With over 200 staff and 33 partners, brand-new offices and a refreshment ‘blank slate’ to work with, Commercial law firm Bates Wells Braithwaite, based in the centre of London, went looking for a premium quality office coffee and beverage solution that could cope with high volumes, whilst also complementing the firm’s stylish environment.
It was an opportunity for BWB to transform its offer – and the firm grasped it by installing TopBrewer from Scanomat.
‘We had five tea points in our old building, spread across three floors’, said Salvatore Paoli, BEB Facilities Manager, ‘but for the new open-plan office we wanted to create one single refreshment point that would cater for all staff and encourage communication amongst colleagues.’
After a demonstration at another TopBrewer client site, BWB chose to install three TopBrewers into a minimalistic refreshment setting for staff to use with a further TopBrewer in the client kitchen area. The TopBrewers provide fresh, barista-quality coffee, chilled & sparkling water, and filtered hot water for tea drinkers.
‘I was immediately drawn to the slick, stylish design of the TopBrewer’ Salvatori said, ‘and felt it could be an ideal solution for the environment we were trying to create. We also wanted to offer premium quality coffee and the TopBrewer delivered on all areas.’
Due to the unique under-counter design, the TopBrewer produces minimal noise, making it the ideal solution for an open commercial office environment. At BWB, all that is visible above the counter are three stylish swan neck taps in a row, each with an accompanying iPad (pre-loaded with the TopBrewer app), which allows users to quickly select and customise their drinks from a comprehensive menu. Alternatively, staff have the option to download the free TopBrewer app onto their own smartphone device and seamlessly connect to a machine via bluetooth.
‘We wanted a wow factor for our staff when they entered the new office on day one and we certainly received it with the TopBrewer’, said Megan Watkins, Operations & Projects Manager. ‘We have many clients and visitors to the new office and Top Brewer is always one of the highlights when we show people round. We always encourage visitors to customise their drinks using the app and some of the staff have downloaded the app to their phones.’
Needless to say, Simon Bracken, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Scanomat UK, is delighted with his company’s latest piece of new business. ‘TopBrewer is becoming increasingly popular in the commercial City environment’, he said, ‘as it compliments modern workplace design principles and provides an unrivalled next generation user experience for staff and visitors. At Scanomat, we have innovation in our DNA and we pride ourselves on being at the cutting edge of ‘smart’ technology. That’s why we’re continually evolving our eco-system, so that our clients will benefit from future TopBrewer developments ‘over-the-air’, thus future-proofing their investment for years to come.’
If you’re unfamiliar with TopBrewer by Scanomat, take a look at the video.
