I’m very pleased to welcome EU Commercials of Edgware, London, to the MyLocalVanHire.co.uk directory. Based at Canons Park Station, Whitchurch Lane, Edgware, EU Commercials offers a wide range of vans and minibuses for hire, including:

• Small vans (e.g. Ford Transit Connect)
• 5-seat crew cab vans (e.g. Transit Connect crew cab)
• Ford Transit SWB and LWB panel vans
• Luton vans with tail lifts
• 9 & 15-seat minibuses
• 7-seat MPVs (e.g. Ford Galaxy)
• 3.5t Transit-based tippers

EU Commercials can supply all of the above on short and long-term rental and can also arrange for contract hire and leasing of brand new vehicles for terms of 12 months to 5 years.

EU Commercials offers a full range of rental services to both individual customers and corporate customers, specialising in monthly hire to corporate fleets. Customers can choose whether to provide their own insurance or purchase insurance from EU Commercials with their hire vehicle.

For customers whose insurance does not cover hire vehicles, EU Commercials has a partnership with a specialist insurance company that does offer this service at competitive rates.

To find out more, visit the EU Commercials website or call them on 0845 2000 675.

I am very pleased to welcome Sam’s Van Hire, of Ealing, west London to the MyLocalVanHire.co.uk van hire directory.

Sam’s Van Hire is located on Wadsworth Close, in Perivale and offers a full range of rental vans for business and private customers:

• Small vans
• Medium wheelbase vans
• Long wheelbase vans
• Extra-long wheelbase vans
• Luton vans (with tail lift)

Sam’s operates a very simple, all-inclusive pricing scheme with insurance and RAC cover included in every rental.

Sam’s Ealing branch is open from 8am – 8pm 7 days a week – a lot longer than many van hire companies and very useful for weekend hires and late drop offs.

To find out more or book a van, visit www.samshire.co.uk or call Sam’s on 020 8997 0607.

I am very pleased to welcome Rapid Rentals of Kidderminster and its sister company Hareclive Vehicle Rental of Bristol to the MyLocalVanHire.co.uk van rental and minibus hire directory.

Rapid Rentals, Kidderminster

Rapid Rentals is based on Gemini Business Park, off Stourport Road, Kidderminster. It offers a wide range of vans and minibuses, including:

• 15/17 seat minibuses
• Small vans (e.g. Peugeot Partner)
• Short wheelbase panel vans (e.g. Renault Trafic SWB)
• Long wheelbase panel vans (e.g. Peugeot Boxer, LDV Maxus, Ford Transit LWB)
• Extra-long wheelbase vans (e.g. Mercedes Sprinter XLWB)
• 3.5 tonne Luton vans with tail lifts
• 3.5 tonne dropside vans

Rapid Rentals is open six days a week (0800-1230 on Saturdays) and offers a number of flexible options for long-term hire and a loyalty scheme for regular customers. Visit the Rapid Rentals website now or give them a ring on 08456 121234.

Hareclive Vehicle Rental

The sister company to Rapid Rentals, Hareclive Vehicle Rental is based in St Philips district of Bristol, on Silverthorne Lane.

Hareclive has a comprehensive range of minibuses and vans for hire:

• 9/15/17 seater minibuses
• Small/car-derived vans (e.g. Citroen Berlingo)
• SWB panel vans (e.g. Ford Transit SWB)
• LWB panel vans (e.g. Ford Transit LWB)
• XLWB panel vans (e.g. Mercedes Sprinter XLWB)
• Luton box vans with tail lift
• 3.5t tipper vans
• 3.5t refridgerated vans
• 7.5t box lorries
• 7.5t curtainside lorries
• 7.5t flatbed lorries

Hareclive is open 7 days a week (mornings only at weekends) and also has garage facilties for cars and light commercial vehicles. Additionally, all of Hareclive’s vehicles are available for sale – so if you like the one you hire and need to buy a van, just ask!

Click here to visit Hareclive’s website or give them a ring on 0117 9721110.

I’m very pleased to welcome Jolly Good Van Hire, of Wrexham, North Wales, to the MyLocalVanHire.co.uk van hire directory.

Jolly Good Van Hire operates a fleet of modern vans that are all under 18 months old and come with fully inclusive insurance. Its website includes van sizes and payloads as well as an interactive vehicle calculator to help you work out what sized van you need for a house move.

Vans available to rent include:

• Small vans (e.g. Peugeot Partner)
• Short wheelbase panel vans (e.g. Ford Transit SWB)
• Medium wheelbase panel vans
• Long wheelbase panel vans (e.g. Mercedes Sprinter LWB)
• Luton box vans

Jolly Good also offers European van hire – strictly subject to prior arrangement, as is normal with this service.

Jolly Good Van Hire is based in Holt, near Wrexham and Chester.

I am very pleased to welcome Dublin-based van hire company VanRentals.ie to the MyLocalVanHire.co.uk van hire directory.

