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Member mergers and successes, insurance scheme launch
and a bomb-shell............................................................................................................................................... 45
House of Commons date, exhibition dissatisfaction and
retail development ............................................................................................................................................. 47
The VAT Man, a new business plan, wheelchair distributors
come on board .................................................................................................................................................... 51
Motability under the spotlight, NHS in-house concerns,
Edwina Currie at the AGM.......................................................................................................................... 55
Level playing elds, Early Day Motion, ‘robust’ meetings,
changes in the marketplace...................................................................................................................... 58
Strong nances, wheelchair voucher scheme and discount wars........................... 62 Independent Living Awards, another new name
and a ‘hard-hitting’ plan ................................................................................................................................ 64 A year of change, a new Director and the Registration Scheme............................... 69
New role, Protection Scheme, Wheelchair Wise and
Lifetime Achievement Award .................................................................................................................... 70
First female Chairman, selling controversy, VAT appeal and
new Code of Practice .................................................................................................................................... 72
Code submitted and then approved, e-auctions issue,
a move back to London ............................................................................................................................... 75
Loan Stores threat, Import Duty battle, 90th anniversary celebrations ................. 80
BHTA 100 years