Towards the end of 2009, IKD Kitchens were invited to join The Best of Kettering following a surprise nomination from an ardent customer called Ben. We eventually became members of The Best of Kettering during November 2009, and have been enjoying the fruits of our labour ever since. We haven't looked back!
As with The Guild of Master Craftsmen, membership to The Best of Kettering is far from a given; we had to supply a high number of customer testimonials, and have to conduct ourselves professionally and with integrity at all times to remain a qualifed member. We are currently vetted by two seperate organisations, on our customer's behalf , and neither will hesitate to disqualify us if we're ever less than exceptional.
The merits of our membership to The Best of Kettering is that our customers approach us with certainty, knowing that they will receive the very best sales, service and products available, because they have read the numerous testimonials available to them, following a third party vetting procedure. We believe it's important, during these uncertain times, to give our new and potential customers as much reassurance as they want, so that they can be sure we're not Bodgit 'n' Scarper merchants. Existing customers know this already, but if someone finds us online or via the Yellow Pages etc, they don't know us from Adam and will reasonably expect us to deliver all that we promise them. Well, now they can be sure of that.
The Best of Kettering is also a lot of fun to belong to, and we're always challenged to find new and exciting things to offer their members - which reminds me, I must sort out a new and exciting special offer for Stuart to include on our profile! Stuart Pate - the man behind The Best of Kettering (and Corby for that matter), is not a man to let the grass grow under his feet, and positively lives and breathes special offers for the general public and commercial members like ourselves. You will always find a great deal somewhere on The Best of Kettering - whether it's where to eat out, who's a great accountant or what deal is on at Richard Sanders Peugeot this month. We would highly recommend you signing up so that you can benefit from all of the wild and varied offers available to you.
During the beginning of February, The Best of Kettering ran a fun and enlightening promotion called The 14 Days of Love, to see which of the 300+ listed businesses was the most loved - what with Valentine's Day and everything. Customers from every company listed were invited to leave a testimonial for their favourite Kettering business, and guess what?! IKD Kitchens came a joint fourth - out of 300-odd! We were delighted. Obviously first place would have been nice, but no one even got close to The Old Bakehouse Restaurant in Rothwell [note to self: reserve a table at The Old Bakehouse!]
It's great to be associated with such a vibrant and energetic enterprise as The Best of Kettering as it encourages us to push the boundaries, to always be moving forward, and to always be driving standards and expectations onwards and upwards. We have always fuelled IKD with the twin dynamic philosophies of constant reinvestment and continous improvement, and The Best of Kettering helps us to do that. With bells on. Thanks for everything Ben!
You can visit our Best of Kettering profile by clicking on this link : http://bit.ly/BestOfKettering
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