Leading independent swimming tuition provider Swimming Nature, has been recognised for its smart learning programs and tracking systems at the Active Training Awards 2014. The company scooped the ‘Innovative Concept of the Year’ award for its swimming lesson system, which is currently being implemented across 36 venues in Greater London and Edinburgh by over 80 […]
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One of the temporary training pools installed in London for the 2012 Olympics and earmarked as a legacy benefit is being installed at Bath University. Aqua leisure specialists Barr + Wray will decommission and remove the existing pool and filtration plant from the University of Bath sports complex and install the Olympic Legacy pool and […]
Sustained hot weather provided a boost for the UK water leisure sectors last year as consumers lapped up the good weather and a seemingly unquenchable thirst for outdoor living. In July, the Pool & Spa Scene team carried out a snapshot analysis of some 137 pool and spa businesses with 54 per cent of businesses […]
Campaigners are urging Ofsted to be more ruthless in their assessment and reporting of school swimming, after figures reveal that almost half of primary school children are unable to swim 25 metres – denying them of crucial life-saving skills. Under the national curriculum, schools are required to teach pupils to swim confidently over a distance […]
A host of talented swimmers, volunteers and aquatic professionals were recognised by the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) at their inaugural awards ceremony in October. Split into eighteen categories, the awards celebrate the commitment and achievements of those involved in aquatics. Among those recognised was national leisure operator Everyone Active, who took home the Facility Operator […]
As the only 25m swimming pool within a five mile radius, Loddon Valley Leisure Centre in Reading plays an important role in providing leisure facilities to the town of Lower Earley, as well as the surrounding towns and villages. With over 3,500 gym and swimming members, plus 1,650 children attending swimming lessons on a weekly […]
The traditional curtain raiser to the exhibition season, Leisure Industry Week celebrated its 25th anniversary this year and promised to be bigger and better than ever before. It was more a case of quality over quantity in terms of attendees, but none-the-less, with 215 exhibitors spanning across six core leisure sectors including Pool & Spa, […]
A leading manufacturer of ceramic pool tiles has helped to ensure the Tower of London moat is flowing with poppies after stepping in to make thousands of the ceramic flowers. Stoke-on-Trent based Johnson Tiles was approached by project artist Paul Cummins, to help meet the target of 888,246 poppies, with each ceramic flower representing a […]
Sticking with its winning formula, the UK Pool & Spa Expo returns to the NEC in Birmingham in January promising to deliver an unmissable trade show, that brings together the whole of the UK wet leisure industry and associated sectors. Now in its third year, the 2015 show is shaping up to be a truly […]
With the UK under the stewardship of newly-elected Conservative leader, Margaret Thatcher, 1989 was a landmark year for a number of reasons including the felling of the Berlin Wall, golfer Nick Faldo becoming the first Brit to win the Masters, Arsenal winning the then first division while Band Aid were asking Do They Know It […]
