by Fern Shaw | Jan 8, 2018 | aquaid sheffield, water cooler, Water Coolers
AquAid Sheffield is an AquAid stalwart. Beginning operations in 1998, the branch is owned and managed by the very accomplished Andrew Welsh. Based in Maltby, Andrew and his team supply an extensive range of innovative and high-quality water coolers and dispensers to businesses, offices, medical centres, universities, colleges and schools to nearly 4,000 customers in and around the Sheffield area.
Areas Covered: Barnsley, Chesterfield, Doncaster, Goole, Grimsby, Lincoln, Mansfield, Retford, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Worksop.
You’ll find AquAid Sheffield at: Unit B4, Aven Industrial Park, Tickhill Road, Maltby, Sheffield, S66 7QR
Sheffield and its surrounding areas are regions of great fascination in Yorkshire as these snippets will attest to:
Chesterfield – George Stephenson moved to Chesterfield, while building the North Midland railway from Derby to Leeds and remained there until his death in 1848. He is interred in Trinity Church and in 2006 a statue was erected outside Chesterfield railway station in his honour.*
Doncaster – The man who built Doncaster Minster‘s Clock, Edmund Beckett Dennison, also built the clock Big Ben in London.*
Grimsby – The Port of Grimsby is the UK’s largest port by tonnage, with London coming second.*
Lincoln – Around 2,000 years ago, the Romans also saw the potential of the local topography and built a legionary fortress on the hill, the ruins of which can still be seen today. This was known as Lindum Colonia and gave rise to the city’s modern name Lincoln. Fittingly for a city which started out as a fortress, Lincoln’s contribution to modern warfare was the invention of the tank. Built by William Foster & Co during World War One, the very first tanks (the first being known as ‘Little Willie’) were tested on the area now occupied by Tritton Road.*
Whether you’re based in Barnsley, Mansfield or Rotherham, AquAid Sheffield are more than equipped to meet all of your water cooler and water related product requirements.
Contact one of the helpful team at AquAid Sheffield today.
*sources: Information Britain The Lincolnite The Mirror South Yorkshire Times
by Fern Shaw | Jan 8, 2018 | aquaid leeds, st yorkshire, water cooler, Water Coolers
Our AquAid Leeds branch opened its doors in 2001 and is managed by Chris Wills, Sales Director. Based in Wakefield, Chris and his team supply an extensive range of innovative and high-quality water coolers and dispensers to businesses, offices, medical centres, universities, colleges and schools to hundreds of customers in and around Leeds.
Areas Covered: Beverley, Bingley, Bradford, Bridlington, Dewsbury, East Yorkshire, Halifax, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Hull, Keighley, Knaresborough, Leeds, North Yorkshire, Pontefract, Scarborough, Selby, Shipley, Skipton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Wetherby, York.
AquAid Leeds is located at: Unit 9, Millenia Park, Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8PW.
Leeds and its surrounds have a fascinating history in the annals of Yorkshire and the Humber. For example:
The man who designed the Halifax Town Hall designed Parliament
In 1834, the Palace of Westminster in London was destroyed by a great fire, so a public competition was held to develop a design for its rebuilding. An architect named Charles Barry was chosen the winner of over 90 other architects, and over the next several years he worked to create the Houses of Parliament. In Yorkshire, the small town of Halifax received its charter of incorporation in 1848. A Corporation met in the Old Assembly Rooms and planned for a new Town Hall. A number of designs were put forward on how the Town Hall would look and in 1859 the committee decided to consult Sir Charles Barry for advice on which one was best. He proposed a design of his own. Barry submitted his sketches, they were approved, and work began on the Town Hall later.*
Leeds’s motto and coat of arms
The city’s motto of ‘Pro rege et lege’ is Latin and means ‘For king and the law’ and the coat of arms has three stars taken from the coat of arms of Sir Thomas Danby, its first mayor; fleece to symbolise the wool industry and three owls taken from the coat of arms of Sir John Saville, who was the first Alderman of Leeds.*
The werewolf loving curate of Wakefield
While Sabine Baring-Gould, a curate at Horbury Bridge near Wakefield, wrote the words to ‘Onward Christian soldiers’, he was simultaneously compiling the first serious work in English on werewolves. Both the hymn and The Book of Were-Wolves were finished in 1865. He explored lycanthropy as folklore and psychological phenomenon.*
Please don’t be alarmed though, as all that you’ll find at the AquAid Leeds branch in Wakefield is an experienced team who provide high quality water coolers suited to their customers’ requirements, and a commitment to offering the very best in sales and service.
