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Instant Taps are Essential this Summer
We’ve had a very hot summer so far, and while we’re all familiar with the ‘drink eight glasses of water a day’ guide, there are times when this intake is not sufficient for our bodies and we need to head to our water coolers or instant taps...
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Keeping your Cool – Summer 2018
Or as Martha sang, ‘Heat wave …. uh … heat waaaaaaave …’ Or as a fellow FB’er posted … ‘Don’t we just call this summer?’ Anyhow, tamayto, tomado, whatever the weather, the fact remains, when the temperatures soar, do you know how to keep...
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Switch to Instant Taps & Make a Difference to our Environment
Earlier this year the European Commission announced plans to ban single-use cutlery, plates, straws, cotton buds and balloon sticks by 2021 in a new initiative to reduce marine pollution. We all know how dire the situation is with regards...
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Employee Engagement & Instant Taps
Employee engagement, according to Forbes, is the ‘emotional commitment the employee has to the organisation and its goals. This emotional commitment means engaged employees actually care about their work and their company.’ Those who are...
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AquAid’s Mains Fed Water Cooler Range: The 21st Century
It’s easy to see why the 21st Century water dispenser is one of AquAid’s most popular Mains-Fed water dispensers. The AquAid 21st Century Water Dispenser is the largest capacity machine on the market. This water dispenser, which is plumbed into your mains supply, uses...
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Water is … progress
There’s a quote in a meme that’s been doing the rounds on social media for a few years now. It shows a group of women and girls carrying water in containers balancing on their heads taken as they walk towards the photographer. The quote reads:...
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Guest blog: AquAid and MRS Training & Rescue
At AquAid, we’ve been in the business of water provision for over 20 years, supplying a broad range of high quality water coolers and drinking water to customers throughout the UK. We value our customers as we understand that they are the...
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AquAid’s Mains Fed Water Cooler Range: The Fusion
Having the right water dispenser is vitally important. At AquAid we’re here to help guide you about which machine is right for your drinking water needs - Mains Fed or Bottle Fed? Floor Standing or Desktop? It’s easy to see why the Floor Standing AquAid Fusion is one...
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Drink water and pay it forward this summer
As the temperatures soar throughout the UK, so does the demand for chilled, refreshing drinking water. At AquAid, where we’ve been in the business of providing a range of high quality water coolers and water both spring and bottled at source for over 20 years, we...
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Why a Mains Fed Water Cooler is right for your requirements
Knowing which type of water cooler is a good fit for your premises (or office, or medical facility or learning institution) can be a little tricky. This article will help demystify the options and point you to the right cooler. AquAid has more...
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AquAid’s Mains Fed Water Cooler Range: The AQ Max
2018 is a very special year for AquAid; it marks our 20th year of operations. Since our rather humble beginning in 1998, we continue to consistently supply the best quality possible in both products and service and are now one of the leading...
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AquAid and the Africa Trust – Twenty and Eighteen
Begun in 2010, the Africa Trust is an AquAid founded charity that works on the principles of wealth creation and sustainable solutions to poverty. Since our rather humble beginnings in 1998 as a home water cooler supplier, until now, as one of the UK’s leading water...
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Dehydration – Do You Know the Signs?
We all know that dehydration is bad for us and that it’s important to keep ourselves well hydrated throughout the day to ensure we perform optimally, which (in addition to it being law) is another reason why companies provide easy access to water in the form of water...
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Water, your organs and your health
I’ve been reading through my notes for the blogs for this week and it all became a little overwhelming. So I let my brain head out West and the rest of me went to top up on the java. Then my brain knocked politely, ‘Coo-ee, I’m back’ it warbled. ‘What?’ the...
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Imagine this … (there’s no water in the water cooler!)
… Rain (blizzards, snow, and sub-zero temperatures) or shine (weak lemony coloured sun that wouldn’t tan a meringue) you begin to notice that your staff is a tad dispirited, if not outrightly unproductive. No spring in their step, no whistle in their walk. So, at...
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The Cost of a Bad Supplier
Choosing the right water cooler or water boiler for your company is not always an easy task. Once you’ve established what your needs are, you have to shop around for a reputable supplier and then choose from a myriad of different models and plans. It’s a long-term...
