The owner of a Derbyshire beauty salon has been fined £2,500 after six youngsters fell ill after using a bacteria-ridden spa pool. The girls complained of earache and all reported an itchy, painful rash all over their bodies following a birthday pampering party at Kensington Salon and Spa in May 2013. They were later diagnosed […]
Pool Industry
Paramount hosted a three-day training seminar for its Aquamatic automatic swimming pool cover dealers recently. Each day, Mark Webster, Aquamatic’s service manager, introduced Mark Turner and Andrew Dunn, Paramount’s most experienced engineers with over 30 years combined experience between them. Together, they went through all the various scenarios involved in the delivery of Aquamatic, from […]
Multi-use pool rooms, specifically pools with moving floors, are now an established solution to optimise space. New from Heatstar, the Hydrus AC is especially conceived to meet the markedly opposing environmental control demands of the room in both wet and dry modes. The Hydrus AC has the capability to tackle the strenuous demands of a […]
Ocea recently welcomed members of the trade to the official opening of its new UK production facility in Oxfordshire. Setting it apart from its competitors, the new UK assembly base allows Ocea to cut delivery times from four to two weeks and also makes servicing and after sales even more time efficient. “Previously, our covers […]
AstralPool UK is taking a hands-on approach to stainless steel pool project design and delivery on behalf of its pool trade customers. Providing top quality products, backed with unrivalled technical know-how, AstralPool UK work alongside pool construction companies enabling them to pitch, with confidence, for higher value projects than they would have previously envisaged. “Pool […]
As the benchmark event in the international pool and spa industry calendar, 2014 Piscine Global once again proved itself to be an unmissable exhibition. Some 35 years after its creation, swimming pool and spa professionals from across the globe flocked to the biennial show in November, further reinforcing its appeal and reputation. Traditionally, the first […]
Leading independent swimming tuition provider Swimming Nature, has been recognised for its smart learning programs and tracking systems at the Active Training Awards 2014. The company scooped the ‘Innovative Concept of the Year’ award for its swimming lesson system, which is currently being implemented across 36 venues in Greater London and Edinburgh by over 80 […]
One of the temporary training pools installed in London for the 2012 Olympics and earmarked as a legacy benefit is being installed at Bath University. Aqua leisure specialists Barr + Wray will decommission and remove the existing pool and filtration plant from the University of Bath sports complex and install the Olympic Legacy pool and […]
Water leisure specialists from across the UK have once again raised the bar in the hotly contested UK Pool & Spa Awards 2015. This year’s competition attracted 131 entries from 60 companies including some of the country’s leading swimming pool and spa providers. “The jury of judges have unanimously expressed their praise for the outstanding […]
Sustained hot weather provided a boost for the UK water leisure sectors last year as consumers lapped up the good weather and a seemingly unquenchable thirst for outdoor living. In July, the Pool & Spa Scene team carried out a snapshot analysis of some 137 pool and spa businesses with 54 per cent of businesses […]
