A ÂŁ20,000 reward is being offered by the Metropolitan Police for information regarding the death of a 15-year-old boy in a London lido over 40 years ago. Enrico Sidoli died in hospital in July 1976 after being pulled unconscious from Parliament Hill Lido in Hampstead, 11 days earlier. Detectives are now offering an incentive for […]
Pool and Spa Industry
If youâve been working on a pool project this year that youâre particularly proud of, then donât miss your chance to enter the UK Pool & Spa Awards. The 2017 competition will showcase the very best of the companies involved in the provision of water leisure in Great Britain. Project categories include Residential Indoor Pool […]
Sizzling summer temperatures provided a welcome boost for the countryâs water leisure sector. The high temperatures sent young and old alike flocking to open air swimming pools and lidos in an attempt to cool off. In fact, searches for water parks, lidos and beaches increased by an average of 277 per cent between June 19 […]
Public pool builds are costing up to 25 per cent more than they should, according to worldwide building experts Natare Pools. In particular major building ďŹrms are slow to adopt new ideas such as state-of-the-art ďŹltration, dosing and environmental control technology that negate the need for huge plant rooms. âWe are trying to break habits […]
Jacuzzi Brands has announced the acquisition of Hydropool Hot Tubs and Swim Spas. Joining forces, the Hydropool team will lead the global swim spa program for Jacuzzi Brands and will have access to Jacuzziâs global resources. David Jackson, Stephane Barralis and the Hydropool management team will remain in place and continue to run and expand […]
Returning for the ninth consecutive competition, the UK Pool & Spa Awards showcase the very best of the companies in the British hot tub and spa industry and is still accepting entries until September 2017. Building on continued success, the event is set to be bigger and better with over 30 award-winning opportunities. We have […]
The French Federation of Swimming Pool Professionals (FPP) revealed the winners of its 2016 pool awards earlier this year. Now in its 11th year, the competition welcomed 350 entries across 13 categories and showcased the very best example of French pool design. The competition was judged by an expert panel in conjunction with an online […]
Five members of the Lincolnshire-based 1 Stop Spas team have become the first APSP Certified Hot Tub Technicians in the UK. The engineers were the first outside of North America to complete the new Certified Hot Tub Technician (CHTT) course, hosted by SpaTech Training. The intensive program covers the essentials of servicing portable and permanently […]
Polin Waterparks and WOW Company have collaborated on a brand new waterpark installation â the only one of its kind in Turkey. The Legends of Aqua waterpark is part of the largest leisure and entertainment site in the country, covering 639,000m2. Polin Waterparks and WOW worked together on the design of a 200m2 bespoke pool […]
The company behind the temporary swimming pools used at last yearâs Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have refuted claims that the pools have fallen into disrepair and have revealed that the pools will soon be moved to permanent locations. Italian-based Myrtha Pools said the news concerning the deterioration of the facilities after the Games, […]
