by Fern Shaw | Jul 31, 2017 | aquaid coventry
The simple answer is AquAid Coventry is located in Biford-on-Avon in the heart of West Midlands, where owner and manager Nick Higginson and his team have been looking after their more than 5,000 customers since they began operations in 2001. You’ll find them at Shakespeare House, 36 Bidavon Industrial Estate, Bidford-on-Avon, Alcester, Warwickshire, B50 4JW.
Whatever the requirements, Nick and his team supply an extensive range of innovative and high quality water coolers and dispensers to their customers in offices, medical centres, filming locations, colleges and schools in and around the Coventry area.
The perhaps less simple answer is that this AquAid branch don’t just service the Coventry area but also Bromsgrove, Cardiff, Daventry, Droitwich, Evesham, Hereford, Leamington Spa, Kenilworth, Newport, Northampton, Redditch, Rugby, Shirley, Solihull, Stoke-on-Trent, Stratford-upon-Avon, Swansea, Warwick and Worcester.
This is broad region to cover, so we’ve hand selected only a few pockets of interest about what makes these parts of the West Midlands great.
Coventry has many claims to fame, but the one I like the most, mainly because it’s really quirky, is that the original ‘The Italian Job’ film, the car chase scene involving Minis was filmed in huge sewer pipes at Stoke Aldermoor in September 1968.
Cardiff, too, has proven to be the perfect locations for many films and TV series, including Doctor Who; Sherlock; Antiques Roadshow; 28 Weeks Later to name but a few.
Newport* has the coolest bridge and you can climb it, if you want to. The splendid Transporter Bridge was built in 1906 and one of just six such bridges in the world still in operation. From a practical point of view, the suspended gondola transports cars and passengers across the Usk River in just two minutes. You can also clamber to the top of the 54m walkway for head-spinning views of the Severn Estuary.
Stratford-upon-Avon* is of course the birthplace and was the residence of the world’s greatest bard (and what the headline alludes to), William Shakespeare. A perhaps lesser known fact is that seven years after Shakespeare’s death, John Heminge and Henry Condell (two actors from The King’s Company) had Shakespeare’s plays published by William Jaggard and his son, Isaac. This first folio contained 36 plays and sold for £1.
So whether you’re based in Bromsgrove, Hereford, Rugby or anywhere mentioned above and whether you’re on location filming or have a business, one office, multiple workplaces, or are a university, college or school, contact the team today at AquAid Coventry – they’re more than well equipped to accommodate your water cooler and water provision requirements.
*sources: Movie Maps; Rough Guide; Royal Shakespeare Company
by Fern Shaw | Jul 31, 2017 | aquaid west midlands, 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 has two branches catering to their customers in West Midlands: AquAid Birmingham and AquAid Coventry.
AquAid Birmingham has been in operation since 2003. The team are managed by the highly experienced Renatas Kontvainis. He and his team look after the water cooler and water provision requirements of more than 3,500 customers in and around Birmingham, from Aberystwyth to Wolverhampton.
AquAid Birmingham services a broad range of customers in offices, on worksites, at festivals, production shoots, medical care facilities, hospitals, retirement homes, colleges, schools and universities.
Birmingham and beyond!: Aberystwyth, Ashby de la Zouch, Birmingham, Burton, Cannock, Castle Donington, Coalville, Coleshill, Derby, Dudley, Hinckley, Kegworth, Kidderminster, Leicester, Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Newcastle Under Lyme, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Sutton Coldfield, Tamworth, Telford, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
AquAid Coventry, owned and managed by the very accomplished Nick Higginson, has been in operation for over 16 years. Whatever the requirements, Nick and his team supply an extensive range of innovative and high-quality water coolers and dispensers to their more than 5,000 customers in offices, medical centres, colleges and schools in and around the Coventry area.
Areas covered by AquAid Coventry are: Bromsgrove, Cardiff, Coventry, Daventry, Droitwich, Evesham, Hereford, Leamington Spa, Kenilworth, Newport, Northampton, Redditch, Rugby, Shirley, Solihull, Stoke-on-Trent, Stratford-upon-Avon, Swansea, Warwick and Worcester.
Wherever you’re based in the Midlands, AquAid Birmingham and AquAid Coventry are more than equipped to meet your water cooler and water-related product requirements.
To contact your local AquAid West Midlands representative, select the link for your relevant branch now.
by Fern Shaw | Jul 31, 2017 | aquaid london south east
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 water cooler requirements in London’s South East, then you need look no further than AquAid London South East or AquAid LSE as the branch is known.
Owned and managed by the inimitable Paul Taylor, AquAid LSE has been supplying water coolers, dispensers and bespoke water supply solutions to their customers for 16 years. Paul and his team look after more than 1,250 customers at worksites, care facilities, hospitals, offices, universities, colleges and schools.