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Single Use Plastics – the way forward
The use of plastic has had significant media attention recently, in particular following the various Blue Planet episodes aired on the BBC. The tone of the debate is highly emotive and even Theresa May recently voiced her opinion on the matter,...
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New feature online at AquAid – Place an Order / Book an Engineer
When we see the most recent statistics of how many people in the UK make use of the internet, these figures probably won’t come as any surprise. What may be surprising though are the demographics of online use. According to a statistical...
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Hot Water Taps Save 119 Hours & £1,638 per Annum
Want to know how your business can save 119 hours and £1,638 in wasted productivity every year? Read on … How many cups of tea or coffee do we drink at work? There are 65,64 million people in the UK Each day 165 million cups of tea and 70 million cups of...
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Instant Taps Aid Productivity
Many studies have examined the varying effects of dehydration on performance. Apart from the obvious fact that our bodies need water to survive, all studies unequivocally prove that dehydration negatively affects mood, cognitive performance,...
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Why Choose AquAid Instant Hot Water Taps
Instant Taps are fast becoming a sleek and stylish alternative to more traditional water-points in office kitchens, breakout areas, boardrooms, and conferencing venues. The benefits are numerous – they provide limitless hot, ambient or chilled water in...
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Hot Water Taps 101
Instant Taps are fast becoming the sought-after water solution for many offices, hotels and conferencing venues. If you’re in the process of refurbishing and considering installing hot water taps, read through our Q&A to find out all you need...
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Are you AquAidly hydrated? (Puns in a watery world)
With the all-encompassing advent of our world online, I have been wondering for some time now if puns just aren’t the things of beauty they once were. Post millennium there are more social media pun dedicated pages than you could shake a stick at. I’ve also noticed...
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The Benefits of Instant Hot Water Taps
Instant Taps are growing in popularity and there’s been an increase in demand particularly in office breakout areas and at hotels and conferencing venues where sleek and stylish water-point alternatives are preferred. If you’re in the process of refurbishing or...
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Welcome to AquAid Surrey
Our AquAid Surrey began operating in 1998 and is owned by Richard Hopkins. Based in Chessington, Richard and his team supply an extensive range of innovative and high quality water coolers and dispensers to a broad range of customers in offices, medical centres,...
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Welcome to AquAid South Kent
Located in South East England, our AquAid South Kent branch is one of our longest standing branches and is owned and managed by the very experienced Manetta Leigh. Based in Eythorne, Manetta and her team supply an extensive range of innovative and high-quality water...
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Welcome to AquAid Belfast
AquAid Belfast has represented AquAid Northern Ireland for the past 18 years. The branch opened its doors in 2000 and is owned by Paul Henderson. Based in Boucher Place, Paul and his team supply a wide range of high quality water coolers and dispensers to...
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Breakout Areas and Hot Water Taps
With our lives moving at the speed of light and technological advances occurring at an exponential rate, it’s easy to see how and why our lives have become so frenetic. We spend more and more time at the office, glued to our desks, taking fewer and fewer...
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AquAid Reading
Located in South East England, our AquAid Reading branch opened its doors in 2000 and is owned and managed by the highly-experienced Steve Wood. Steve and his team supply an extensive range of innovative and high-quality water coolers and dispensers to offices,...
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AquAid Aylesbury
Our AquAid Aylesbury branch, based in Gate House Way, opened its doors in 2003 and is owned and managed by the highly-experienced Oliver Pearson. Oliver and his team supply an extensive range of innovative and high quality water coolers and dispensers to service a...
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AquAid Sheffield
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...
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AquAid Leeds (West Yorkshire)
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...
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Welcome to AquAid Yorkshire and Humber
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...
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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...
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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...
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Welcome to AquAid South West
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...
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AquAid and Moore Blatch
By now, we hope, you’re all aware of what we at AquAid are all about. We are a premium water cooler supplier who has been supplying a range of high quality water coolers and water related products to our customers, the length and breadth of the U.K. for more than 25...
