When it comes to business, likeable Lancashire lad, John Preston, prefers to add the personal touch – well, after all, the company does have his name on it.
Author: Ashleigh MacKenzie
When Aspire Sports and Cultural Trust installed a new spa at the GL1 Leisure Centre in Gloucester, technical manager Steve Tonks wanted the best possible conditions for users, so he opted for Zeoclere media for the filtration rather than traditional sand.
Key players in the water leisure sector for more than 35 years, Golden Coast is now leading the way when it comes to the use of online and social media marketing within the industry.
Having over 25 years experience in the swimming pool construction industry, David Bland and Andrew Rutherford have recently launched Sprayed Concrete Solutions Limited.
The pair has confirmed that after a ten year commitment, they have broken away from Sprayed Concrete Services Ltd.
The multi-award winning Calorex Heat Pumps team has completed a remarkable double, winning a top honour in the National Heat Pump Awards for the second consecutive year.
The Hydropool UK team is celebrating record-breaking sales at a mammoth Ideal Home Show, topped off by a royal visit to their
prominent hot tub and swim spa stand by HRH Prince Charles – who officially opened this year’s event – officially the UK’s number
one consumer show.
Making his second visit to Ideal Home in concurrent years, the Prince of Wales met Hydropool UK’s managing director Jonathan
Bunn asking about the business; its products and its history as well as Jonathan’s opinion on the economic climate and future
prospects.
Regulars at the Aqua Aerobics class at the Oasis Pool in Hunstanton, Norfolk, were devastated to hear their star instructor had been head-hunted.
Popular instructor, Bartosz Rewkowski, a degreequalified PE instructor in his native Poland, not only taught aqua aerobics but also undertook swimming lessons, mostly for children. His classes were usually full to bursting and his departure has left huge shoes to fill.
We first heard of the successful Olympic bid by London in 2007 there was a general cheer among all sports facility providers, who could see extra work looming, writes Mike Beardall. But the main selling point of staging a UK Olympics was the ’lasting legacy’ which the Government and sports bodies were keen to promote.
The eyes of the world will be on Britain this summer as the country celebrates a unique combination of events with the coinciding of
both the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics.
The great British weather permitting; the summer of 2012 promises to be a ray of sunshine amid the recent years of
prevailing economic storm clouds.
A leading hot tub equipment supplier has warned of the dangers of selling spa components directly to the general public, fearing the consequences including inevitable fatalities. Ray Desmond, the co-founder of Spa Euro, one of Europe’s leading trade suppliers, says the spa and hot tub industry is sitting on a ticking time bomb because of the lack of regulation.











