The award-winning 1 Stop Spas team provided a full ‘turnkey’ project providing everything from design, groundwork, and the supply of products on this outstanding project that was awarded a silver standard at the 2017 UK Pool & Spa Awards. The clients wanted a swimspa project to improve their health through aquatic exercise and to also […]
Hot tubs
The Spa Doctor, aka Gregg Titmus, offers a freelance installation service for leading brands such as Hydropool, Wellis, Jacuzzi, Artesian, Superior Spas and Arctic Spas. Our hot tub project showcase, features a Hydropool 670 Gold installation that was undertaken for a busy family who live in a rural village in North Yorkshire in a converted […]
The UK Pool & Spa Awards has once again re-written the record books with more entries, more companies and more nominations than ever before in the competition’s history. Returning, by popular demand, to The Vox Conference Centre, on the top floor of the Resorts World building at Birmingham’s NEC, on Monday December 10th, admission is […]
A new accolade exclusive to organisations in the leisure sector – that will enable organisations to shout about their dedication to the wellbeing of their staff and customers – has been launched by the country’s longest-running health and safety awards scheme. New to the RoSPA Awards for 2019 is the Leisure Safety Award, which will […]
As the countdown continues to February’s SPATEX 2019, the stage is being set for a vibrant event with a host of new exhibitors and seminar topics. The industry’s one-stop shop source of information and education, CPD points and certificates of attendance are available to all attendees of the 22 sessions, organised over the three days […]
The Health and Safety Guideline 282 (HSG282) came into effect in early 2017. The main aim for the introduction was to reduce the risk of Legionella outbreaks associated with spas and hot tubs in commercial settings. Section 5 of the guideline focusses on water testing and what needs to be tested: Disinfectant, pH and Total […]
As part of a bold strategy to double its current number of eight UK dealers, by the end of 2019, Crystal Island Leisure Products, the creators of Riptide Pools, is offering a £22k incentive package for new recruits to its brand of hot tubs and swim spas. Looking to tempt existing hot tub retailers, as […]
Hot tub retailers around the UK care are risking prosecution and could be harming customers and staff, one of the founding fathers on the UK industry has warned. Simon Hallett, who founded the British and Irish Hot Tub Association, now part of the BSPF umbrella organisation, believes less than 30% of the industry are following […]
Gregg is the industry’s original Spa Doctor and provides practical and technical support to both the trade and the end-user. How did you get involved in the industry? Originally I trained as an technical electrician and then onto an Intruder alarm and CCTV engineer for the first 15 years, being Operations Manager of my last […]
Thanks to a record-breaking summer, UK Leisure Living expects to hit the 250 unit sales mark by the end of 2018. It means the three-year-old business, which has showrooms in Conwy and Cheshire, is on track to more than double turnover from last year’s £750,000. Gareth Jones, UK Leisure Living’s Managing Director, said the summer […]