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AquAid Cumbria (& Newcastle)
AquAid Cumbria, situated in Carlisle, services 24 locales in and around Cumbria and is a region full of fascinating facts. For example: If you want to be knighted, without having to give money to a political party, then Piel Island, located just off Barrow-in-Furness,...
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AquAid Newcastle (& Cumbria)
Owned and managed by the very accomplished Dale Heslop, AquAid Newcastle & Cumbria has been in operation for over 15 years. With depots in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle, Dale and his team supply an extensive range of innovative and high quality water coolers and...
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Welcome to AquAid North East England
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...
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AquAid and FMP Global: offering more than one solution
AquAid are more than a water cooler provider. Since the company’s humble beginnings in 1998, we’ve committed to support charities that make a noticeable and far reaching difference in other’s lives. We implement this policy by donating a portion of the sale for each...
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Welcome to AquAid South East
Since its humble beginnings in 1992, AquAid has grown to the extent of being equipped to supply an extensive range of Bottled and Mains-Fed water coolers, water dispensers, water boilers and water related products the length and breadth of the UK. Today, AquAid boasts...
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AquAid South Coast (Southampton)
Our AquAid Southampton branch is one of the larger of our branches, servicing a broad range of customers covering many regions in England’s South East. The branch began operations in 2000 and is managed by the capable and experienced Darren Fleming. Based in Eastleigh...
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AquAid Manchester
We hope by now, by browsing our super new spiffy website, you’ll have seen that AquAid really do put the cool in your water cooler, and that we’re fully equipped to provide you with any requirements you may have, water cooler or water wise, the length and breadth of...
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AquAid North West England
AquAid Water Coolers have been in operation providing high quality water coolers, dispensers and water boilers since 1998. Today, AquAid have 23 branches throughout the U.K. This includes two branches in North West England: AquAid Liverpool and...
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AquAid in Liverpool
AquAid Water Coolers have been in operation providing high quality water coolers, dispensers and water boilers since 1998. Today, AquAid have 23 branches throughout the U.K. AquAid Liverpool has been operating since 2004 and is managed by the...
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AquAid in Essex
The AquAid Essex branch is one of our longest standing branches and is managed by the highly-experienced Darren Brooks. Based in Basildon, Darren and his team pride themselves on the superior service they provide to more than 3,000 customers. Since 1999 AquAid Essex...
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Welcome to AquAid West Midlands
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...
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AquAid in London
Since its humble beginnings in 1992, AquAid has grown to the extent of being equipped to supply an extensive range of Bottled and Mains-Fed water coolers, water dispensers, water boilers and water related products the length and breadth of the UK. Today, AquAid boasts...
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AquAid in the Capital – Central London
We hope by now, by browsing our super new spiffy website, that you’ve seen that AquAid really do put the cool in your water cooler, and that we’re geared to be able to provide you with any requirements you may have, water cooler wise, across the United Kingdom. But...
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AquAid in the Capital – AquAid London South East (LSE)
AquAid Water Coolers have been in operation providing high quality water coolers, dispensers and water boilers since 1998. Today, AquAid have 35 branches throughout the U.K. In London, AquAid have not one, but two branches in the capital. If you have any water or...
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AquAid in Edinburgh and The Lothians
I don’t know about you, but if you’re not a local, when I think of Edinburgh and The Lothians, it always brings to mind unicorns, cobbled streets and interesting sounding bridge names. Perhaps the latter is due to my having read my way through the Rebus’ books....
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AquAid Water Health – Drinking water in summer – watch those kidneys!
By now you may have noticed that at AquAid we’re more upbeat about things in general – we certainly don’t believe in being proponents of all things doom and gloom. That said, however, with decades of water provision under our belts, we’ve learnt a thing or two about...
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AquAid in Aberdeen
You may not be aware of this, but AquAid not only supply water coolers the length and breadth of England, but also throughout Scotland too. There are three branches of AquAid in Scotland, these being: AquAid Edinburgh, based in Midlothian, AquAid Glasgow, based in...
