In 1976 Andrea Morrisonās father was a local house builder. His company, R.T Halls Builders, were getting more and more enquiries regarding swimming pools and during the heat wave that year he started building residential pools. Following in his footsteps, Andrea and husband-to-be Syd decided to set up a company to build and maintain swimming […]
Author: Ashleigh MacKenzie
A Ā£20,000 reward is being offered by the Metropolitan Police for information regarding the death of a 15-year-old boy in a London lido over 40 years ago. Enrico Sidoli died in hospital in July 1976 after being pulled unconscious from Parliament Hill Lido in Hampstead, 11 days earlier. Detectives are now offering an incentive for […]
If youāve been working on a pool project this year that youāre particularly proud of, then donāt miss your chance to enter the UK Pool & Spa Awards. The 2017 competition will showcase the very best of the companies involved in the provision of water leisure in Great Britain. Project categories include Residential Indoor Pool […]
Leisure operator GLL is recruiting older people to help save a national shortage of lifeguards. With up to 20 per cent of its lifeguarding roles unļ¬lled and around 90 current vacancies, GLL also hopes the initiative will counter common misconceptions around lifeguarding and encourage a wider demographic to apply. āYou donāt need to be body […]
Sizzling summer temperatures provided a welcome boost for the countryās water leisure sector. The high temperatures sent young and old alike flocking to open air swimming pools and lidos in an attempt to cool off. In fact, searches for water parks, lidos and beaches increased by an average of 277 per cent between June 19 […]
Public pool builds are costing up to 25 per cent more than they should, according to worldwide building experts Natare Pools. In particular major building ļ¬rms are slow to adopt new ideas such as state-of-the-art ļ¬ltration, dosing and environmental control technology that negate the need for huge plant rooms. āWe are trying to break habits […]
The alarming increase in the number of media reports on entrapment accidents, highlights the fear that many pools and spas remain unsafe ticking time bombs for unsuspecting swimmers. The danger is escalated when you realise how poorly management and lifeguards at many holiday resorts and hotels are trained to avoid entrapment risks. There are hundreds […]
With more sports and leisure opportunities on offer than ever before, swimming remains the countryās most popular participatory exercise activity. Latest ļ¬gures from Sport England revealed a small increase of 11,000 people taking up the sport in 2016 with 2.52 million now swimming at least once a week. Yet the number of public swimming pools […]
With an estimated 2.5 million Brits working out in water every week, it is no wonder that aquatic ļ¬tness is creating big waves in the leisure sector. Technological advancements combined with the heightened awareness of the beneļ¬ts of exercising in water, has led to a growing demand for aquatic ļ¬tness and its associated products. The […]
Visitors to Yate Leisure Centre in Bristol may be surprised to ļ¬nd a new addition at the venue ā an 18 x 10m temporary outdoor swimming pool. While the indoor swimming pool is out of action for essential maintenance until October, management at the leisure facility called upon Rio Pools to come up with a […]