Contact the branch today.
*sources: Yorkshire Standard; Yorkshire Evening Post; Information Britain
by Fern Shaw | Nov 2, 2017 | aquaid yorkshire and humber, water cooler, Water Coolers
AquAid Water Coolers has been in operation for the past 25 years. We’ve grown from our humble beginnings in 1992 to having 23 branches nationwide, supplying an extensive range of Bottled and Mains-Fed water coolers, water dispensers, water boilers and water related products to more than 33,000 customers throughout the UK.
AquAid have two branches in Yorkshire and Humber servicing more than 2,500 customers collectively:
AquAid Leeds and AquAid Sheffield
Our AquAid Leeds branch opened its doors in 2001 and is managed by Chris Wills, Sales Director. Based in Wakefield, Chris and his team supply an extensive range of innovative and high-quality water coolers and dispensers to businesses, offices, medical centres, universities, colleges and schools to hundreds of customers in and around Leeds.
Areas Covered: Beverley, Bingley, Bradford, Bridlington, Dewsbury, East Yorkshire, Halifax, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Hull, Keighley, Knaresborough, Leeds, North Yorkshire, Pontefract, Scarborough, Selby, Shipley, Skipton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Wetherby, York.
AquAid Leeds are located at: Unit 9, Millenia Park, Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8PW.
AquAid Sheffield is an AquAid stalwart. Beginning operations 19 years ago in 1998, the branch is owned and managed by the very accomplished Andrew Welsh. Based in Maltby, Andrew and his team supply an extensive range of innovative and high-quality water coolers and dispensers to businesses, offices, medical centres, universities, colleges and schools to nearly 2,000 customers in and around the Sheffield area.
Areas Covered: Barnsley, Chesterfield, Doncaster, Goole, Grimsby, Lincoln, Mansfield, Retford, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Worksop.
You’ll find AquAid Sheffield at: Unit B4, Aven Industrial Park, Tickhill Road, Maltby, Sheffield, S66 7QR
Wherever you’re based in Yorkshire and Humber, AquAid Leeds and AquAid Sheffield are more than equipped to meet all of your water cooler and water related product requirements.
To contact your local Yorkshire and Humber representative, select the link for your relevant branch now.
by Fern Shaw | Nov 2, 2017 | water cooler, Water Coolers
AquAid Swindon opened its doors in 2001 and is owned and managed by the very accomplished Alex Freedman. Based in Wiltshire, Alex and his team supply an extensive range of innovative and high-quality water coolers, dispensers and boilers to more than 600 customers in and around the Swindon area.
Areas Covered: Basingstoke, Calne, Chippenham, Corsham, Devizes, Faringdon, Hartley Wintney, Highworth, Hook (Hants), Hungerford, Marlborough, Melksham, New Greenham Park, Newbury, Shrivenham, Swindon, Thatcham, Wootton Bassett.
You’ll find AquAid Swindon at: Unit 4, Salisbury Road Business Park, Pewsey, Wiltshire, SN9 5PZ.
The 18 locales that AquAid Swindon service and supply water coolers to are chock full of interesting perhaps lesser known information:
Burberry originated in Basingstoke. The 160 year-old global fashion brand with a distinctly British attitude was the brainchild of a Basingstoke man. Thomas Burberry was an apprentice draper from Basingstoke, who at the tender age of 21 established a process for waterproofing yarn and cloth after a chance conversation with a shepherd. Recognising that the shepherd’s clothing had seemingly become waterproof through contact with lanolin, Thomas Burberry invented a breathable waterproof fabric for outdoor clothes. The first Burberry store opened in Basingstoke on Winchester Street in 1856 and the rest, as they say, is history.*
You’ll find the longest flight of locks on Britain’s waterways is to be found near Devizes. The 29-lock stretch on two miles of the Kennet and Avon Canal climbs 230 foot high Caen Hill, and was understandably the last part of that project to be completed. It takes an experienced user a good five hours to pass through the system designed by the great canal engineer John Rennie.*
Paddington Bear owes a lot to Newbury. We all know that Paddington Bear arrived in Britain from Peru but the author, Michael Bond, was born in Newbury back in 1926.*
Whether you’re based in Chippenham, Marlborough or Thatcham, AquAid Swindon are more than equipped to meet all of your water cooler and water related product requirements. Contact one of their friendly team today.