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AquAid in the City – Glasgow, Scotland
Although I have been assured that Scotland only receives six days of summer a year, the Scottish people I’ve met cheerfully weather the Scots weather (yes, that repetition is intentional) with a wonderfully positive attitude and a great sense of humour, none more so...
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AquAid Scotland welcomes you
by Fern Shaw Since its humble beginnings in 1992, AquAid has grown to the extent of being equipped to supply an extensive range of Bottled and Mains-Fed water coolers, water dispensers, water boilers and water related products the length and breadth of the UK. Today,...
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Water Cooler Trivia – Part II – All Things British
Yes, there was a Part I – catch up already. Just in time for the weekend or to amaze your mates and/or colleagues as you gather around the water cooler next week, we present Part II: * London is one of only two cities above the 50th parallel with a population of more...
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AquAid in Town – Bristol
I’ve always had an affinity for Bristol – not sure if it’s because it’s a coastal port and I have seafaring in my blood (my Grandad served in the Royal Navy in WWII on the HMS Dorsetshire, which was built in the Portsmouth docks), or because there’s something about...
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Switch it up ways with Water for Spring
Spring is apparently upon us, so hopefully with temperatures on the rise, the keeping fit and getting in shape for summer is becoming priority One. This means (hopefully), that one’s water intake will increase too. To make your water intake more fab and fun, herewith...
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Eight interesting facts about water, weight, exercise and you
You’ll note that I wrote ‘interesting’ and while you may be openly scoffing at the use of this adjective, I pinkie swear that these facts are not only interesting but are also perhaps lesser known facts about your drinking water. The weight a person loses directly...
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AquAid and Christian Aid – 2016 update
The donation figures from AquAid to Christian Aid over the last two years were very encouraging, with £107,093 being donated in 2015 and £111,132 donated in 2016, meaning an additional £4,039 donated last year. Christian Aid’s focus for the next three years will be on...
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Update 2016 – AquAid and the Africa Trust
AquAid donations to the Africa Trust in 2015 increased from £807,457 to a phenomenal £847,309 in 2016. This meant that last year an additional £39,852 was donated to the Africa Trust. In Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi, this involves training and small loans for some of...
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AquAid and April Fool’s
Love it or hate it, the day will soon be upon us. Personally, I’ve never been a fan, perhaps an underdeveloped sense of humour, but there’s no denying that there have been some awfully clever April Fool’s pranks played over the years. The French call the day Poisson...
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Water Cooler Trivia 2017 – Part I – all things British
Generally, everyone enjoys a good bit of trivia and none so more than me. People have pretty fertile imaginations though, so the facts behind some trivia can easily be distorted and the internet being as it is, fact checking trivia snippets can be a little difficult....
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World Water Day – 22 March 2017 – What can you do?
World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. Today, there are over 663 million people living without a safe water supply close to...
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Guest blog: Blue Whale Media Partners with AquAid
At Blue Whale Media, we’ve always believed in giving back to the community. We are always looking for ways to contribute to the community. So, when we wanted to install water coolers at our new premises, we purchased AquAid water coolers. Keeping our staff members...
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How your Water Cooler helps with your Hydration and Fitness
We all intend to do the right thing when it comes to keeping fit, but often the demands of day-to-day life gets in the way. At AquAid Water Coolers we always want to help where we can to ensure that at the very least, you keep yourself well hydrated throughout your...
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Water in Schools – Does your children’s school promote the drinking of water?
*Various campaigns and studies to do with schools and drinking water conducted over the last decade or so have produced a mixed bag of results. What is clear though: a hydrated child is a much happier child. This fact, combined with you as the parents leading by...
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Doolally at the Water Cooler
If there’s one thing I love, its words. Long words; clever words; descriptive words; short words; double-entendres – they all make me smile. What I love in particular though are euphemisms, or adjectives that have formed through colloquial speech and are either...
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AquAid’s Best Practise Guide for encouraging fluid intake during the Work Day
We’re here to help. Yes, of course, we’re in the business of providing you with cool drinking (and hot) water at your premises, whether that’s at your office; warehouse; site; practice; university; college or school, but we’re also concerned with ensuring that you...
