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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE 9th January 2021
WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS
We are aware there is a great deal of concern and uncertainty about the impact of the Coronavirus on businesses and want to share with you our current position.
SECURE YOUR POOL TABLE ORDER TODAY.
Many pool tables currently have long delivery lead-times. We are happy to take a 25% deposit to secure your order and guarantee your production slot.
Due to business disruptions caused by Covid-19, many non-stock pool tables have much longer lead-times than usual. All the factories are incredibly busy and have large order books resulting in extended production times.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON POOL TABLE LEAD TIMES
You are of course aware that as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic all the pool table manufacturing plants were forced to close for several months from March this year. All factories have now been open for about two months.
At the time of the closures we had large quantities of existing table orders still awaiting production from all the factories and most of these have now been fulfilled.
URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT - Office Closed from Saturday 1st August to 9am Monday 10th August
Our offices are closed between Saturday 1st August until 9am Monday 10th August. We will respond to all emails on info@pooltablesonline.co.uk within 24 hours. If your query is urgent please leave a message on 0345 226 5758 and we will call you back as soon as possible.
What happens when you order a Pool Table?
When we receive your pool table order a chain of events takes place which I will explain in detail, but first some background.
Most UK style slate bed pool tables are manufactured in the UK. There are only 4 volume manufacturers in the UK and all are based in the North West and within 30 miles of our offices.
We are distributors for them all and have a close relationship with each one of them with the added advantage of being able to nip round and collect even 1 table when it is ready. Which speeds up delivery to you the customer.
All four companies are small to medium size enterprises that work pretty much to their order book as opposed to carrying stock. Some batch produce a particular model every few weeks whilst others have mixed table production lines.