While many students are using every penny they can scrape together to pay for tuition fees, accommodation and perhaps the occasional pint in the student bar, friends Alex Kemsley and Simon Dickson had different ideas.
Author: Ashleigh MacKenzie
Above ground pools were the come back kids of 2013 as both temperatures and sales soared to levels not seen for almost a decade. With sustained summer sunshine throughout July and August, 2013 turned out to be a vintage year for above ground pools.
A new convenience store in Hastings has celebrated its launch with a donation to two local school swimming pools.
It may have been the wettest winter in a hundred years but pool and spa retailers should be getting set for a sizzling summer, if we are to believe scientists, who are 75 per cent certain that 2014 will be the hottest summer on record for the UK and Eire.
The UK Pool & Spa Expo was a worthwhile trip for a group of school fundraisers from Somerset, who were delighted to receive a donation of tiling materials from Laticrete UK for the refurbishment of their school pool.
This ultra-sumptuous pool with spa, inspired by 18th century neo-classical design, was built for a construction magnateās Scottish home.
For the first time since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the iconic London Aquatics Centre at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park has opened its doors to the public, costing as little as Ā£3.50 per swim.
Initially planned to be a straightforward in-ground pool installation, this residential outdoor project in Shoreham, Kent turned out to be a complete pool and landscaping package for Kent-based Bespoke Swimming Pools.
The entrepreneurial managing director of renowned swimming pool company Guncast, offers an insight into that elite world of luxurious residential and commercial swimming pool projects in his newly published book, Creating Luxurious Swimming Pools.
The UK swimming pool and spa sector celebrated one of its best years in a decade at its annual UK Pool & Spa Awards with the industry reporting an eight per cent increase in business.