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Teach yourself good drinking water habits
Yes, yes, we know we blather on about water. A lot. But it’s mainly because we’re so invested and immersed in the provision of water and through this we’re well aware of the benefits of making sure you’re probably hydrated. We’re also aware that drinking water...
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Ten (Five) Reasons Having a Water Cooler Is Good For You – Part II
Low Maintenance You don’t need to worry about tedious maintenance and upkeep with a new water cooler. Unlike most appliances, they are very easy to maintain. Most units only require that you keep the dispenser or dispensing area clean. This usually means emptying the...
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How to Waterly Increase Productivity in the Workplace
A survey conducted by a recruitment agency, polling hundreds of employers from various companies, found that the predominant reason for a drop in productivity was employees being glued to their mobiles. Other employer bugbears which topped the list were: Internet...
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The origin of Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day, for some, is both one of the most dreaded and alternatively, most anticipated days in the February calendar, for a variety of reasons. Dreaded because the day seems to have morphed into a rather commercialised and forced day of having to publicly...
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Stormy Weather, Water and Doris
I was reading up about weather storms and wondered why it is that most storms are named after women. I couldn’t seem to find a definitive answer though – some sites indicated that a few decades ago it was usual to assign female names to hurricanes but no other storms...
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Ten to Six Reasons Having a Water Cooler Is Good For You – Part I
Eco-Friendly By using a water cooler dispenser, you are helping to protect our environment. We use billions of individual plastic water bottles each year and millions end up in our rubbish each day. By drinking water from a reusable water bottle and refilling our...
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More Water Cooler Etiquette
Confusing queues We’ve all come upon the scene: There’s Mr Smooth, elbow cocked up on the butt of the water bottle, chatting up Mrs Coy - a road block between you and the sweet nectar. So you wait, reluctant to intrude on their conversation but unsure when it will...
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Cables under Water
Recently in my neck of the woods we had a huge brou-hau-hau with a well-known ISP (internet service provider). It was a bun fight of note. I don’t know about where you are, but where I am, service providers have a rather unpleasant habit of blaming other service...
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Water and Winter Weight
The winter weather is upon us, bringing with it time to bundle up, exercise less and usually eat less greens, and more of the comfort food … or so we’d think. But, resorting to more hibernation type habits isn’t really the way to go (One of my personal mantras is...
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Tippy Toppy Hydration Tips for the Slowed Up
I know we keep on at you, dear hallowed visitor of the blog, about how important it is to keep hydrated and it can get a bit much, but, here’s the thing – it IS important. As in possibly the most important thing that keeps your wonderful self alive and operational,...
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Does your Water Cooler work for You?
There’s so much literature out there about water coolers. Water cooler jokes; euphemisms; there’s even an expression where gathering at a water cooler station means the same as you being able to take a break, as in, ”I’ll meet you at the water cooler in 10”. Although...
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Winter Snow and Hot Water
We Britons are big on weather – it’s the go to topic of discussion irrespective of whether we’re chatting with colleagues around the water cooler or family or friends, and it’s the safety topic when you’re chatting to strangers or people you’ve just met. Discussing...
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Are all Water Cooler suppliers the same?
We don’t believe so. There are a multitude of water cooler suppliers in the UK, but there is only one AquAid. What sets AquAid apart are the integral inclusions that we provide with each water cooler purchase. These aren’t add-ons - although we offer those too – these...
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Water Cooler, Water Boiler … Cuppa Tea
There’s been some rather soggy weather in England this week – bit rude I’d say – it’s only October. While you’re keeping warm indoors and contemplating life, the weather in general and how soaked you’ll get outdoors if you make a dash for it, here are a few thoughts...
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How to Kick Off your New Year (healthily)
There are a large percentage of us Britons who make New Year’s Resolutions, but a very small percentage who keep them. Perhaps there’s a better way in which to approach resolutions and in so doing, make resolutions a breeze to keep. Research shows that as soon as we...
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AquAid Water Coolers give you more
When you’re looking to purchase a water cooler for your workspace, speak to us at AquAid. Here’s why: We have 24 years of experience in the provision of water coolers AquAid is local to you. We have 29 depots throughout England, Ireland and Scotland. This means we’re...
