Resilience And Determination Triumph

Resilience in business is an essential skill that Northampton-based hot tub dealership Hot Tubs At Home has mastered to a fine art. Specialising in Coast Spas, chemical products and spa accessories and serving Northamptonshire and the surrounding counties, Hot Tubs At Home occupies a large showroom at the Bell Plantation Garden Centre in Towcester. The […]

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Annual Review For Top Of Jacuzzi Pops

The annual Jacuzzi hot tub conference was held at the new Leeds headquarters of Jacuzzi UK which shares a building with the latest showroom of Outdoor Living, the UK’s top selling Jacuzzi dealers.

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Aqua Warehouse Host Dealer Day

Following the launch of their new showroom, Aqua Warehouse recently hosted its annual two-day dealer event, welcoming Vita Spa dealers from across the country.

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Student Dream Becomes Reality

While many students are using every penny they can scrape together to pay for tuition fees, accommodation and perhaps the occasional pint in the student bar, friends Alex Kemsley and Simon Dickson had different ideas.

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UK POOL & SPA AWARDS 2014

The UK swimming pool and spa sectors celebrated one of its best years in a decade at its annual UK Pool & Spa Awards with an *eight per cent increase in business. More hostages to fortune with the unpredictable British weather,Ā  rather than the economy; two months of sustained summer temperatures in July and August […]

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Opportunity Knocks For Jacuzzi Dealers

ā€˜Opportunities’ provided the theme for the annual Jacuzzi Spa and Bath training seminar held at the Rookery Hall Spa and Conference centre in the heart of Cheshire, writes Christina Connor. UK-based dealers were given statistics on another record- breaking year of sales for the Jacuzzi hot tub brand.

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Front Of House

More than ever, traditional pool and spa businesses are questioning the wisdom of maintaining a shop or showroom location. With increased competition from on-line retail sales, for some, the burden of rent, rates, display stock and staffing costs is becoming more and more difficult to justify. But other retailers are turning a negative into a positive by honing in on the Internet as a crucial marketing tool that can drive visitors to their shop sites and vitally, once there, maximising the potential of that visit.

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Interhiva UK Creating Circle Of Excellence

One of the most fired up water leisure teams gearing up for 2013, is the newly formed line up of Interhiva UK. Initially focusing on spas but also steadily building the swimming pool portfolio side of the business, the Interhiva UK team offers a wealth of industry knowledge and experience.

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Family Businesses Are Backbone Of UK Pool And Spa Trade

No-one can doubt the way the water leisure industry is changing with more corporate enterprises and more global players. But the backbone of the UK trade business remains husband and wife teams and family businesses that continue to be handed down through the generations. It was back in the famously scorching summer of 1977 that David Adams, the founder of Golden Coast, decided to build a pool for his sons.

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LaMotte Launches Into Europe

LaMotte Europe is the new European office for LaMotte USA, bringing LaMotte’s unrivalled range of water analysis equipment firmly into the European pool and spa market. The LaMotte Europe office aims to consolidate LaMotte’s growth in Europe over the past six years, through expanding dealer and distribution networks, as well as supporting the existing ones. The office and warehouse, based in Warwick in the UK, has the advantage of providing a European stock centre resulting in significantly shorter lead times for European customers, as well as local technical expertise and support.

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