KEYS TO SWIM SPA SELLING SUCCESS

  Swim spa sales rising again…Swim spas enjoyed a huge rise in demand during the pandemic as gyms and local pools closed and consumers turned to home workouts. While demand slowed down post-pandemic, the market is now experiencing renewed interest in swim spas with demand starting to increase. During the pandemic, the shipping rates for […]

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TWO YEAR TARGET FOR URBAN OASIS

Therme Manchester, the UK’s first city-based wellbeing resort, is on course to begin work later this year with construction scheduled to take around 24 months. It is the first in a nationwide rollout of the Therme concept, set to include Glasgow, London and Wales. Expected to attract up to 20,000 visitors a day, Therme Group’s […]

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SUNBEACH FLEXES UK MUSCLE

Sunbeach Spas is in the final stages of a move to a new Midlands headquarters due to be completed before September this year. Only six miles up the road from their current base, the new location offers impressive transport links, being directly adjacent to the A38 and only three miles from J28 of the M1. […]

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WRIGHT APPOINTMENT FOR AWG

Aqua Warehouse Group (AWG) have appointed well known industry personality, David Wright as Business Development Manager. David offers an outstanding insight on how the hot tub industry works and brings vast knowledge and experience. Working with many of the leading spa manufacturers, David has been in the wet leisure industry for 23 years. He started […]

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LAMB STRENGTHENS DRYDEN AQUA TEAM

Jimmy Lamb has joined Dryden Aqua as the UK and Ireland Sales Manager for pools and water treatment. Dryden Aqua is one of the largest manufacturer of glass filtration media, delivering sustainable and cost-effective solutions for the drinking and waste water industry, for aquaria and aquatic life support systems as well as for swimming pools […]

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POOLS….AND HOT TUBS, TOO!

A recent ISPE presentation by Karl Rowntree from Rotaspa covered the topical issue of energy saving in hot tubs. The Institute is planning to present more topics of interest to those in the spa/ hot tub side of the trade and would be interested to hear what subjects you would like to see presented. Subjects […]

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FILTRATION WORKSHOP DATE

The next ISPE Filtration Workshop on Tuesday November 14th at Plastipack’s premises in St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, is by kind permission of Peter Adlington, FISPE. This workshop, presented by Chris Carr, FISPE and Philip Barlow, FISPE, with assistance form Kim Mumford, MISPE, is ideal for new fitters or those who would like a bit of […]

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THE VALUE OF BUILDING VALUE

A global business development expert, Steve Hasenmueller urges us to Embrace the Effort… Everyone in sales wants to sell more and selling ā€˜more’ normally comes down to our Efforts and our Effectiveness. I’ve always asserted that when you zoom way out – a salesperson’s job basically boils down to two things: #1 – Building Value […]

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LATEST ISPE STUDENT SUCCESS

The Institute has confirmed the latest names in the frame following this year’s exam success. Certificates will be presented at the 2023 ISPE Awards, as part of the 129th ISPE One-Day Seminar, to be held in Cobham, Surrey on Thursday October 12th. Various awards may be presented to those who submitted outstanding exam papers, including, […]

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EXCITING CHANGES AT THE TOP

At its recent agm, PWTAG elected a new chair and vice-chair, decided to look for a chief executive and set out on a path they hope will increase their effectiveness and influence. The new chair is Colin Day who represents the Institute of Swimming Pool Engineers, the vice chair Ian Ogilvie of the Institute of […]

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