Rising To The Challenge

With the combined negatives of political unrest, economic uncertainty, terrorist activity not to mention increasing competition from German trade shows, Piscina & Wellness Barcelona was facing an uphill challenge as it staged its recent 2017 event. It was a challenge it not only met but exceeded, confirming not only the stability of the show but […]

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O-Care Repeat Direct Debit Business Soars

Retailers and hot tub owners alike are reaping the potentially rich rewards of the O-Care Weekly Spa Care package. Sold as a complementary product to standard sanitisers, by an increasing number of hot tub retailers on a direct debit basis, regular supplies are re-triggered on automatic dispatch via direct debit. The hot tub conditioner is […]

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All Weather Complete Jacuzzi Store Move

The new All Weather Leisure indoor showroom in Cannock, Staffordshire, enables customers to view a wide range of hot tub, swim spa and garden buildings on offer whatever the weather. The show centre is also larger than their previous premises, measuring 4000sq. ft. allowing an even greater selection of items on display. The company supplies […]

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New HSE Guidance

New guidance, published by the HSE (Health & Safety Executive) this summer, is primarily for those who manage or operate spa systems and explains how to manage and control the risks from legionella and other infectious agents. It will also help service suppliers, designers, manufacturers, importers, suppliers and installers of spa-pool systems meet their legal […]

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Expansion Doubles UK Leisure Living Capacity

Hot tub specialists, UK Leisure Living, has doubled the capacity of its North Wales base with the recent opening of a new hot tub showroom. The new show centre at The Creamery in Mochdre, near Colwyn Bay, boasts between 15 and 16 hot tubs and a swim spa on display at any one time. UK […]

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Keeping It Real – Spa Showrooms

Top retailers know that a hot tub or swim spa sale will typically hinge on the selling experience. Businesses that can successfully demonstrate the hot tub lifestyle in a showroom setting therefore are generally a lap ahead of their on-line only competition. With high-end products and clients to match, showrooms in Loughton and Hertford offer […]

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Community Spirit

Boasting one of the largest attendances in the South West for any one leisure centre, Bristol-based Horfield Leisure Centre is celebrating a record-breaking year with more than 850,000 visitors to the long-serving community venue. The centre was originally constructed in the 1980’s as a standalone facility that only catered to dry-side leisure, such as racket […]

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Return On Investment

Active Centres operate five leisure centres and two dual-use sports centres across South Gloucestershire. Since 2005 they have worked with Circadian Trust, the charitable company working in partnership with the local authority, to improve the health, cultural and social wellbeing of the local community. Any profit made is reinvested back into local facilities and services, […]

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Pool Man Shares Cancer Scare Story

Around 48,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year and in December last year, Martin Borley, 53, from Tanby Pools, in Surrey, was one of them. “I considered myself fit,” says Martin. “I swam a mile every day and cycled 50 miles regularly plus every year I cycle 300 miles in three days for […]

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