Forget stilettoes, white handbags and Gemma Collins. The often-maligned county of Essex has much to offer – particularly if you’re in the swimming pool industry. We begin our tour, as we do on any trip in the South East: on the M25. But our stay there won’t last long. We soon arrive in in the […]
Howards Hydrocare
When you dive into the pooled resources of a membership organisation like National Leisure; it is like becoming part of a very special extended family. “You don’t seem to have competitors; just lots of like-minded friends,” comments Roy Howard of Howard’s Hydrocare, based in Nazeing, Essex. “National Leisure gives you an extended but knowledgeable business […]
National Leisure companies lived up to their elite reputation with a clean sweep in the Residential Indoor Pool of the Year category of this year’s UK Pool & Spa Awards. The residential pools categories proved to be the hardest fought sector in this year’s competition with National Leisure stalwarts, Tanby Pools, taking gold, narrowly pipping […]
When Roy Howard, of Howard’s Hydrocare in Essex, heard what his customer really thought about his new DEL Moon automatic slatted cover kit, he nearly choked on his tea…
It is with great sadness that Pool & Spa Scene magazine reports the death of Ray Burt on Sunday April 28. He was 63.
When it comes to the challenging sector of swimming pool design, it pays to bring in the services of a specialist builder from the outset, preferably at the drawing board.
Some of the stand-out projects and performances from 2011 are recognised in the Pool and Spa Scene Annual Awards.










