The Institute of Swimming Pool Engineers (ISPE) paid a special thanks to one of its longest-serving members at the recent annual general meeting, by presenting John Asher with an award in recognition of his commitment to the Institute. John Asher of Asher Pools in Lincolnshire retired from the Institute Council earlier this year after nearly […]
Pool and spa scene
A doyen of the pool industry, Tony Line, founder of London Swimming Pool Company (LSPC) has died aged 67. Tony leaves behind one of the most successful swimming pool businesses in the UK and a lasting imprint on the industry with his passion and commitment to quality and professionalism in the pool industry is legendary. […]
Lonza has bid farewell to swimming pool water treatment expert, Arthur Cox, who has officially retired from the company after a long and distinguished career in this specialist field.
Transforming lacklustre swimming pools into intricate works of art is an area of pool design in which Craig Bragdy Design is a master. With a reputation spanning four decades, the Welsh-based company’s name is linked with some of the world’s most spectacular swimming pools.
Kent-based Hydropool retailers, The Pool and Spa Company celebrated the refurbishment of their Ruxley show site with an open day recently. The revamp has put 60% of displays undercover investing in the company as an all year round, weather proof show centre. The company now displays: 19 hot tubs, three swim spas and four saunas. […]
Loyal Grove Leisure and Country Leisure (GRP) Ltd are now trading as one company namely Country Leisure Fibreglass Ltd from its manufacturing plant at Cholderton near Salisbury in Wiltshire. Originally founded in 1991 to satisfy the early demand for flume attractions in the UK, flume and water slide specialists Loyal Grove Leisure had historically purchased […]
The UK swimming pool and spa sectors are set to celebrate one of their most successful years in nearly a decade at the forthcoming 2015 UK Pool & Spa Awards. Now entering their sixth year, the UK Pool & Spa Awards will be held at The Gallery at the NEC on Friday January 23 and […]
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Leisure Industry Week (LIW) returns to Birmingham’s NEC from September 30 to October 2, promising to be bigger and better than ever before. Up to 7,000 leisure industry professionals are expected to visit the three day show, spanning across six core sectors including Pool & Spa, Play, Health & […]
Automatic control has drastically reduced the risks of human error in the UK’s commercial pool sector… It is hard to comprehend how any modern day commercial pool operator could demonstrate responsible ‘duty of care’ if they have not switched to automatic water treatment dosing. A relic of the bygone days being practised by just a […]
Specialist leisure operators offer a win-win situation reports Ashleigh Mackenzie… Hurtling towards the 30th anniversary of the introduction of Compulsive Competitive Tendering, the tightening of financial purse strings has made the outsourcing of leisure operations an irresistible temptation for the majority of local authorities in the UK. In the past ten years, 70% of council-owned […]
