Starting as separate businesses but exchanging ideas, experiences and problems over many years, the merger of two leading pool companies has seen the creation of the Caw Trading Group ā fast becoming one of the biggest forces in the UK pool and spa sector.
Author: Ashleigh MacKenzie
A swimming pool service engineer from Rio Pools in Gloucestershire has been selected to undertake a āonce in a lifetimeā endurance car rally from Peru to Argentina. Lee Townsend, is one of 31 crew members in the Race2Recovery Dakar event that will undertake the 9,000 mile journey in 15 days. Lee will leave the UK […]
Olympic gold medallist Alistair Brownlee says he owes his London Games victory to an Endless swimming pool installed in the garden of his Yorkshire home.
The pool with an underwater treadmill not only hastened his recovery from a serious Achilles injury but enabled him to keep training.Alistair installed the pool himself with the help of some willing friends. He had to convince the local planning officer, the pool was permitted development.
Alex Kemsley, managing director of the Waterstream Group, based near Gatwick in West Sussex, is so confident of an Indian Summer, that he is guaranteeing the sunshine for anyone who buys a Ā£6k plus pool or a hot tub from them between now and the official end of British Summer Time – and paying them in hard cash if heās wrong!
International water treatment specialists Waterco Europe have welcomed Darren Douglas to their UK sales team. Darren, who has a well established background working in water treatment industries, will be working mainly within the UK market supporting Watercoās distribution networks and pursuing new opportunities within the aquatic and industrial water treatment markets. Tony Fisher, managing director […]
After a nine year absence, the Pool Spa and Patio Expo returns to New Orleans taking place November 6-8, at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana USA, with the educational conference taking place November 3-8. Online registration is available at www.PoolSpaPatio.com/ attendee, where information is constantly accessible. Registering in advance will save […]
An outbreak of Legionnairesā disease, linked to a display hot tub in Stoke-on-Trent, has resulted in 21 cases including two deaths, the Health Protection Agency has confirmed. One of the two victims was named as 64-year-old Richard Griffin, a delivery driver who supplied meats to the JTF Warehouse in Fenton, a discount superstore that is being blamed as the source.
Topline Electronics Limited has appointed Barry Humphries as sales director, heading up our sales team at the UKās largest manufacturer of swimming pool chemical control equipment and ancillary products. Barry joins Topline with 30 yearsā experience in the swimming pool industry, working in both the public and private sector, and most recently Siemens, one of […]
The proliferation of water treatment and desalination facilities around the world in recent years has seen a concurrent increase in demand for commercial and industrial sized water filters. Waterco Europe Ltd, an international water treatment and filtration manufacturer and distributor, has been developing filters and technologies for more than 30 years and today its products […]
Pool insulation specialist, Thermapool, has won a Green Apple Environment Award in the national campaign to find Britainās greenest companies, councils and communities. The company, based in Essex, competed against more than 500 other nominations and will be presented with their Green Apple Award at a presentation ceremony in the House of Commons in November. […]
