SMOOTH OPERATORS

You have to go back to the late Seventies to find the first swimming pool constructed by David Clark and his multi award-winning Northamptonshire based Lifestyle Pools team. Three decades ago, with limited technology in the industry, the company’s aim was to build a better than average pool to the complete satisfaction and aspirations of […]

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WINDOW ON POOL-BUYING TRENDS

With a huge number of pools being installed every year and 25 years of experience, NIVEKO is in an almost unique position to observe buying patterns. The current trend on the European markets is to combine a wide variety of materials and colours in the garden, the company advise. “Natural granite in the most striking […]

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LUXURY LIVING COMMERCIAL POOL CASE STUDY Aqua Platinum Projects add five star wellness appeal…

Prince of Wales Drive is a brand new collection of beautiful one, two and three-bedroom apartments built by Berkeley Group. Set within two and a half acres of beautifully landscaped gardens, the spacious apartments offer a premium specification and distinctive interior design. The Aqua Platinum Projects team was commissioned to create the glamorous basement swimming […]

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NEW STYLE SWIM CENTERS LAUNCHED

A new, state-of-the-art learn to swim centre has welcomed its first wave of swimmers. PaddlePod @ Newcastle, at Silverbirch Drive, near Gosforth Park, is the first of two new swim centres devised by North East entrepreneur and former swimming coach Phil Groom. And along with swimming lessons for babies, toddlers, children and adults, it offers […]

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OCEA UK WELCOME THE ROARING TWENTIES

The UK’s residential swimming pool sector is roaring in to the 2020s with the challenge to meet an ever-more discerning client with bespoke pools and complicated installs. Ocea UK, a main supplier to the UK trade, says demand is at its highest ever level with an ever-evolving market where clients demand a turnkey approach to […]

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QUESTIONS OVER TRIPLE SPANISH HOTEL DROWNINGS

Following the tragic deaths of three family members at a Spanish hotel pool on Christmas Eve, police have halted official investigations declaring the incident was a tragic accident. Gabriel Diya, 52, his daughter, nine year- old, Comfort and son Praise- Emmanuel, 16, drowned in a pool at Club La Costa World in Fuengirola while on […]

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INDEPENDENT INSPECTION CALL FOLLOWING POOL TRAGEDY

MSI has campaigned for years to get the hotel tourism sector to accept the risks posed by swimming pool drain entrapment. A company spokesperson said: “It’s a tragedy that three members of the Diya family died in the same pool incident, and it’s also a travesty the family has not been given access to the […]

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THE DAWN OF THE POWER BRANDS

It all started with a Spaform hot tub in the summer of ‘93. Having bought a Spaform for their home, and having an instinct they would sell, the property developer, father and son partnership, of David and Jonathan Bunn, were joined by their friend Lloyd Burden, at a regional show; a venture to test the […]

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SUPERIOR PLAN 2020 REVOLUTION

2020 will be a significant year in the rapid growth of Superior Spas with the opening of a new, purpose-built distribution centre in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The new facility will be the largest in the UK, with warehousing for over 800 spas, a large distribution showroom for dealer visits, offices and seminar room, along with improved […]

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ANNUAL PRIZE GIVING FOR INSTITUTE

At its annual ISPE Awards, ISPE President Colin Day, FISPE, congratulated four of this year’s successful exam candidates who are now ISPE ‘Certified Technicians’. He presented them each with their Technician certificate and ISPE lapel badge. The Gartside Cup for Student of the Year, the student achieving the highest total mark in their ISPE exams, […]

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