New Parts Center site goes live

SALISBURY, U.K. - March 18, 2013 - PRLog -- Parts Center – one of the UK’s largest specialist suppliers of heating replacement parts – has launched its new industry-leading website www.partscenter.co.uk, which gives installers access to a huge range of new services and special offers.

Users can - register online, access up-to-the-minute stock information and images for more than 50,000 stocked products (another 30,000 are available for order), check their prices and reserve them for collection from their preferred branch.

The website can also be accessed from mobile phones or tablet computers so customers can do all of this, and find directions to their nearest Parts Center, all from the palm of their hand.

A real highlight of the site is its unique “models this fits” feature, enabling users to identify parts with confidence. It also allows customers to sign up, log in and then check their terms, see outstanding invoices and credit, and view their order history.

Parts’ Director, Colin McGregor said: “The new site is the result of two years’ extensive collaboration and testing across the business, with our customers, web team and branch staff.”

The mobile site is already attracting good reviews from customers. Paul Ayres owns plumbing and heating business PJA Group, and he’s been impressed:

“I’m a big fan, it’s definitely a benefit to my business,” said Paul. “We can get specs up when we’re on the job, check the prices there and then and confirm it with the client, all by just getting our phones out.

“The branch locator is also a great feature.  We’re often doing jobs in places we’re not familiar with, so being able to find the nearest Parts Center so easily is a real help.”  

More and more installers are using their mobile devices to place orders and look-up prices for quotes especially when they’re on-site, and Parts Center’s new initiative makes it as easy as possible.

“Many of our customers are now using their Smartphones and tablets to run their businesses,” said Colin. “A lot of time has gone into making our website as user-friendly as possible, to support installers in the field and enable access to our range of products and services wherever and whenever our customers need them.”

For more information call into your local Parts Center.  To find your nearest Parts Center branch visit www.partscenter.co.uk or call 0870 1622557 or download the Parts Center iPhone App from the App store.

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Joe Sharpe
Wax PR and Marketing
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NOTES TO EDITORS

Parts Center is the UK’s largest specialist supplier of spare parts. Parts Center supplies some 50,000 ex-stock lines of parts for all forms of heating and ventilation appliances to the trade.  Another 30,000 items are online, and available for order. PartsCenter has a network of over 500 branches, the majority of which are located within Plumb Centers

Parts Center is part of Wolseley UK which provides construction products and materials through a nationwide branch network, including Plumb Center, Pipe Center, Drain Center, Climate Center, Parts Center and William Wilson.

Wolseley is committed to meeting customer needs by providing the right products and services when and where they are needed, at competitive prices. Its customers are anyone who constructs and maintains buildings and range from the largest construction companies to government organisations to self-employed contractors.

Wolseley UK is a subsidiary of Wolseley plc.

Wolseley plc is the world's largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products to professional contractors, and a leading supplier of building materials in North America, the UK and Continental Europe.  Group revenue for the year ended 31 July 2011 was £13.6 billion and operating profit, before exceptional items and the amortisation and impairment of acquired intangibles, was £622 million.  Wolseley has around 46,000 employees operating in 23 countries and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: WOS) and is in the FTSE 100 index of listed companies.

Further information on Wolseley is available on www.wolseley.co.uk