Although London’s South East boroughs of have changed somewhat over the years, AquAid LSE continues to look after their customer requirements throughout the following areas:
Beckenham, Bexley, Camberwell, Docklands, Erith, Forest Gate, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Orpington, Peckham, Rotherhithe, Sidcup, Southwark, Stratford, Swanley, Walthamstow and Welling.
Certainly a mouthful but AquAid LSE has you coolered nonetheless!
Some perhaps lesser known points of interest in and about the boroughs of London’s South East:
*The O2 Arena in Greenwich, originally known as the Millennium Dome, is so large that it can fit the Great Pyramid of Giza or the Statue of Liberty inside. It is the largest structure of its kind in the world, but with a seating capacity of 20,000, it comes in second to the Manchester Arena.
*The London Docklands: In 1696, the Howland Great Dock was formed in Rotherhithe. It was established to give more area for the ships to dock and secure the ship from any thieves. There are at least 120 large vessels which could be accommodated in the dock.
*Lambeth Bridge is painted red in honour of the House of Lords, while Westminster Bridge is painted green for the House of Commons. It is an interesting honour considering that Parliament attempted to block the building of the bridge in 1664, 1828, and 1836, as well as trying to block its widening in 1912.
So whether you’re situated in the Docklands, Greenwich or Lambeth (or in any of the other 15 locales) in London’s South East, AquAid LSE is available for all your water and water cooler requirements. They may not be painting any bridges red or green but they’ll always be able to offer you cool blue drinking water, whatever your set-up requires.
Contact them today – they’ll be more than pleased to assist.
*source: from an article in Londontopia
by Fern Shaw | May 5, 2017 | aquaid london, Uncategorized, water cooler
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 than five million. Moscow is the other.
It is thought that St. Patrick may have brought the early knowledge of whisky distilling from Ireland around the mid-5th century. The Scots call it uisque baugh in Gaelic, or ‘water of life’, and it is one of the United Kingdom’s top five exports, along with cars, computers, aircraft, and oil. Personally, I couldn’t think of a nicer export, could you?
In the 16th century, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth I decreed that mutton could be served only with bitter herbs, intending to stop people from eating the sheep in order to help the wool trade. Her subjects discovered mint sauce improved the taste of the meat, and it’s been a favourite condiment for roast lamb ever since. Hmm, clearly I’m in the minority as I’m not a fan of the whole mint sauce accompanying roast lamb thing.
Until 1832, England only had two universities: Oxford and Cambridge.
The sport of football, or soccer, supposedly got its start in England when Anglo-Saxon farmworkers plowing a field unearthed the skull of a Danish warrior killed in battle a few years earlier. To show their still bitter feelings towards the Danes and to amuse themselves, they began kicking the skull among them. This early form of football was called “kicking the Dane’s head”. Seems the savagery has passed from the players to the supporters somewhat!
James Bond’s code ‘007’ was inspired by the author Ian Fleming’s bus route from Canterbury to London. Am I the only person who when thinking of James Bond – immediately starts singing, ‘Goldfingggggerrrrr’ as opposed to any of the other James Bond theme songs?
The Ghost Research Foundation has determined that with 500 recorded cases of ghostly encounters, York is the most haunted city in England and one of the most haunted in the world. Make appropriate ghostly type noises here.
Well, that’s the lot for this week’s content of trivia to amaze and astound. Keep an eye out for future inserts and as always, please feel free to add to and / or correct the trivia if you feel I have it all wrong.
*from various sources from an article at Fact Retriever
by Fern Shaw | Apr 12, 2017 | water cooler
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 after intense physical activity is weight from water, not fat.
- Water dissolves more substances than any other liquid. Wherever it travels, water carries chemicals, minerals and nutrients with it.
- One of the lesser known benefits of drinking water is that it helps keep your joints strong, healthy and lubricated. Your joints need moisture in order to remain strong and flexible, so that your movements are smooth and pain free.
- Drinking too much water too quickly can lead to water intoxication. Water intoxication occurs when water dilutes the sodium level in the bloodstream and causes an imbalance of water in the brain.
- Water intoxication is most likely to occur during periods of intense athletic performance.
- At birth, water accounts for approximately 80 percent of an infant’s body weight.
- Drinking water makes your muscles stronger. That’s because water carries oxygen to the cells of your body, including those of your muscles. Drinking plenty of water enables your muscles to work harder and longer before they feel tired, and this can help you build muscle.
- Water is sticky. The molecules love to stick to things, especially each other. It’s what gives it such a large surface tension. It keeps you alive: it means water can pull blood up narrow vessels in the body, often against the force of gravity.
There are quite a few facts in here that I was vaguely aware of, however, I certainly didn’t know that water is sticky! I think No. 8 now stands out for me forevermore – I love the fact that water is able to pull blood around our bodies – fascinating!
Want to get on the right track to fitness and health? Know you’re not drinking enough water every day? Speak to us at AquAid – we’d be pleased to help with all your water cooler dispenser requirements – keeping you water fit and hydrated rain or shine.
