New Venture For Sundance UK

Sundance Pools UK have announced the launch of their own exclusive trade range of pools. The subsidiary brand, Sunquest Pools, has been launched with trade distributors in mind and the company hopes to use their latest business addition to deal with the rising demands for UK-based manufacturing. “The upsurge in customers over last 20 years […]

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ISPE Spring Seminar Success

Over 40 delegates attended ISPE’s 115th One-Day Seminar in March and many of those present later said what an informative and enjoyable day it was. The Institute was delighted to welcome Steve Baker from Solus, who gave a RIBA-approved CPD presentation on slip-resistant tiles and the grades that should be used in different applications, including […]

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MP Promises A Protected Future

The Tintometer, a global exporter of water analysis products, was given the opportunity to test a local MP at a recent factory tour. John Glen, the Conservative MP for Salisbury and South Wiltshire, made the important visit to one of the area’s largest employers in March, and took the chance to assure staff at The […]

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Revamped Facilities Herald New SCP Era

A subsidiary of global pool giants, POOLCORP, SCP UK has launched a new era with the expansion and revamp of its now centralised warehouse and distribution facility at Gatwick. The new look hub now boasts a seminar room and wellness centre within the 45,000 sq ft space. The rationalisation includes the switch from a branch/warehouse […]

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Heatstar Celebrates Record Results

Analysis of Heatstar’s service engineer’s visits for 2016 shows that 96.7 per cent of mechanical breakdowns were fixed on the first visit. This outstanding result vindicates Heatstar’s investment in maintaining nationwide aftersales service coverage with a team of dedicated and experienced engineers based around the UK. These engineers are employed by Heatstar, trained by Heatstar […]

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Lorne Kennedy – Operations Director at Barr + Wray

Lorne Kennedy has spent the majority of his career working in various roles within the water leisure industry. He began managing swimming pools then made the move into sales at Brenntag, where he spent eight years as UK Sales Manager. In 2011 Lorne joined Barr + Wray as European Sales Director and he has recently […]

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Crème De La Crème

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 […]

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Blended Lifeguarding Technology

Lively, well-attended seminars at this year’s Elevate show at London’s Excel included a thought-provoking talk by ‘blended’ lifeguarding specialists, Pool View, on balancing the role of technology for the benefit of staff and users of public swimming pools. A self-confessed ‘early adopter’ Robin McGloughlin of Poolview said it has taken many years of knocking on […]

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Community Spirit

Fun family fitness is the inspiration behind Bolsover’s brand new health centre – Go! Active – which officially opened in January. The Derbyshire-based pool and spa complex boasts a 25m swimming pool, a children’s pool, complete with a flume ride as well as a thermal spa suite which includes a steam room, sauna, ice fountain […]

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Ready To Roll

Returning for the ninth consecutive competition, the UK Pool & Spa Awards showcase the very best companies involved in the provision of water leisure in Great Britain. Building on its continued success, the event is set to be bigger and better with overwhelming demand boosting the number of award winning opportunities to 31 this year. […]

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