Simon Wilkes was just one of 26 swimmers who took part in The Big Shiver to raise funds for the Arthur Rank Hospice at Jesus Green Lido in Cambridge. The 39 year old, who was born with no eyes, joined 25 other Team Arthur heroes to swim up and down Europe’s longest unheated outdoor pool […]
Pool & Spa Industry
Fluidra and Zodiac have sealed the deal on their merger agreement creating a new industry giant. The new company will keep the Fluidra name and remain listed on the Spanish stock exchange. The combined company has now 5,500 employees, a presence in over 45 countries and a portfolio of the most widely recognized brands in […]
The company imposing the first hosepipe ban in England, since 2012, is leaking up to nine times as much water per day as it expects to save, according to The Times. United Utilities lost 453 million litres per day last year, due to leaks in its network and 133 litres per home per day in […]
Following another successful year, Golden Coast, already the leading independent supplier to the wet leisure industry, is expanding its purchasing team. Abby Fletcher has joined the team at their Barnstaple headquarters in the role of Purchasing Administrator. With the Golden Coast catalogue becoming the first port of call for many businesses when specifying for a […]
Well known as one of the UK’s leading pool building companies, Falcon Pools took on this swim spa installation for a celebrity client.Falcon ensure every water leisure project is unique and uniquely appropriate for the people using it. For this bespoke project, Falcon recommended a 5.8m x 2.3m Jacuzzi swim spa with water depths of 1.3m […]
School pools across the country, provide the key ingredient to a joined-up approach to community sports provision. For example, the London borough of Edmonton, clubbed together to raise an outstanding £4.5 million, in just 18 months, to be able to invest in what has turned out to be an award-winning swimming pool and sports centre. […]
Never have counter current systems enjoyed a bigger following.Their capacity to add the key element to help re-energise tired old pools while offering huge plus points for building smaller new pools – there is no doubt that counter currents packs a pretty impressive sales punch.Golden Coast Managing Director, Jamie Adams. thinks he knows why: “In […]
The team from New Dawn Pools was asked to remove an existing outdoor pool and install a new 12m x 5m infinity edge pool with internal steps and Spa pool. “We had to work very closely with a full garden design team and with the clients’ staff to create a pool of sheer luxury,” says […]
The team from New Dawn Pools was asked to remove an existing outdoor pool and install a new 12m x 5m infinity edge pool with internal steps and Spa pool. “We had to work very closely with a full garden design team and with the clients’ staff to create a pool of sheer luxury,” says […]
Steve Gallagher Senior Sales Manager for commercial products in UK, Eire and Northern Europe for Lonza UK, Steve Gallagher has worked in the water leisure industry since 1987 but it was dry side training that helped him shed a whopping six stones. Where and when was your introduction to water leisure. I started working as […]
