Energy efficiency and low operating costs are features that promote themselves naturally to any prospective heat pump client, perhaps more so now than at any time in the past.
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Driven by energy efficiency awareness, legal regulations and aesthetic improvements, suppliers from all around the world are fast tracking lighting design.
After two years working closely with the design team, Anapos was awarded a contract worth almost £250k for the supply and installation of all the thermal spa equipment to create the Aqua Spa within the China Fleet Country Club in Cornwall. The Anapos team built the spa with equipment supplied by Certikin. The steam generators […]
With a new venue, a new look and a splash of new exhibitors, as well as products, the eagerly anticipated SPATEX exhibition returned with a more professional feel.
A major date on the pool and spa annual calendar, the Certikin team hit the road for their annual series of road shows with seminars at Crawley, Solihull and Exeter. Managing Director, Neil Murray touched briefly on the success of the company’s 50th anniversary celebrations last year but said that the focus was now firmly on the future.
Despite this year’s outstanding summer, the number of new pool builds across the UK and Eire continues its downward trend.
Leisure Industry Week is renowned for its buzz and its lycra and this year, once again it did not disappoint.
For those who made the trip to Birmingham’s, there was plenty to inspire, enthuse and energise the leisure business sectors.
Basking in the biggest heatwave for years, record high temperatures have resulted in a much-welcomed spike in sales for the UK pool and spa sectors heralding the return of the feel good factor to the UK water leisure economy.
After 36 years of dedicated service, Certikin’s Chairman, Patrick Thorpe, is retiring from the business. The son of a Kentish coal miner, Patrick, 64, has been a key fi gure in steering Certikin’s growth from a modest, though signifi cant, UK distributor to a major part of Fluidra, one of the world’s largest multi-national companies. Patrick joined Certikin in 1972 as Financial Controller when it was owned by Brian Stannah, of Stannah stair lift fame and Bob Kent who was Managing Director.
Holiday park operators, health club venues and hotel leisure facilities are missing out on potentially huge savings on running their swimming pools, at a time when environmentally-friendly solutions has never been more affordable, warn Calorex Heat Pumps, the UK’s leading water leisure energy efficiency specialists.
