Free delivery & pick-up now available for our Perth customers

We're now offering free delivery and pick-up of our rental vehicles for customers in Perth as part of our courtesy car service.

All customers living in the Perth metro area are entitled to this service. If you've been in a non fault accident and you live in Perth just give Acorn Rentals a call and we could have you back on the road in one of our free courtesy cars.

We're able to deliver the car to any smash repair shop in Perth.

Adelaide customers... delivery makes life easy!

If you're in Adelaide and in need of a free accident replacement vehicle you might want to consider Acorn Rentals.

We have been providing courtesy cars in Adelaide free of charge for nearly three years. We now take this service a step further, with the vehicles able to be delivered and picked up to a location that suits you best.

We implemented the delivery service in Adelaide earlier this year and it has been very well received. We'll deliver the courtesy car anywhere in the Adelaide metro area. Most deliveries are done to smash repair shops, so if you're getting your car repaired after a non fault accident in Adelaide give us a call!

Acorn's rental management software system showcased at FileMaker DevCon

In keeping with our commitment to innovation in our industry we've developed our own rental management solution inhouse at Acorn Rentals.

This system is totally customised to our unique courtesy car rental service and has been refined constantly over the years. It is considered an ever evolving work in progress - we're constantly refining it based on our experience, requirements and feedback.

The system was deemed worthy enough to be showcased at the recent FileMaker DevCon in San Diego, USA. Our solution was presented as a highly customised and complete rental and business management system for the courtesy car industry.

Acorn Rentals open Melbourne office/depot

The first half of 2011 has been a big one for Acorn Rentals, with our Melbourne depot & office opening successfully.

After many marketing trips and site scouting visits we settled on a location in Collingwood earlier this year. The depot has since been fully staffed and a fleet of Acorn vehicles have been getting our customers back on the Melbourne streets after a non-fault accident.

So if you've been involved in a non fault accident in Melbourne get in touch with us and we'll be able to get you back on the road while your vehicle is repaired... and in keeping with the whole Melbourne/Collingwood theme guess we'd better say go the Pies!

Acorn Rentals = Defensive Driving

Acorn Rentals recently sent three staff members out to the Drive to Survive driver training program at Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney.

This program teaches defensive driving under the umbrella of Post Licence Driver Training and Development. The team members learnt braking and collision avoidance techniques.

With many Acorn staff spending thousands of hours and kilometres on the road per year, this was a valuable session and in the name of safety something Acorn is considering rolling out for all delivery staff in future.

For more information on the course check out http://www.drive-to-survive.com.au/

Acorn Rentals ditches the paper

The team at Acorn Rentals have been hard at work behind the scenes as part of our push to reduce our environmental impact by cutting down the consumption of paper, printer toner etc. We've invested significant time and effort in upgrading our technology systems and operational processes, with the focus on removing the need for paper based files. After months of hard work we're now running a paperless office, meaning our consumption of consumables and impact on the environment is substantially less.

Interview on the Acorn Rentals iPad system

Aaron Martin from Acorn Rentals was recently interviewed for the Filemaker produced podcast series "Business & Database Solutions for iPhone & iPad".

The interview discussed the development & implementation of our ground breaking iPad based rental management system.

To listen to the podcast head to http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/business-database-solutions/id421544291

Vote for Acorn Rentals in People's Choice Telstra Business Award

If you've had a good experience using one of our accident replacement vehicles we'd love your vote in the 2011 'People's Choice' category of the Telstra Business Awards.

Voting is really simple - just head to http://tinyurl.com/3d2o5qp and click on the 'Vote' or 'Recommend' button at the top of the page. That's all there is to it.

Thanks for your support!

New Acorn Rentals website launched

We have launched our brand new website design today. Our emphasis when creating the site was on a clean, professional layout that was easy to use. All the key site features are easily accessible from the main page.

The site re-design also sees Acorn Rentals engaging in the social media realm. Check the links for our Twitter & Facebook pages to stay up to date on the latest accident replacement vehicle, motor insurance and general motoring news. We have also included a blog feed on our main page. We'll constantly update it with Acorn news, so keep checking back.

We hope you enjoy the new site.

Acorn Rentals featured in April edition of NETT Magazine

NETT Magazine recently chose to profile Acorn Rentals in a feature article on mobile solutions for business. The article follows our implementation of the iPad/FileMaker Go mobile set-up for our delivery drivers.

The magazine is available now in all newsagents. A PDF of the article can be found by clicking here.

For more on NETT magazine head to their website at http://www.nett.com.au/

FileMaker features Acorn Rentals in promotional video and article

FileMaker recently chose to use Acorn Rentals implementation of the iPad/FileMaker Go set-up in a case study promoting their FileMaker Go app.

The company arranged for a film crew to film a short video covering our use of the iPad and FileMaker Go and also for some editorial content to support the video.

This case study and video can be found on the FileMaker Website at:

http://www.filemaker.com/solutions/customers/acorn-ipad-database.html

For more information on Acorn Rentals:

http://www.acornrentals.com.au

The video can also be found on Youtube at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEyN12uVTpY

Acorn Rentals featured in MacWorld Magazine

Acorn Rentals have been featured in the latest edition of Australian MacWorld.

In the February 2011 edition of the magazine Filemaker have taken out a double page spread in the centre of the magazine to promote their Filemaker Go application.

The spread includes a full page case study focusing on Acorn Rentals and our implementation of their FileMaker Go apps.

For more information on Australian MacWorld head to http://www.macworld.com.au

For more on Acorn Rentals and our free courtesy cars please head to http://www.acornrentals.com.au