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Job Vacancy – Engineer

We have a vacancy for an Engineer to join our successful team. The job role will mainly be based in our workshop and will primarily involve:­ Preparing both new and reconditioned stairlifts ready for installation and to deadlines Taking responsibility for the workshop workflow and stock control system Driving and setting up our Exhibition Roadshow vehicle [...]

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A hat-raising experience for Brain Tumour Research

Calne stairlift firm 1st Choice Stairlifts has raised £260 in donations on Wear A Hat Day, a national campaign to raise awareness for Brain Tumour Research.

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Paralympians speak out about disability benefit cuts

Several British medallists could lose much-needed financial support when Iain Duncan Smith’s Personal Independence Payment replaces Disability Living Allowance on 8 April.

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1st Choice Stairlifts Engineer runs Bath Half Marathon for charity

1st Choice Stairlifts Engineer Jason White completed the Bath Half Marathon on Sunday 3rd March, raising over £1,670 for Cancer Research UK.

He finished the 13 mile run in 1 hour 56 minutes, cheered on by the crowds that lined the streets.

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1st Choice Stairlifts become Trusted Assessors

1st Choice Stairlifts becomes the first stairlift company to be awarded Assist UK Trusted Assessment Approach qualifications by Assist UK. Four employees at 1st Choice Stairlifts received their certificates at the Independent Living Centre in Semington on the 16th January 2013 and became the first stairlift company to complete the Trusted Assessor course.

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Job Vacancy: Aftercare Co-ordinator

We are looking for an enthusiastic Aftercare Co-ordinator to join our successful team. Working in our busy aftercare department you will be responsible for proactively helping our customers and delivering excellent customer care.

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Funding For Ex-Service Amputees To Become Bionic Men

BBC News reported today that the Government will be setting aside £6.5 million to give soldiers who have had amputated legs the most up-to-date bionic limbs. These new ‘bionic legs’, will be available to service personnel who were wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan. The move is expected to benefit about 160 members of the armed forces.

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MediTek release new stairlift range for 2013

MediTek, the global stairlift company has just released their new stairlift range for 2013, which now includes two models: the economical MediTek E120 and the deluxe MediTek D160.

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Government funding awarded for dementia research

£22 million of Government funding has been designated for twenty one pioneering research projects to diagnose and treat dementia, Health Secretary Jeremey Hunt has announced.

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Christmas Closedown

Our offices will be closing for the Christmas break on Friday 21st December 2012 and will re-open on Wednesday 3rd January at 8.30am.

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