckon this low number highlights the intense competition between van hire suppliers, especially in large urban areas around major cities.
Northgate reported a 33% rise in operating profit for the first half of the year, despite revenue only rising by 5.6%.
How do they do that, you might ask? Well, one area where the firm has made big improvements is in reducing the holding cost, or depreciation, of each vehicle — the difference between its purchase price and its eventual resale price. Northgate says that it has managed to improve residual values over the last five years, with an emphasis on several key areas:
As a result of these changes, 29% of Northgate’s ex-rental vans are now sold through the Van Monster network, up from 18% in the year ending April 2009.
Of course, this rate of profit growth is unlikely to last forever — as a general rule, profits can only grow faster than sales for a limited time, before the two come back into line. It’s also worth noting that if used van prices weaken, Northgate could be affected.
However, despite these risks, Northgate’s near-term outlook does appear to be pretty healthy.
Seasonal demand for van hire from couriers and delivery firms is rocketing following the Black Friday weekend.
If you need to hire a van before Christmas you really need to book soon to avoid the risk of disappointment (or extra costs)!
We know it’s a busy time of year, so to help you find the cheapest van hire possible without hunting over the web, we’ve got together with the good folks at Hertz UK to offer you an exclusive 10% discount code for Hertz Van Rental.
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The code is valid for pick-ups from today until 28 December, so we’ve got the whole Christmas period covered. Here are the details:
Offer: Save 10% on Hertz Van Rental and collect Nectar points
Valid from: 1 December 2014
Expires: 7 December 2014
DISCOUNT CODE: 778647
Terms and conditions: Valid for pick ups from 1 December 2014 until 28 December 2014
Terms and conditions apply, see Hertz website for details.