We first heard of the successful Olympic bid by London in 2007 there was a general cheer among all sports facility providers, who could see extra work looming, writes Mike Beardall. But the main selling point of staging a UK Olympics was the ’lasting legacy’ which the Government and sports bodies were keen to promote.
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Hot tub retailers, Wittering West, are celebrating 25 years in business by investing for the next 25 years with a major overhaul and expansion of their showroom in Kettering, Northamptonshire, reports Christina Connor.
Spa spares and repairs offer a wealth of potential to the water leisure sector, as Christina Connor reports…
Oozing infectious enthusiasm, the effervescent Conrad Bos clutches a packet of frozen peas as he welcomes me to the Bosta UK headquarters in Suffolk, writes Christina Connor.
“This is to remind us of the importance of Ps,” enthuses Conrad, Bosta’s UK managing director. “P for people; p for product and p for proper planning – we all
need to remember the peas,” he smiles.
The lifeblood of the water leisure sector, 2012 could be a challenging year for reliable supply routes of chlorine and other core pool and spa chemicals, says leading UK blenders and manufacturers, Water Treatment Products.
The Pollet Pool Group is looking ahead to a new era for its UK pool
division following the appointment of Carl Porter as UK divisional
manager.
A pool industry stalwart with three decades experience, it is a case of poacher turns gamekeeper for Carl who cut his pool building teeth in Aquabuild, the multi-award winning Porter family swimming pool construction business before a spell with Cresta Leisure.
After several false dawns; the sun appears to be perpetually shining
on the UK Jacuzzi hot tub division, writes Christina Connor.
With total sales, last financial year, of around 850 hot tubs;
figures for the first six months of their latest financial year, show
Jacuzzi UK sustaining a 46% sales growth.
New Events Ltd., co-organisers of the
Piscine UK 2013 exhibition, will be hosting
an open day at the NEC, Birmingham on
the July 6th in conjunction with partners
GL Events, organisers of Piscine Lyon and
Piscine Abu Dhabi.
The open day which will commence at 10
am and finish at 4 pm is open to media, trade associations,
exhibitors and all those interested to learn
more about the Piscine UK 2013 show.
Water companies that are about to impose a hose pipe ban in drought-affected areas of England, are misleading pool and spa businesses and their customers about the ban’s potential impact. Advice, being given by the water authorities themselves, that hot tubs cannot be filled after April 5, is both misinformed and factually incorrect. Contrary to advice being issued, hot tubs and the filling of newly constructed swimming pools are not affected by hose pipe bans.
They say there is always potential to turn a negative into a
positive. What better example of that than HotSpring hot tubs,
under the guidance of US manufacturer, Watkins, part of the
Masco Group.