*sources: ESA Serviced Apartments Information Britain Sansome and George
by Fern Shaw | Nov 2, 2017 | aquaid south west, water cooler, Water Coolers
Our AquAid South West branch is owned and managed by the highly-experienced Gary Hull. Based in Taunton, Gary and his team supply an extensive range of innovative and high-quality water coolers and dispensers to a wide selection of customers in and around the South West area. Committed to meeting AquAid’s exacting customer service standards, they pride themselves on the superior service they provide to hundreds of customers.
Areas Covered: Barnstaple, Bridgwater, Chard, Crediton, Cullompton, Exeter, Exmouth, Honiton, Newton Abbot, Okehampton, Plymouth, Taunton, Tiverton, Torquay, Wellington.
AquAid South West is located at: 6 Fideoak Mill, Bishops Hull, Taunton, TA4 1AF.
Interesting information about the areas that AquAid South West covers which you may not have been aware of:
Taunton was the first town in the country to be lit permanently by electric street lighting in 1881. This was 12 months before the Electric Lighting Act of 1882 which enforced the switch from oil lamps to electric across the UK.*
Exmoor ponies are believed to have inhabited the moors for tens of thousands of years. There have been fossil remains found in the area that dates them back to 50,000 BC and there are some that claim they have been present there since the Ice Age.
There is also a record of ponies on Exmoor in the Domesday Book of 1086*. Now that’s a bit of staying power right there! Wonder if it had anything to do with the water they drank?
The Day Pelé Came to Plymouth – In 1973 the city’s local football team, Plymouth Argyle, hosted a friendly match against Brazilian side Santos FC, one of the best clubs in the world at the time. Their line-up featured world-renowned player, Pelé. And despite the superstar scoring a penalty, shockingly it was Plymouth Argyle who won.
The Willow Man that can be seen running across a field by the M5 at Bridgwater is made of Somerset willow and is the creation of Serena de la Hey. Built in 2000, it’s known as the ‘Angel of the South’, standing over 40 feet tall. It is there to celebrate how willow has helped to shape the landscape on the Somerset Levels.
Whether you’re based in Barnstaple, Okehampton or Torquay, AquAid South West are more than equipped to meet all of your water cooler and water related product requirements – contact us today.
*sources: Aspen Woolf Somerset Live
by Fern Shaw | Nov 2, 2017 | South West England, water cooler, Water Coolers
From our humble beginnings in 1992, AquAid Water Coolers have grown to build a strong presence in the UK, and today there are 18 branches throughout England providing a wide range of high quality water coolers, dispensers and boilers to a broad range of customers in offices, work sites, festivals, conferences, medical facilities, universities, schools and colleges.
AquAid have two branches in South West England, namely:
AquAid South West
Our AquAid South West branch is owned and managed by the highly-experienced Gary Hull. Based in Taunton, Gary and his team supply an extensive range of innovative and high-quality water coolers and dispensers to a wide selection of customers in and around the South West area. Committed to meeting AquAid’s exacting customer service standards, they pride themselves on the superior service they provide to hundreds of customers.
Areas Covered: Barnstaple, Bridgwater, Chard, Crediton, Cullompton, Exeter, Exmouth, Honiton, Newton Abbot, Okehampton, Plymouth, Taunton, Tiverton, Torquay, Wellington.
AquAid South West is located at: 6 Fideoak Mill, Bishops Hull, Taunton, TA4 1AF.
AquAid Swindon
AquAid Swindon opened its doors in 2001 and is owned and managed by the very accomplished Alex Freedman. Based in Wiltshire, Alex and his team supply an extensive range of innovative and high-quality water coolers, dispensers and boilers to more than 600 customers in and around the Swindon area.
Areas Covered: Basingstoke, Calne, Chippenham, Corsham, Devizes, Faringdon, Hartley Wintney, Highworth, Hook (Hants), Hungerford, Marlborough, Melksham, New Greenham Park, Newbury, Shrivenham, Swindon, Thatcham, Wootton Bassett.
You’ll find AquAid Swindon at: Unit 4, Salisbury Road Business Park, Pewsey, Wiltshire, SN9 5PZ.
Wherever you’re based in South West England, AquAid South West and AquAid Swindon are more than equipped to meet all of your water cooler and water related product requirements.
To contact your local AquAid South West England representative, select the link for your relevant branch now.
