Klafs report triple sales growth… With the Covid-19 pandemic proving to be a catalyst for growth in the self-care industry, wellness has never been so much at the forefront of consumers’ minds. Contributing to this surge, KLAFS UK, the world-leading wellness supplier, has experienced a trebling in projects from 2020 to 2021, as private […]
Covid-19
The impact of coronavirus has been very different for the commercial and residential markets. More used to hearing of a north vs south divide, a different kind of gap is emerging in the UK pool market, with the residential and commercial pool water leisure sectors experiencing completely diverse issues. Covid-19 fortunes have favoured the home […]
Companies working in the wet leisure sector are invited to take part in an annual survey designed to highlight trends and developments within the industry. Collated every year by Golden Coast, the survey generates statistics and insights that companies can use to make business decisions. The survey is anonymous, does not contain compulsory questions, and […]
Reluctant to gloat, at a time when so many other sectors, and the country as a whole, face unprecedented challenges, the UK’s residential swimming pool sector is nevertheless quietly celebrating a record year. Covid-19 has not just created a wave of ‘holiday at home’ investment but triggered a tsunami of domestic interest in health and […]
At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, many frontline NHS staff were finding themselves without the protective clothing they need to safely do their jobs due to the volume of patients with Covid-19. To help tackle the problem, thousands of volunteers across the UK got behind their sewing machines and to make hospital overalls – […]
Business owners walked a precarious tightrope this summer as they juggled the priorities of keeping family and workforce safe while grappling with the toughest trading challenges in living memory. The industry’s key suppliers had to quickly adapt to unprecedented health and safety implications. “From the beginning of lock down, our most important consideration has been […]
Serco Leisure has re-opened its AquaSplash facility on the Channel Island of Jersey, the first of its indoor sites to re-open following the closure of all leisure facilities in the UK back in March. The decision to re-open the swimming centre was taken following the Jersey Government’s announcement that the island had moved to Level […]
Some 275,000 home swimming pools and in excess of half a million hot tubs in the UK, require regular dosing of a sanitiser, such as chlorine or bromine, to keep the water healthy, and there is no evidence that COVID-19 can be spread to humans through the water in these pools and hot tubs. For […]