Based at Murphy’s Truck Centre in Ballymount, Clondalkin, VanRentals.ie offers a wide range of vans and trucks for hire, including:

• Ford Transit Connect (small vans)
• Ford Transit SWB (short wheelbase panel van, 1 tonne payload)
• Ford Transit LWB (long wheelbase, high roof panel van with 1.5 tonne payload)

Also on offer are a range of light and medium trucks, ranging in weight from 3.5 tonnes upwards – most of these can be driven on a car licence and they are ideal for large house moves.

Best of all, VanRentals.ie is currently offering a massive 40% discount on all online van rental bookings in March. Bookings must be made online and vehicles can only be used within the Republic of Ireland.

VanRentals.ie does allow its vans to be taken abroad (i.e. to the UK and continental Europe) but this is subject to additional costs and must be arranged in advance. See here for more details.

We have now added two new van hire locations in Ireland to our database:

• Dublin van hire
• Cork van hire

Our decision was triggered by the expansion of easyVan to Ireland and by an increase in the number of visitors to the site who are searching for locations in Dublin and Cork.

We are also about to add our first independent van hire company to our listing for Dublin – details will be posted up here in the next 24 hours.

Although MyLocalVanHire.co.uk is a UK-focused site, we are always keen to add information and features that will be useful to our users – whichever country they are in. We also advertise specialist companies that offer one-way van hire to Spain, for example.

If you run a van hire company that serves the UK/Irish market – wherever you are located – then get in touch to see if we can help you promote your business and drive new traffic to your website.

I’m pleased to welcome KB Self-Drive Hire of Smethwick, Birmingham to the MyLocalVanHire.co.uk van rental directory.

KB Self-Drive offers a wide range of hire vans:

• Small vans (e.g. Citroen Berlingo/Vauxhall Combo)
• Short wheelbase panel vans (e.g. Ford Transit SWB)
• Medium wheelbase panel vans
• Long wheelbase panel vans (e.g. Mercedes Sprinter)
• Luton vans with and without tail lift

Unlike some van hire companies, KB Self-Drive will provide insurance cover for drivers aged 21 and over.

KB Self-Drive is currently running a number of special offers including:

• Hourly van hire from just £7.50 per hour (click here for details)
• Discouted daily van hire – hire a Transit from just £25 per day (click here for details)

Contact KB Self-Drive Hire direct for more details or for a quotation:

• www.kbselfdrive.co.uk
• Tel: 0121 555 8020 / Mobile: 0774 822 9525
• Email: enquiries@kbselfdrive.co.uk

KB is open 7 days a week and customer pickups within a 3 mile radius are FREE. For distances above 3 miles, a small charge applies.

I’m very pleased to welcome Express Van Rental of Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire to the MyLocalVanHire.co.uk van hire directory.

Express Van Rental offers a wide range of vans for hire and is conveniently located in Sutton-in-Ashfield, near Mansfield. Express Van Rental’s services include panel van hire, Luton van hire and minibus rental.

You can contact Express Van Rental direct for more information using the following methods:

• Tel: 01623 980450
• Email: info@expressvans.co.uk
• Web: www.expressvans.co.uk

If you are a small business owner, it’s sometimes hard to decide where to spend your advertising pennies. Take van hire, for example.

The Yellow Pages is a traditional advertising channel  – as are local newspaper and radio advertising.

The problem with these methods is that neither of them delivers customers in buying mode directly to your website.

Advertising on MyLocalVanHire.co.uk does exactly that. Here’s what one customer recently told me:

“…we get very good response from the Euro ad. Keep up the good work.”
Admiral Self Drive Van Hire, Walsall

Our website has been carefully designed to produce geographically-targeted results – so people searching for van hire in your town will be shown a list of van hire companies in their area.

Our van hire search facility allows users to specify their location and a search radius – for example, they can request a list of all van hire companies within a 10 mile radius of their home town.

Getting listed in our directory enables you to benefit from these visitors – visitors who are in buying mode and are ready to book a rental van. In 2008 (our first complete year), we had more than 225,000 visitors and generated more than £205,000 of van rental sales for the companies in our directory.

Do You Do Something Different?

We also have web pages dedicated to specialist van hire – such as European van hire, one-way van hire to Spain and van hire for bands – so if your company offers something different to everybody else, get in touch and shout about it!

We are always happy to create new pages to support specific services offered by our advertisers, if we don’t already cover them somewhere on our site.

If you would like to learn more about advertising on MyLocalVanHire.co.uk, take a look at our advertising page or get in touch today. I look forward to hearing from you.

I’m very pleased to welcome Practical Car & Van Rental of Brentford to the MyLocalVanHire.co.uk directory.

Practical Brentford is based just off Commerce Road, in Brentford, and offers a full range of hire vehicles for customers:

• Small vans (e.g. Vauxhall Combo)
• Short, medium and long wheelbase panel vans (e.g. Ford Transit, Mercedes Sprinter)
• Luton vans with tail lifts
• 15 & 17 seat minibuses

In addition to these commercial vehicles, Practical Brentford also offers most popular sizes of hire cars.

The company serves the Brentford, Chiswick, Ealing & Hammersmith areas of London and can collect passengers from Brentford bus and railway stations.

To learn more about Practical Car & Van Rental Brentford or for details of rental rates and a quote, click here to visit the Practical website.