Platform lifts – the forgotten market
Today’s businesses plough millions into researching their markets and making their products accessible to them. But there’s a vast section of society with considerable spending power that is frequently overlooked.
If companies invested more in disabled access, notably with wheelchair platform lifts, they would open up their business to a huge market segment of around nine million disabled consumers. Yes, a simple wheelchair platform lift, giving people access to a business’s upper floors, can give a company an entry into a market worth around £50billion a year.
In spite of everything, there are still huge obstacles faced by disabled consumers every day, and wheelchair platform lifts and other mobility aids are a rarity in public buildings.
There are presently around 20,000 cases up before the Disability Rights Commission – all organisations that have not ensured their buildings are accessible for disabled people, with platform lifts. Fines can be well into the tens of thousands. So, installing a wheelchair platform lift at a fraction of the cost has to make economic sense.
UK Stairlifts are experts on wheelchair platform lifts. Call today for advice on a whole range of wheelchair platform stairlifts from major manufacturers, on 0800 002 9916. We are here from 6.30am until 11.30pm in the evening to answer your call.
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