Radio, heat and final run for the factory!

FAME AT LAST!!!  Popular DJ Chris Moyles was on the lookout for inflatables and Kerry was straight on it – texted the station and got a response! The next day Airquee got a mention during the Breakfast Show on BBC Radio X - it was a fantastic free advertising spot about our Inflatable Hogshead Pub, Kilderkin and our amazing Inflatable Church!! The Presenters were going wild and went through our product range live on air, even Lady McIvor got a mention, something about wanting a date with young Toby Tarrant in return for a PUB!!! Our website went into overdrive with over 1200 hits on our website https://airquee.com/en/  in just 10 mins!!  Yippeeee The Radio Station are even thinking about a Summer tour using one of our inflatable pubs as a mobile studio…more news at it happens. 

Eric the kitten has his eye on Kerrys gerbils !! ( Yes, I said GERBILS! She has 2 Gerbils within her growing menagerie as well as Norman the Patterdale) Eric is turning into a cheeky little addition to the McIvor household.

Ollie is on the point of a massive new order!!! Go Ollie, Wayne has since defrosted since the aircon has been turned off and  he has turned pink once again!  It was getting to the point of him wearing one of our padded sumo suits to keep warm so drastic measures were taken. Carole is still the Queen of the Leisure Centres and the orders are still flooding in in time for Summer School Holidays.

We think Sol has turned German, she is nonstop ‘Gutten Tag’ on the phone. Watch out Germany !! Sol is selling loads of inflatables and games!!

We are at the final push at our Factory before their Summer Shutdown as it really is just too hot to work – Kerry was melting last week - only a few more weeks before a well-earned rest. Don’t Panic Mr Mainwaring ! We have skeleton staff working over the 3 weeks to answer any questions about orders/production and transport.As you know, all our inflatables are inflated and tested before they are dispatched all over the Globe. You can be assured of the quality from Airquee.

Mark, our Leader,  passport in hand, did a Whistle Stop European Tour to visit our many Distributors (his boot full of chocolates and wine no doubt).Both Mark and Phil H are off to Romania next week for another jolly!?  Not really, they will be working hard with our wonderful team in Production, working with our Marketing Team and the new designs  we are launching in the Autumn.

(Flight booked for ROMANIA!)

Our new colleague Eve ( remember the last Blog, she was working with Adam!) is fitting in well and learning the Airquee ways. Eve has a young son so inflatables are very interesting to her and she loves all of the creations she is seeing in the Inflation Room whilst gleaning all about our manufacturing processes to help her do the job well.

Erika and Adam have steam coming off their feet as they rush around Airquee 2 constantly ensuring that everything runs smoothly… Viktor and Boti are making more and more videos to show our customers how the products work and how to put them together with the LOS in mind these videos are priceless! 

Josh our Repairs and Testing guru is filling the order schedule with last minute repairs and testing before the summer.   If you are looking for repairs, testing, Inspections or even a new inflatable, call 0117 9414918 now.

Hotness, Travel and a new PET CAT!

The heat has returned to Cwmbran and to our factory in Romania…its warm one…..the Air Con is on in the Cwmbran office at last. Icicles were seen hanging of Wayne’s nose and ear lobes earlier in the day…he was moaning as usual !! …’where is my coat?’ he was shouting. Carole was also shouting something in Glaswegian. ??!!??!! enough said.

** HOT NEWS**  Kerry has a new addition to the family, Eric Morecambe, the new pussy cat, together with Norman Wisdom, the Patterdale dog, the house is full of comedians. Little Eric is settling in well, under the watchful gaze of Norman the Protector.

 Once again, the sales Team has smashed their June targets and are now on their way with lots of new orders from our many and varied clients across the UK and Europe. If you need a last minute inflatable, get on the phone or email us quick. Our factory is on holiday in 1 months’ time for 3 weeks !! call us on 0117 9414918 option 1 and get you last minute orders made ready for the summer season.

The Designers and the Bosses are often seen huddled in corners discussing our new products of the autumn shows. I’m sworn to secrecy so I cannot divulge a thing here !!

This week Kerry has been working from Romania at both of our amazing factories... and what a busy time she has had arranging new design and production schedules from September along with overseeing testing procedures, quality control processes and of course she had time to take some of the UK admin Team out for a bite to eat - clearly she is loving the Hungarian Step Aerobic classes with Ida Kelemen!!! 

The Factory are still working overtime to get the brand new inflatables to us in record time and record numbers. Business has never been better. Well done to our magnificent workforce  !!

Rain, Birthday and new staff!

The rain have returned to Cwmbran!! Phew it was hot last week.

