A regal pair, Christine and Tony Canueto, of Pools Plus, in Berkshire, turned up for work for a whole week, dressed as Pearly King and
Queen, to mark their 30th wedding anniversary.
The pair’s pearl wedding anniversary coincided with the landmark achievement of reaching 30 years in business.
Certikin
Representatives of the 26 member companies that make up the UK-based buying consortium of National Leisure gathered in Amsterdam recently accompanied by Pool and Spa Scene editor, Christina Connor. The group visited the premises of Interhiva and Starline in Holland and Belgium to find out more about the products National Leisure already stocks and to learn about many new products they could potentially add to their 2012 offering.
Cut throat price-slashing is costing the pool building industry
dear according to one of its leading figures, Stephen Booth,
managing director of Alba/SB Pools Ltd.
“The industry should be very concerned about the pricing that is going on,” warns Stephen. “Companies are slashing prices in order to win contracts at a no-profit price,” he says.
Stephen emphasises: “Price slashing is a short term strategy which ends up with too many companies closing and not being able to see contracts through – making life doubly difficult for the professional companies that are left.”
Individuality is today’s watchword when it comes to automatic pool covers.
Gone are the days when home pool owners were impressed simply by the push-button action of the automatic cover. Now they demand a bespoke product that is precision engineered not only to automatically exit the pool water but to disappear into a wall or floor; completely invisible when the pool is in use.
European suppliers are considering the ramifications of the recall of approximately one million swimming pool drain covers from at least eight manufacturers.
In a landmark move in June, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled the pool drain covers they say were incorrectly rated to handle the flow of water – posing a potential entrapment risk.
UK-based, Certikin International can trace its export
roots back to the Sixties.
The company now boasts a presence in 50 countries
globally, largely known for its own branded equipment
suitable for all wet leisure applications from domestic
through to commercial and Olympic sized pools.
The only one-piece ‘tiled‘ composite pool currently available in the UK water leisure sector, the Signature Pool range is a top shelf option for the all-in-one market.
