Entrepreneur, television celebrity and former winner of The Apprentice, Michelle Dewberry, will be the VIP guest at December’s UK Pool & Spa Awards presentations. Michelle will be attending the event to hear about the industry’s most successful companies and share ideas for industry growth. Celebrating its tenth anniversary in style, this year’s UK Pool & […]
UK Pool & Spa Awards
The latest news and updates on the independent UK Pool & Spa Awards.
This year’s awards ceremony will take place on Monday November 23, 2015 at The Vox, part of the new World Resort at Birmingham’s NEC.
Returning for the ninth consecutive competition, the UK Pool & Spa Awards showcase the very best of the companies in the British hot tub and spa industry and is still accepting entries until September 2017. Building on continued success, the event is set to be bigger and better with over 30 award-winning opportunities. We have […]
Returning for the ninth consecutive competition, the UK Pool & Spa Awards showcase the very best companies involved in the provision of water leisure in Great Britain. Building on its continued success, the event is set to be bigger and better with overwhelming demand boosting the number of award winning opportunities to 31 this year. […]
The team from Netherlands-based Passion Spas was given a standing ovation as they collected the 2016 Special Achievement Award, at this year’s UK Pool & Spa Awards. The company has been struck by a devastating fire at the end of July that effected 65 per cent of its site; damaging millions of pounds of stock. […]
The UK’s combined water leisure industries are gearing up for the biggest night in the calendar, as the 2016 UK Pool & Spa Awards set new records. Companies from across all sectors of the industry will be recognised at the awards ceremony, all hoping to be rewarded with the coveted Gold Standard award. This year’s […]
Swimming pool companies are being urged to flaunt their best assets this season, as the organisers of the UK Pool & Spa Awards seek to find the very best examples of residential pools that the industry has to offer. Whether it’s a stylish subterranean new build, an outdoor pond conversion, or a luxury rooftop installation […]
The traditional curtain raiser to the exhibition season, Leisure Industry Week celebrated its 25th anniversary this year and promised to be bigger and better than ever before. It was more a case of quality over quantity in terms of attendees, but none-the-less, with 215 exhibitors spanning across six core leisure sectors including Pool & Spa, […]
The UK swimming pool and spa sectors are set to celebrate one of their most successful years in nearly a decade at the forthcoming 2015 UK Pool & Spa Awards. Now entering their sixth year, the UK Pool & Spa Awards will be held at The Gallery at the NEC on Friday January 23 and […]
When the JC Leisure team was recently invited to a three-day seminar
with one of the company’s major clients, they hired a formula one
replica car that proved to be the talking point of the event.
It is not only their promotional flair that ensures JC Leisure
stands out from the crowd.
The company prides itself on offering top level expertise at best
value with the backing of a customer care service that is second
to none.
Based in Essex, the company provides water side facility
support 24/7 and 365 days a year with engineers strategicallybased
around the UK to ensure a prompt attendance.
The company has more than 300 clients both commercial and
residential and is currently contracted on a national basis to Hilton
Hotels, LA Fitness, Esporta and work on an ad-hoc basis for David
Lloyd, Virgin Active, Park Inn and various council-run leisure centres.
Expanding both in the UK and in Europe, the company is
growing its supply side with the recent launch of a new catalogue.
JCL was formed in Nov 2005, by Alan Lester, the current CEO
and Jamie Brewers, now Director of Engineering.
RETIRED BANKER
Alan had retired from a major High Street bank after 30 years
where he was managing a £16 billion turnover. He drifted into the
leisure industry for ‘something to do’ in his spare time and soon spotted
the potential for an ‘out of hours’ pool maintenance company.
A chance meeting with pool engineer, Jamie Brewer proved the
catalyst and the business began to make its first tentative steps.
When Alan’s wife Jacqui joined the business, she brought her
experience in sales, marketing and accounts which prompted the
first major breakthrough, a service contract for 80 leisure site
nationwide.
As the company thrived, Craig White then joined as a partner in
2006, strengthening the team with 15 years industry experience.
With a workforce in excess of 30, three significant players
are Alan’s three daughters. Alan’s youngest daughter, Ria, had
just graduated from the University of Essex in June 2007 when
she joined as logistics co-ordinator and she ran this side of the
business single-handed for nearly a year.
Nicole, Alan’s eldest daughter, joined in October 2007 after a
marketing/events career in radio. Coming with a BA Hons degree
in marketing and six years’ marketing experience, Nicole worked
on generating awareness of the brand and launched the sales/
consumables side of the business.
The third and final daughter to join was at the time working
for a major European soft-drinks company, again in sales and
marketing. Natalie was a BA Hons Business graduate with an
outstanding head for strategy and HR.
The UK is still seen as a place of innovation and quality manufacturing particularly for the medium to high-end value product, especially ones with a technical twist.
A shining light is Calorex Heat Pumps that employs some 150 people at its manufacturing base in Essex.