Wayne celebrated his 60^th Birthday... lots of cake, banners and balloons….’where was the jelly and blancmange ?’ , he asked.

He was very proud wearing his giant ‘I’m 60 today’ badge!! Everyone clubbed together to buy the old timer a nice pen….he will be able to sign his pension book when it arrives……

He has just returned from his 9 days in France, Luxembourg and Germany. Lots of Michelin star restaurants and 40 degrees heat, he said. Yeah right! Back to Slimming World next week!! 

(Happy Birthday Judith)

Ollie and the boys in Repairs and Testing had a busy day training our Client at Lee Valley in London with their huge obstacle course they recently purchased from Airquee. Our Client was delighted with our efforts and are looking forward to their Summer season and our ongoing business relationship. Sol is still hard at it selling to Germany and scored her first major Nickelodeon order there. Ja! Go Girl!! 

(Our units at Lee Valley)

Carole is having a few days R&R break- enjoy the rest!! see you next week.

Josh is filling the Repairs and testing team with last minute testing of inflatables ready for he summer season. If you have any castles or slides or even obstacle courses, give yourself peace of mind, get them looked at- call 0117 9414918 for details.

Our Romania Team are working flat out with orders before the Summer holiday break… we still have some spaces for standard orders for August delivery…call our Sales Team for more information on 0117 9414918 option 1.

Welcome to our new member of staff Eve. She will be working with Adam,no puns please about Apples and serpents! 

Birds attack, summer is here!

The summer has arrived. It is glorious sunshine here in Cwmbran and the Ice Lollies are circulating in the office.

Put that Air Con on !!!!! Ollie, the Sales Guru, is sweltering under this heat and is busy taking orders from our many happy clients.

(Rare sight of SUN in the British habitat)  

Sol , our delightful French Sales Executive is non-plussed, she is used to these temperatures coming from sunnier climes. Carole, is soon coming up for her 10^th anniversary with Airquee. Well done Carole, you are AMAZING and have watched and been a huge part of Airquee growing from a team of 25 to nearly 300 people!!!

Wayne is off on his hols next week and will be celebrating his 60^th later in June- I’m sure there will be lots of Birthday cake and Champers! Slimming World will have to wait a couple of weeks.

Our Rob and Ryan, the Dynamic Duo Designers, are currently knee deep in brand new designs - I know we keep mentioning these brand new ideas--- just wait and see!!

What of our trusty Leaders; Kerry has been out and about visiting our Leisure Clients round London this week, bring in more orders. Well done Lady Macca!  Mark has been working from the Factory and was only in the office for 8 hours and is now off to Scandinavia and other exciting places catching up with our delightful distributors Worldwide.  What a jet setter !! I think he went there to cool off, they say it is freezing there at the moment! Phil H is beavering away managing all of the things needed to keep things running smoothly… plus he seems to be cleaning his car a lot lately as the seagulls appear to like the colour of it and find it an easy target!

(Target ELIMINATED!!! )

 Our factory is still on full production ahead of the summer holiday shutdown.  We are investing more and more to increase production of our fantastically popular Sealed inflatable ranges and buildings and with the new Laser cutting machine-making 4 in total, will increase production of our stitched ranges too. 

Remember there are still a few production slots to order new inflatables and games in time for August! What are you waiting for??? Call now or visit www.airqueeonline.co.uk and buy from available stock delivered to your door within 48 hours! 

Rain rain, elections and visitors in Romania

Phew, what a wet and windy week in Cwmbran it has been. The weather has taken a turn for the worse…..nevertheless, our Sales Team of Carole, Ollie, Wayne, Sol and Kerry have been out and about taking orders, dealing with Leisure Centre clients, new designs (top secret) for the upcoming shows…

Josh in our Repairs and Testing Department has been making sure all of our clients have had their inflatables checked and repaired ready for the busy Summer season.

Do you need an urgent PIPA or H&S inspection, don’t delay, give Josh a call today on 0117 9414 918 REPAIRS OPTION.

Kerry in particular, with her PA Norman the Patterdale have been up and down the land this week meeting clients and discussing deals; Norman really gets about, he was lucky enough to be shown around an old Steel Foundry in the North and the client was happy to walk with him whilst Kerry ‘papped away’ taking pictures and videos….

Norman, in light of the elections taking place this week, has been out and about meeting the voters, discussing policies and doing tv interviews!! 

Vote for Norman the Patterdale!!  Norman for Prime Minster!!! 