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How to land yourself in hot water
I’m a little nervous as I write to you – as I think that perhaps this topic could land me in a bit of hot water. Then again, I don’t see that I should be nervous, as I’m sure that the food police aren’t out to get me. The topic for discussion is all about Marmite....
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Water Cooler or Water Dispenser – what’s your preference?
Whatever your preferred terminology, AquAid provide a wide range of water dispensers (or water cooler dispensers) to our customers. Installing a water dispenser makes good sense as they offer the user the best quality water at convenient temperatures. AquAid are one...
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Water at Work In a study published by the Royal College of Nursing, statistics show that employee absence due to illness costs UK employers on average £12b a year; with 168 million workings days lost. We know that good hydration contributes to workers’ health and...
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Why Water Coolers in the Workplace are Essential – Part I
We all know how important it is to remain properly hydrated. Many studies over the years have dealt with the adverse effects of dehydration, how it affects cognitive and mental performance, while also causing mood disturbances – not to mention the fact that from a...
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Water Coolers on demand
AquAid has been in the business of providing water coolers for near on two decades. This means we have a wealth of experience in fulfilling your water and water cooler requirements, ranging from: Mains fed water coolers; Bottle Fed water coolers; Desktop water...
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How being in Hot Water’s good for you
As we head into the colder months, and possibly bemoan the sometimes icy grip of winter, there lots of positive news out there. And it’s as simple as drinking a hot drink. Let’s face it, very little in life can’t be improved with a hot drink. They can warm us or cool...
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It’s Hot, Hot, Hot! Or how to AquAid when the temperatures soar
Right, so AquAid is a water and water cooler products provider – this we know. And we’re definitely the go to company to go to (ha ha) when it starts heating up – this I’m sure you don’t need to be told (again). But while the temperatures are soaring here in good ol’...
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World Water Week – what can you do?
It’s a very important week in water this week, with the World Water Week summit taking place in Stockholm from 27 August to 02 September. Participants from around the world will gather to convene events about water and development issues. It is also an opportunity for...
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Water and the Olympics
We all remember the phantasmagorical 2012 Olympics held in the U.K. which, according to all reports, was a resounding success and now, four years later, we’re in the thick of things with the Let’s Go Rio Olympics. And when I say the thick of things, I mean it, from...
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Favourite Watery Words
We can’t always be stats and measurements and water saving tips. Sometimes we just have to go with the flow (aha) and celebrate the joys of descriptive language. Keeping it watery, here are a few words from A to Z (or thereabouts) to describe the liquid bringer of...
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Water Conservation down the Garden Path
I know we bang on a lot about water (no surprise there, Murphy Brown) and most of it’s to do with keeping ourselves happy and hydrated (and our children and the elderly and the animals), but seeing as there’s a whole planet out there that needs water to survive, I...
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Across the Water – British Isle Islands
To avoid any confusion, the title refers to islands around the island of Britain and Ireland and Scotland and not to the island of Britain itself. Yes? Picture the scene – summer holidays many, many summers ago. An avid bookworm already at eight stands in a bookstore...
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Protectors of those on the Water – Lighthouses
Lighthouses have long held a fascination for many people, me included. Perhaps it’s to do with the analogy between the wild seas and the shining beacon and staidness that a lighthouse offers; the fact that many lighthouses may have started out in the era of...
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Vikings across the Water
There are so many schools of thought when it comes to our origins that it’s difficult to get a clear idea of which is correct (unless you have the moola to shell out for DNA testing which most of us don’t.) Having looked at the historical migratory patterns of the...
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Summer Fun in the U.K.
Summer is upon us – lift your hands in air and say – Hey ayyy! But what to do and where to go inside of our now less than frosty shores? Here are a few suggestions that may shine some light on your wintery grey matter: Woodland Trust - The UK has centuries-old oaks,...
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Water(y) News – Just keep swimming
On Monday I received a quick update from AquAid South Coast about their supplying the Glastonbury Festival with the festival’s drinking water requirements – to quote it directly, it read, “Things are going swimmingly ... LOL ...” Seems as if the famous British weather...
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