LIGHTHOUSE ARE TOP OF POPS

Independent distributor, Lighthouse Pools has once again set the bar as the UK’s leading trade supplier in the recent UK Pool & Spa Awards. It was the fourth time in six years that Lighthouse Pools has taken the UKPSA title of Swimming Pool Trade Supplier of the Year. “The award is a validation of all […]

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GOLDEN MOVE FOR BELL LEISURE

Ahead of their 50th wedding anniversary next year, West Sussex based Bell Leisure has completed its move to a new base from Pulborough, seven miles down the road to nearby Washington. The new headquarters offers ample parking for the company’s fleet of 20 vehicles and its current team of 27. With one building dedicated to […]

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SAD LOSS FOR UK POOL INDUSTRY

Family, friends, colleagues and customers were truly saddened by the sudden passing of Aquaflex’s Terry Wickham in June. A much-loved father and grandfather, Terry, will be greatly missed by all who knew him but he had suffered with poor health in recent years. Terry founded Aquaflex with his joint Managing Director Neil Dalziel and Chairman […]

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SWIM SCHOOLS BOOM ACROSS UK

Long term Cresta Leisure customers, Gemma and Dan Dixon have run swim schools in the Hampshire area for 20 years. Fed up with the lack of pool access time, they launched Pool Time Pro last year to provide their own top quality pools for the growing number of swim school customers they are now teaching. […]

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Top Of The Class – Swim Schools

Boasting unrivalled commercial pool building credentials, Cresta Leisure has been closely involved with the phenomenal growth of swim schools in the UK. The marriage of convenience began some six years ago when Cresta exhibited at a commercial leisure exhibition. “We were positioned next to the demo pool at LIW where hundreds of children and aspiring […]

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Country Charm

Ilsington Country House Hotel on Dartmoor has recently opened the doors to its newly refurbished spa and pool area. Devon-based Signature Pools & Leisure worked with Inbeca on the refurbishment project to provide a modern, state-of-the art spa facility, within a tranquil environment. Keir Balouza, director at Signature Pools & Leisure explains: “We discussed various […]

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WALK-IN WONDER

Dartmouth Golf & Country Club’s £850,000 investment in a new spa has paid immediate dividends with the West Country resort reporting a 71 per cent increase in revenue compared to 2013. The popular resort has been inundated with enquiries from people eager to experience the new facilities since opening in the spring, with a further 23 per cent rise in walk-in customers for the new swimming pool.

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Wet Specialist Support Pays Off

Commercial pool specialists, Alba Pools, has recently completed the refurbishment of the swimming pool at Kimbolton School. Key to the successful transformation was the installation of a new Alkorplan lining system to the pool tank, fitted by a specialist team from Aquaflex. Originally opened in 2000, it took several years to realise there were fundamental […]

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Face To Face Format Heralded Success

Members of the National Leisure group of companies came face to face with its main suppliers at its biennial seminar recently at the Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire.
The Sywell event provided a fast-moving ten minute appointment slot for member companies to talk directly to suppliers to hear about both existing and new products and to
feedback comments on their use.

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