HAT-TRICK OF POOLSTAR AWARDS

Despite a challenging backdrop of rising costs and suppressed spending, AES continues to not only hit but also exceed both its sales and growth targets year-on-year. The company’s top performers continue to be pool heat pumps and, in the second half of the year, the new range of Poolex spa heat pumps attracted a growing […]

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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

One-piece-pools offer an exciting business dimension, not only for traditional pool builders, but equally for established spa retailers. Andy and Laura Wroot of Midlands located MySpa UK, who have launched a pool installation division called MySpa Pools, are perfect examples. The Wroots and their dynamic team have readily grasped the brand values and USPs of […]

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OPEN INVITATION FOR UK SPA RETAILERS

Oasis Outdoor Living, incorporating the Sunbeach Spas brand, will be throwing open the doors to its new Midlands headquarters this summer. Now strategically placed in one central location, the new base, near Mansfield, has rationalised warehousing and administration but most importantly now offers vast display areas. “The new display gives us the opportunity to support […]

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A MOMENT IN TIME

In conversation with Andy Wroot, UK champion of Sundance Spas… It was way back in 1998 when Andy Wroot’s journey with Sundance Spas began when he joined his uncle who was one of the pioneering Sundance dealers in the UK. Fresh out of school as an 18-year-old, Andy was immediately captivated by selling these luxury […]

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SUPERIOR WELLNESS TEAM TRIUMPHS

Turning potential disaster into triumph, the team from Superior Wellness celebrated a remarkable end to 2023 receiving multiple awards at the UK Pool & Spa Awards. Superior Wellness were awarded Team of the Year for their response to devastating flood damage at their Chesterfield headquarters caused by Storm Babet in October. The whole site including […]

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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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MARATHON WALL OF FAME FOR LISA

Lisa Ruggles, part of the family-run Hot Tub Studio team, has recently had her name added to a distinguished wall of fame after completing the last of six gruelling marathons held around the world. The 44-year-old mother of three, step-mother of two and Nanna to three babies, has just returned home from Tokyo where she […]

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THE FEEL-GOOD FACTOR

There was something special about the return of the annual SPATEX event that, the organisers say, attracted 1,545 unique visitors. Staged as the country began to loosen the shackles of the on-going pandemic, some companies remained reluctant to send representatives, opting for reduced teams, while others avoided the usual crowded events like the traditional exhibitor […]

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WELLBEING BOOM

  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 […]

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