BE IN IT AND WIN IT!

Entries to the 2024 UK Pool & Spa Awards will open online, via the website, on May 1st and as another well-known catch phrase declares: “You have to be in it, to win it!” It is not vanity but sanity that is the main reason for getting involved in the sector’s leading awards. Winning a […]

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FRESH STROKES FOR PARAMOUNT

James Lee, former Managing Director for Water Treatment Products, has joined the Paramount distribution team. Jim’s career started in the swimming pool industry back in the 1980’s. His experience led him to manage some of the largest commercial swimming pools in the South East and Yorkshire. Included in his accolades, was the specifying of one […]

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UNITED VOICES IN PUBLIC POOLS CALL

A special report from the Pool & Spa Scene team… Combined voices are calling for commercial swimming pools to be recognised as essential services as leisure operators reel under the third enforced closure since the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis. The national closure of swimming pools through the third compulsory lockdown has resulted in a […]

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FOREFRONT OF INNOVATION AND EFFICIENCY

In an environmentally conscious industry such as the water leisure sector, responsible pool installers and owners are always looking to utilise the most energy efficient ways to manage and control the swimming pool hall environment. Building control regulations lay down strict guidelines for energy efficiency in swimming pool applications to enforce this. If pool hall […]

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CUTS IN SWIMMING POOL CHLORINATION COSTS

One of the most recent additions to the Gaffey Hyprolyser® range of electrochlorination units has proved to be a great investment for the Crystal Leisure Centre in Stourbridge. The centre installed Gaffey’s new Hyprolyser® Compact 960 unit in February as a replacement for its previous 15-year old system, and has since been enjoying many different […]

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Healthy Outlook

As the £24 billion London Olympics continues to dominate the headlines, UK leisure attention is already refocusing on grass roots sport, where funding concerns remain heightened.

A report by the Local Government Association warns that there will be severe cuts in non-statutory services by 2020 – but it is not all bad news. Sophisticated swimming pool design continues to deliver cost-savings while offering the potential for increased income generation by attracting more visitors – particularly the young – into the water.

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Magnificent Seven Awards

DC Leisure has once again won the highly distinguished title ‘Facility Operator of the
Year’ at the 2011 Kellogg’s ASA Swimtastic Awards, making it their seventh time scooping the top prize.
The company’s continued commitment to the development of community wide swimming programmes and initiatives led to them winning gold, up against GLL and Everyone Active.

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The Ripple Effect

Leisure Industry Week strengthened its reputation as the leading meeting place for owners and operators of commercially based pool and wellness businesses with an upbeat show at Birmingham’s NEC last month.
One of seven zones under one common leisure banner, a vibrant Pool & Spa section generated a ripple of optimism with a positive buzz reporting healthy commercial sector order books well into 2012.

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