TWO YEAR TARGET FOR URBAN OASIS

Therme Manchester, the UK’s first city-based wellbeing resort, is on course to begin work later this year with construction scheduled to take around 24 months. It is the first in a nationwide rollout of the Therme concept, set to include Glasgow, London and Wales. Expected to attract up to 20,000 visitors a day, Therme Group’s […]

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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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UK BRAND AMBASSADORS

UK brand ambassadors for Niveko, the HTP Group has experienced sustained business growth, over the past decade, reflecting the pace of its fast-moving one-piece pool supplier. ā€œIt is 12 years since we bought our first Niveko pool which has served as a flagship project for us, over more than a decade,ā€ reflects HTP’s Managing Director, […]

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DG DELIVERS ANNIVERSARY SURPRISE

DG Pool & Leisure marked the 25th year work anniversary of Senior Swimming Pool Engineer, Paul Stapley, with a surprise team party at the local pub. Paul has been instrumental in the growth and development of DG Pool & Leisure. Directors Glyn Lucas and Jo Calvert, as well as the DG Team, wanted to recognise […]

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WRIGHT APPOINTMENT FOR AWG

Aqua Warehouse Group (AWG) have appointed well known industry personality, David Wright as Business Development Manager. David offers an outstanding insight on how the hot tub industry works and brings vast knowledge and experience. Working with many of the leading spa manufacturers, David has been in the wet leisure industry for 23 years. He started […]

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LAMB STRENGTHENS DRYDEN AQUA TEAM

Jimmy Lamb has joined Dryden Aqua as the UK and Ireland Sales Manager for pools and water treatment. Dryden Aqua is one of the largest manufacturer of glass filtration media, delivering sustainable and cost-effective solutions for the drinking and waste water industry, for aquaria and aquatic life support systems as well as for swimming pools […]

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POOLS….AND HOT TUBS, TOO!

A recent ISPE presentation by Karl Rowntree from Rotaspa covered the topical issue of energy saving in hot tubs. The Institute is planning to present more topics of interest to those in the spa/ hot tub side of the trade and would be interested to hear what subjects you would like to see presented. Subjects […]

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FILTRATION WORKSHOP DATE

The next ISPE Filtration Workshop on Tuesday November 14th at Plastipack’s premises in St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, is by kind permission of Peter Adlington, FISPE. This workshop, presented by Chris Carr, FISPE and Philip Barlow, FISPE, with assistance form Kim Mumford, MISPE, is ideal for new fitters or those who would like a bit of […]

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CHILDREN MISSING OUT ON LESSONS

Swim England recently joined forces with the Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA) to tackle the urgent issue of more than 660,000 children could be missing out on swimming lessons. The national governing body says there are 12,000 vacant roles across the aquatics sector, with more than 3,700 amongst national and regional operators. Based on the shortage, […]

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MAIN DRAIN DANGERS

Chris Carr FISPE urges swimming pool engineers to be single main drain alert… Way before the 1990’s, swimming pools in the UK were fitted with a single main drain and we thought nothing of it. However, over time, it became apparent that there is a serious risk of entrapment on a single main drain. Just […]

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