A Watched Pot Never Boils

I don’t know about you, but I tend to get through a lot of tea and coffee in a day. This means that I have spent an awful lot of my life waiting for kettles to boil, getting distracted, wandering off, remembering that I was making a drink, heading back to the kitchen, and having to re-boil the kettle as the water had cooled (repeat).

Last Christmas my mum gave my wife and I a one cup, boil-on-demand, hot water dispenser. It was very well received. You see the problem with boiling a kettle to make a hot drink, even if you only boil it once, is that you always have to heat more water than you are going to use. This is a horribly inefficient way to do things. The one cup dispenser solves this problem. You still have to wait, but you never heat more water than you need.

A couple of months after receiving this gift I joined the team at sinks-taps.com. On my first day I was shown around the building, introduced to my new colleagues, informed of where all of the emergency exits were located, and shown the kitchen. It was in the kitchen that I first encountered an instant hot water dispenser. It was an InSinkErator HC-1100. This little beauty could provide an instant flow of filtered water, heated to 98°C at a rate of up to 100 cups an hour. Not a kettle in sight, no waiting, no waste. In my mind, this was the next best thing to having a bottomless cup of tea/coffee.

Considering the fact that the United Kingdom consumes more tea per capita than any other country in the world, the amount of time and energy that could be saved by replacing a significant proportion of the country’s kettles with instant hot water dispensers would be immense. Add to this the fact that these taps can not only be used to make drinks - they can also be used in cooking, cleaning, literally everything that you would use a regular kettle for - and you realise the potential time and energy saving is even greater.

New models and designs are being brought out all of the time, including Franke’s new Minerva 3-in-1 Kettle Tap which was announced this year. It’s not hard to imagine a day when none of us have to participate in that most tedious of tasks: waiting for the kettle to boil.

Right, all this talk of hot drinks has made me thirsty. I’m off to make a cuppa. It won’t take long.

Sinks-Taps.com reduces delivery charges for Scotland

Sinks-Taps.com, which is in its 10th year of trading, has reduced delivery costs for heavy and fragile goods delivered to Scotland in a bid to see increased orders across the Scottish border.

The Yorkshire based online retailer of sinks and taps is home to over 6,000 products which are all available to purchase online with delivery available across the UK.

Delivering as far as John O’Groats, Sinks-Taps.com is now looking to see more Scottish customers purchase from the site, backed by the reduced delivery costs and the hundreds of testimonials the retailer receives.

Richard Broadbent, the Managing Director of the successful online company said, “Reducing delivery costs for our Scottish customers it a great way to say thank you for their continued business and encourage more people in Scotland to purchase from Sinks-Taps.

“We pride ourselves on excellent customer service and competitive prices. This measure to reduce delivery costs is just another way of showing that we listen to our customers and reduce costs where possible. We aim to ensure our customers are getting the best possible service at the most affordable prices.”

The UK’s largest online retailer of sinks and taps delivers all heavy and fragile goods using its own home delivery team of uniformed, professional staff in branded vans.

Unlike others, the retailer opens and inspects all goods upon arrival into the warehouse and again on delivery with the customer. For more information on the product ranges and delivery to Scotland, visit www.sinks-taps.com.

Sinks-Taps.com Launches Live Chat Support

Sink and tap retailer, Sinks-Taps.com has launched a new customer service tool that allows customers to find answers to their questions in “real time”.

As part of the customer focused offering, visitors to the Sinks-Taps.com website will be able to communicate with a Sinks-Taps.com representative in an instant messaging facility.

Visitors using the Live Chat service will be able to contact Sales, After Sales, Accounts and Order Tracking departments for product information, payment queries, expected delivery times and after sales support.

Marketing Manager Laura Shimells, who was recently recruited in September of this year said: “This service is another option customers can choose from to contact us. Unlike other retailers, we actively encourage visitors to get in touch, from simply asking what is on offer to providing technical support to customers choosing the right tap for their water system.

“Sometimes visitors browsing the website cannot or may choose not to call us. The Live Chat facility gives visitors the opportunity to contact us online, receive instant answers and talk to a representative outside normal office hours.”

Sinks-Taps.com is the UK’s largest online retailer of sinks and taps, selling to over 30,000 customers per year and is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year.

KAD Group focuses on delivering to Ireland

UK’s largest online retailer of sinks and taps is now focusing its attention to customers in Ireland.

Back in May of this year, the sink and tap retailer based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, launched its home delivery service to customers in Southern Ireland.

Delivering within a 50 mile radius of Dublin, the company wants to provide customers across the waters with the same unique service mainland UK customers are accustomed to.

Logistics Manager, Simon Nelson, who is driving forward the home delivery service said, “Since May we have seen a steady flow of Southern Ireland customers ordering from us. We aim to see demand increase so we can start delivering throughout the whole of Southern Ireland, ideally on a weekly basis.

“We pride ourselves on being the best and that’s why we introduced our own fleet of home delivery vans to ensure all of our products reach our customers in perfect condition. Unlike others, we inspect all goods coming into the warehouse before repackaging and dispatching. Our delivery drivers will then inspect the goods with the customer on delivery.”

The online retailer has been established since 1999 and currently offers nearly 10,000 products on its dedicated sinks and taps website, www.sinks-taps.com.

The company, which is part of the KAD Group, retails kitchen appliances through its sister site, www.kitchen-appliances-direct.com, which also offers delivery to Southern Ireland customers.

KAD Limited launch new marketing department

KAD Limited has appointed Laura Shimells as the Marketing Manager in a newly created role and department.

KAD Limited, based in Leeds, which manages Sinks-Taps.com, is the UK’s largest online retailer of sinks and taps and Laura will be responsible for all promotions and campaigns, public relations and the development of the new Bluci brand.

Laura joins with 3 and half years marketing experience from online retail and the sport and leisure industry and is currently studying a Masters in Online Communication.

Sinks-Taps continues free accessory offer

Yorkshire based sink and tap retailer extends Astracast offers due to the high demand from customers renovating their homes before Christmas.

Sinks-Taps.com, which retails nearly 10,000 products from its Leeds based warehouse, has announced it’s going to extend the successful Astracast free accessory offer due to the popularity of the promotion.

Richard Broadbent, Managing Director of Sinks-Taps.com commented, “This offer has been particularly strong throughout the summer. We have seen an increase in demand for the range which is offering free accessories worth £79, so we have agreed to continue the offer until stocks last.

“We aim to offer the latest ranges of sinks and taps at the best possible prices, so this free accessory offer extension is exactly what customers are wanting, when every penny counts.”

Astracast sinks on the free accessory offer start at £189 plus delivery charges.

Sinks-Taps.com will be continuing the offer until stocks last, which can be found at
www.sinks-taps.com