Newport-based Dolphin Stairlifts South Wales has recently opened the doors to its new showroom and training facility.

As one of the leading suppliers and installers of stairlifts in South Wales, Dolphin Stairlifts is very aware of the need to engage with occupational therapists and healthcare professionals while also offering a ‘try before you buy’ service to end users, according to managing director John Pearce.

Mr Pearce said: "When we go and visit potential customers they have often commented on how it would be nice to actually ‘test one out’ before making a final decision and with this latest investment we are now in a position to offer this service.

"We also hope to greatly increase the number of Continued Professional Development and training events for occupational therapists and other healthcare professionals based in South Wales.”

In the training room, there are five different stairlift models: Thyssen flow2, Stannah 260, Stannah 420, Stannah 600 and a Bruno 30 stone heavy-duty, ensuring potential customers have a good cross section of stairlifts to test and compare.

This level of choice covers a broad range of stairlift solutions for CPD and other additional training.

Since John founded Dolphin Stairlifts South Wales in 1998, the company has grown to become the leading supplier of stairlifts, through floor lifts and hoists in South Wales and currently employs seven people at its headquarters in Newport.