Our Factory colleagues in Romania have had a nice few days off with TWO back to back Bank Holidays. Lucky peeps.  They all deserve the rest - Now back to work making those beautiful inflatables for the world !!  Our lovely colleagues are working flat out again to make sure the orders are completed before the summer break in August. Exciting things have happened at Sfantu Gheorghe as Airquee expands yet again with the installation of ANOTHER cutting machine; making now FOUR in total to keep up with the ever growing demand for Airquee inflatables. 

(Preparing for dispatch!)

This week the Factories had visitors from 4 groups of children, from the  local schools. They had the chance to see the factory and to have a peek into the world of inflatables. They really enjoyed playing on our Play'n'Slide Party, Bungee Run and a  Jungle Obstacle Course. 

The happening took place in 2 different days as there were more then 25 children at at time! They've been all rewarded with snacks and drinks after their exhausting activities. It was a success!!

That’s all folks! Let’s hope the Sun has his hat on next week! Stay tuned! 

Weight loss, summer prep and a lot more !

Hello everyone from a hot and sunny Airquee HQ. The sun eventually came out in Wales this week and phew what a  scorcher today.

We had to put the Air Con On !!!!! Grass NEEDS CUTTING!!!

Our HQ is bursting at the seams with brand new Inflatables ready to be dispatched to our eager clients. It is utter chaos !! The Boys in Dispatch are in total control. It’s like a well-oiled machine out there…

Our factory In Romania is gearing up for the Summer shutdown in August and our awesome Team are working round the clock to make sure the orders are made and delivered in time for the summer holidays. If you have any orders to place- don’t hang about- get them in !!!!

Our dear leader Kerry has become an Essex Girl for a week.. high heels, fake tan and lip gloss (only joking ot all you lovely lasses from Essex) —off to meet our Commercial and Leisure clients and  get loads of orders- you go girl…!! Bring us back sticks of rock just as you did when you went to Barry island ! 

(Directly from our 2nd Factory)

Our Josh, King of Repairs and Testing is rushed off his feet with existing and brand new clients looking for that extra special service.

If you have any repairs or health and safety inspections- give us a call and get your units checked out before the holidays !!!! 

(We can fix what's broken!)

Our designers Rob and Ryan and the dozens of designers who work in our Factory are beavering away, creating new and exciting inflatables ready for the Shows later in the year. I am sworn to secrecy- all I will say is that, like every year, you will be knocked out with our brand new inflatable designs and innovation to the extreme!

Wayne has continued to be a Slimming World Super Star. Another 2 pounds lost this week. 24 pounds so far… he has even donned a ghastly pair of shorts today to get air to those hairy legs. 

(Wayne is getting there!)

Carole and Ollie are both rushed off their feet with orders and interest across the globe.

Sol, our Frenchie, not content with a week in Malta she decided she needs a bit more sun so has flown to Paris for a few more days in the heat. Formidable !

Finally, we launched Airquee.com this week, why not check it out- MORE NEWS TO FOLLOW !!!

Birthday cakes, weight loss and mud!

·        Yesterday was Phil Hartell’s Birthday! – we can’t really say how old he is, but there were rumours about his retirement and buying a mobility scooter- ahha just JOKING Phil!

(Phil enjoying his cakes!)

·         Solene, our European sales executive, is having a well-earned rest and she’s off to Malta than off to Paris, for a few days. Mais oui!

·         When it comes down to business, Carole, Wayne and Ollie are hard at it dealing with the last minute rush with our Hirers and Leisure Centres to be ready for the summer season!  Our Factories are at full capacity now making our excellent range of inflatables for the 4 corners of the world. Our production slots are filling in rapidly, but we have stock ready to go so we encourage you to check our website for stock( http://airquee.co.uk/airquee-stock/uk-stock )  and check out our e-Range stock as well, we have plenty for you all, and our website is up to date! ( https://www.airqueeonline.co.uk/ )

·         On a fun note, Wayne is doing well at Slimming World- he is already getting into a slimmer version – he will not reveal how much he lost! PS he ate one of Phil’s Birthday Cake!!! (you cheater!) Clare, has just come back from a few days Hen party is Ibiza. She’s fine, well and recharged ready to do her best as always! And in one piece, but we’re not sure about her Friends!

(Wayne showing off !!)

·         Mark is tucked away somewhere writing marketing text for our amazing .com website so watch this space for a launch!

·         As usual Kerry is up to her crazy antics and recently took part in a Muddy Dog Challenge 5K assault course with our CEO Norman the Patterdale- The fun just never stops!

(Kerry and Norman during the 5k Challenge)

·         We’re sorry that we haven’t posted in a while for all our blog fans! We are working on something exciting which we cant wait to see how you react to it! See you in the next blog post!