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.