The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

Switched-on hot tub businesses look to maximise the spending value of every customer contact. While every website click, e-shot, home installation or service visit presents an opportunity for promotion and sales, it’s the showroom visits that are the top tier on the cake when it comes to ‘sealing the deal’. The showroom is the window […]

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Driving Force

Across the world we are seeing some outstanding and sometimes outlandish projects popping up. Take, for instance, Sky Habit apartment complex in Singapore with a pool suspended between two buildings 100m from the ground. Here in London a developer is seeking planning permission to build a huge transparent pool between two blocks at Embassy Gardens. […]

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Pride Of Place

Aviemore in Inverness has been put firmly on the map following the opening of Cairngorm Spas’ new-look show centre – the Highland Home Centre. Now featuring a brand new café, plus a greater range of Hydropool hot tubs and swim spas, the centre is a one stop shop for all aspects of indoor and outdoor […]

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Curtain Raiser

Spa and hot tub manufacturers and retailers from across the country will be flocking to Coventry at the end of the month, to the UK’s largest water leisure exhibition – SPATEX. The three-day exhibition returns to the Ricoh Arena from Tuesday January 31 to Thursday February 2. Over 90 exhibitors from across all areas of […]

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Ready To Roll

With over 90 confirmed exhibitors, SPATEX 2017 will welcome leading water leisure suppliers and loyal followers to the show. Marking its 21st anniversary milestone SPATEX returns to Coventry’s Ricoh Arena from Tuesday January 31 to Thursday February 2 inclusive, and promises to re-invigorate and re-energise the industry for the year ahead. As usual, SPATEX offers […]

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Italian Expo Hots Up

Italy’s popular industry exhibition, ForumPiscine, will return to the Bologna Exhibition Centre in 2017 and is a must-attend for the combined pool and spa sectors. The event runs from 16-18 February 2017 and is expected to welcome around 6,000 visitors and more than 150 international exhibitors. New for 2017 is the Surfaces area which is […]

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Luxury Living

Aqua Platinum designed and built a luxurious high-end swimming pool and wellness complex for use by residents within a 350-block retirement home in Wiltshire. The intricate scheme includes a stunning indoor swimming pool with two infi nity edge corners to ensure the bathers can take in the dramatic views adjacent to the full-length glass. The […]

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A Cut Above

Surrey-based Falcon Pools was named overall winner in the Residential Outdoor Pool of the Year category at this year’s UK Pool & Spa Awards, with this outstanding concrete tiled pool. Falcon Pools’ brief was to create a natural looking swimming pool that would blend well within the traditional surroundings of the property. A safety cover […]

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SCP UK Consolidates Its British Supply Route

SCP UK has consolidated its two warehouse facilities, currently located in Basildon and Gatwick, into one main central headquarters at the Gatwick branch to better manage its supply route. The Brexit result escalated the company’s decision to restructure and refine its inventory management and distribution within the UK. Dash Ganeson, Managing and Finance Director at […]

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Making Waves

With swimming participation figures up and a marked increase in the number of people visiting its leisure centres, Everybody Sport & Recreation is making waves in its goal of changing lives through healthy recreation. The charitable trust operates 15 leisure centres and is responsible for delivering leisure services in partnership with Cheshire East Council. In […]

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