Every year BISHTA and SPATA come together to promote and celebrate the excellence of their member companies nationwide and overseas in the British Pool & Hot Tub Awards. The annual awards showcase the best examples of water leisure design, construction, installation and innovation from member companies of the trade associations and they also provide the […]
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Hot tubs are the must-have ingredient in the recipe to holiday booking success. According to self-catering specialists Hoseasons, a private hot tub is the number one searched for item on the website, accounting for more than 100,000 searches each month. “Hot tubs really are the golden goose of the holiday market,” comments Jon Moxon, business […]
In the rapidly evolving hot tub industry, it is impossible to over emphasise the vital issue of training. With an estimated 200,000 units currently installed in the UK, and with some putting the figure as high as 300,000, poorly maintained hot tubs are a potential ticking time bomb. Even more surprising then that there is no […]
With an estimated 250,000 domestic pools in the UK, the BSPF continues to highlight the importance of informed choice for pool and spa owners. On average, more than 400 people drown in the UK each year, nearly 60% of these are children and young people. Swimming accounts for an average of 60 people out of […]
Members of the Swimming Pool and Allied Trade Association celebrated as their 2016 British Pool & Hot Tub Awards were held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry in January. The big winners of the night were Cresta Leisure who won The Dick Millward Trophy for Pool Contactor of the Year on the back of two Gold, […]
It was almost a clean sweep for Hydropool UK at the recent BISHTA awards evening, as the team walked away with two Gold and three Silver awards. The Hydropool UK showroom in Portsmouth, which boasts four operational swim spas and 15 hot tubs, was named Best Showroom and Hydropool also took Gold in the Residential […]
A beer cellar within a former London pub has been transformed into a two-bedroom apartment with a luxury spa and wellness area, with a little help from Euphoria Lifestyle. Euphoria Lifestyle was first contacted in November 2014 by Nacropolis GOC, a high-end residential London property developer concerning a unique project to build a private home […]
Alex Kemsley, the incoming BSPF President, gives his view on his forthcoming year in office… Taking on the role of BSPF President is a great honour, given the existing work commitments that I already have with my own company and as Chairman of BISHTA and also as a PIP Committee member. It is reassuring to […]
In this very special 20th anniversary year for SPATEX, the BSPF, BISHTA and SPATA have a busy few days planned at the show to showcase the work of the respective associations and the work of its members, alongside the other 100+ exhibitors. Visit stand A1 (just to the right of the main entrance), where the […]
The Swimming Pool and Allied Trade Association (SPATA) and the British and Irish Hot Tub Association (BISHTA) joined together for the newly named British Pool & Hot Tub Awards in February, to celebrate the achievements of their member companies. Held at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry and timed to coincide with the SPATEX swimming pool […]
