No-one can doubt the way the water leisure industry is changing with more corporate enterprises and more global players. But the backbone of the UK trade business remains husband and wife teams and family businesses that continue to be handed down through the generations. It was back in the famously scorching summer of 1977 that David Adams, the founder of Golden Coast, decided to build a pool for his sons.
Author: Ashleigh MacKenzie
LaMotte Europe is the new European office for LaMotte USA, bringing LaMotteâs unrivalled range of water analysis equipment firmly into the European pool and spa market. The LaMotte Europe office aims to consolidate LaMotteâs growth in Europe over the past six years, through expanding dealer and distribution networks, as well as supporting the existing ones. The office and warehouse, based in Warwick in the UK, has the advantage of providing a European stock centre resulting in significantly shorter lead times for European customers, as well as local technical expertise and support.
Sport England has also announced a one-year investment in the ASAâs plans to tackle the decline in the number of people swimming regularly seen since 2006. ÂŁ3.5 million of investment will help the ASA
From its roots amongst the elite horse racing fraternity, the business of animal hydrotherapy has grown year on year as Jan Hurst reports…
Now a widely accepted practice, exercise for animals in water was once considered an eccentric indulgence reserved for top flight horse racing bloodstock, nurtured by the worldâs elite training stables and stud farms. Racehorse trainers, awash with oil-rich owners, invested in specially-adapted swimming pools, transforming the healing process for over-worked or injured, priceless horses.
Already predicted to be a challenging year for many companies due to the sustained economic depression, UK water leisure companies faced the additional challenge of arctic conditions as they welcomed in 2013. After what weather experts have confirmed as one of the wettest years on record in 2012, January was beset with prolonged snow and freezing conditions that played havoc throughout January. Nearly all UK water leisure businesses were impacted in some way
With dark clouds still looming over the majority of European economies, the combined pool and spa sectors were crossing their combined fingers for a long overdue, sustained spell of sunny weather in 2012 to warm up cold sales tills. Those hopes were soon dashed in a âgroundhog yearâ that repeated the challenges of several previous years; burdened by a lack of economic confidence, record rainfall and Internet sales taking an increasing market share.
Brighton may have more than 400 restaurants, but you hardly have to walk 50 yards before bumping into a familiar face from the pool and spa industries during the annual SPATEX exhibition weekend.
Truly, a not-to-be-missed water leisure networking event, the 2013 seaside gathering takes place from Sunday February 3 to Tuesday February 5 at the Hilton Brighton Metropole Exhibition Centre.
Now in its fourth year, the annual UK Pool & Spa Awards are run by Pool & Spa Scene magazine, this year, in association with the UK Pool & Spa Expo.
Following a record-breaking number of entries, voting is neck and neck in the UK Pool & Spa Awards.
UK swimming personality Stephen Parry will be presenting the UK Pool & Spa Awards 2014 at the Crowne Plaza, Birmingham, NEC, on Thursday February 20,. An Olympic bronze medallist and a BBC sports commentator, Stephen is no stranger to the pool and spa sector and runs his own mobile pool business, Total Swimming.
For Michel Dupenloup, the editor of the leading French publications, CĂŽtĂ© Piscine, and LâActivitĂ© Piscine, the New Year will be a time to resolve, as in previous years, to spend more time with friends and family especially on the ski slopes. In reality, his ambitions may well be thwarted by the ever-present pressures of magazine deadlines.
