A Swimming Teachersā Association survey has revealed a quarter of public pool users do not take a shower before entering the water, with women being the biggest offenders. The survey, of more than 2,000 swimmers, also revealed that one in four people have urinated in a public swimming pool, with one in ten confessing they had done it deliberately; men aged 18-34 years were cited as the worst culprits this time. STA is one of the worldās largest swim teaching and lifesaving organisation, and delivers the highest quality training across four key business areas ā swimming teaching, lifesaving, first aid and leisure management.
Pool and Spa Industry
International water treatment specialists Waterco Europe have welcomed Darren Douglas to their UK sales team. Darren, who has a well established background working in water treatment industries, will be working mainly within the UK market supporting Watercoās distribution networks and pursuing new opportunities within the aquatic and industrial water treatment markets. Tony Fisher, managing director […]
Topline Electronics Limited has appointed Barry Humphries as sales director, heading up our sales team at the UKās largest manufacturer of swimming pool chemical control equipment and ancillary products. Barry joins Topline with 30 yearsā experience in the swimming pool industry, working in both the public and private sector, and most recently Siemens, one of […]
The proliferation of water treatment and desalination facilities around the world in recent years has seen a concurrent increase in demand for commercial and industrial sized water filters. Waterco Europe Ltd, an international water treatment and filtration manufacturer and distributor, has been developing filters and technologies for more than 30 years and today its products […]
Pool insulation specialist, Thermapool, has won a Green Apple Environment Award in the national campaign to find Britainās greenest companies, councils and communities. The company, based in Essex, competed against more than 500 other nominations and will be presented with their Green Apple Award at a presentation ceremony in the House of Commons in November. […]
A team from ARDEX UK and Building Adhesives Limited completed the National Three Peaks Challenge this summer in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital raising Ā£10,000 in sponsorship. The money will be specifically ued on the ward that continues to care for Olivia, the 15-month-old daughter of Mark Dove, area sales manager East Anglia and […]
Lonza Microbial Control formerly Arch Chemicals, and better known as the manufacturers of the HTH range of commercial pool products has recently welcomed Peter Froggatt to its UK Commercial Team. Peter will undertake the technical and sales management role for the South of England working with the current HTH product distribution network and end users […]
Taking the notion of plug and play spa to a whole new dimension, self-styled spa enthusiast and all-round clever guy, Ian Bowden has come up with a new style of mobile hot tub. An enterprising āBritā living mostly in Sweden and also in Spain, Ian began to explore the possibility of a portable spa pool […]
Maybe it is their love of Freizeit and Nature but the Germans are leading a stampede for natural swimming ponds across Europe. Very similar to natural garden ponds, they are specifically designed for swimming in clean, pure water that is free from chemicals.
Already a popular choice for its problem-solving capabilities in the commercial pool sector, Zeoclere 30, the alternative pool and spa filter media to standard sand, is gaining an ever-increasing following in residential pools and not just in the UK. Zeoclereās parent distributor company, Mineral Supplies International, recently added Finland to its global distribution network and […]
