A former rugby league player future-proofed his business and secured vital swimming lessons for some 250 children by installing his own swimming pool at home. Richard Gay, a former Hull rugby star, and his wife Kathleen, have taught more than 5,000 children across East Yorkshire through their Waterworld swim school. When closure of Sydney Smith […]
Author: Ashleigh MacKenzie
Passionate petitions to save swimming pools from closure are barely out of the news. So it might be surprising to learn that official statistics from the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) confirm there are 346 more public swimming pools in the UK than there were eight years ago. Although there are less diving pools and leisure […]
Kent-based, The Pool and Spa Company has seen an increasing trend towards overseas sales driven by UK-based customers buying for their second homes.
The Ocea team has further strengthened its UK team with the arrival of its latest recruit, Chris Rojas. Chris, has joined Ocea UK on an apprenticeship scheme and will continue to undertake studies on a day release basis at Witney and Abingdon College. Chris, 19, takes on a customer sales and service role and is […]
It has been some time since a topic has ignited the industry into such a fever as two rival pool and spa trade shows so close in proximity and timing.
BOSTA was one of the main exhibitors at the UK Pool & Spa Expo showcasing, amongst other products, its new Mega SMG filter that was particularly well received with frequent requests for information and pricing, all materialising in several show orders. Likewise Bosta’s new Saci Pumps demonstrated great potential due to their accessible price and […]
Three rogue traders who milked hundreds of customers in a home hot-tub scam have been given jail sentences totalling eight years. Staffordshire-based Spaserve was used as a “cash cow” to rake in advance payments from customers who were sold faulty hot tubs or the ordered products never arrived. The business went under with debts of […]
The recent funding boost of £190 million for apprenticeships, aims to bring a further 100,000 under 23s into the UK workforce.
When the international online news source, CNN introduced their take on the best indoor hotel pools, we were compelled to take a look. Here we bring you a taster of their irresistible selection from across the globe…
A swimming pool has re-opened to the community thanks to a determined woman who pledged her life savings to rescue the business from permanent closure.
