Commercial pool specialists, Alba Pools, has recently completed the refurbishment of the swimming pool at Kimbolton School. Key to the successful transformation was the installation of a new Alkorplan lining system to the pool tank, fitted by a specialist team from Aquaflex. Originally opened in 2000, it took several years to realise there were fundamental […]
Pool & Spa
In the world of swimming and sports centres the growth of excellence in community facilities has been driven by a few key players. At the forefront of the design and delivery of some stunning buildings â including the Olympic Aquatics Centre â is the number one company, S&P Architects. With dozens of prestigious projects under their belt throughout the UK and Ireland it is difficult to comprehend the size of their operation, with regional offices in London, Nottingham, Glasgow and Dublin. They are soon to open an office in Birmingham. At the helm of todayâs company, founded by two architects in 1982 â Peter Sergeant and Mark Potiriadis â is a man who admits he is hardly ever in the same office two days running.
They say success breeds success but for spa retailing couple Peter and Rachel Grinnall, of Midlands-based Complete Spas, it seems the harder they work, the luckier they get! The entrepreneurial pair first thought of opening their own spa retail business five years ago. âRachel and I went out on a sunny afternoon with ÂŁ5k in our back pocket with the hope of buying a âproperâ hot tub as we had a spa in a box for three years and loved it,â recalls Peter.
More than two years in development and testing, Darlly has unveiled what it confidently announces is the most advanced spa filter cartridge ever available.
Soon to be proclaimed by the Guinness World Records as the largest man-made swimming pool in the world, the process of filling the 120,000 mÂČ Crystal Lagoon at the Citystars, Sharm El Sheikh, began at the end of October and took 21 days to complete. The new resort takes the worldâs biggest swimming pool title from current holders, San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile, a gargantuan blue man-made âlakeâ spanning the length of 20 Olympic-size swimming pools and filled with 66 million gallons of water.
Delaying the need to invest in expensive shops and showrooms, the hot tub hire market has been providing a useful first stepping stone for would-be spa retailers for many years. Now, more established water leisure businesses, looking to diversify in order to bring in much sought-after cash flow, are dipping their toe into the hot tub hire market. âMore spa dealers are looking at the potential of the hire market to increase not just their cash-flow but their prospect lists,â confirms Chris Alcock of Interhiva UK.
They promoted it as the event you cannot afford to miss. Lyon Piscine and Aqualie 2012, two benchmark exhibitions for swimming pool and spa professionals certainly lived up to that billing. Simply put, the Lyon exhibition event is the biggest and most important global show for the combined pool and spa sectors. It brings together 600 exhibitors, 1,000 brands from 90 countries and in the region of 18,000 visitors to Lyon. Traditionally, the first opportunity to see new developments in Europe, the combined Piscine and Aqualie 2012 events are also an exceptional opportunity to explore the latest key trends in the pool and spa markets.
Swimming hero Ellie Simmonds was guest of honour at a swimming gala to celebrate the ÂŁ16.5 million transformation of Islingtonâs much-loved Ironmonger Row Baths.
Pollet Pool Group has been confirmed as the exclusive UK and Eire distributors for the Bayrol brand of pool and spa water care products.
The landmark deal, signed at the recent Piscine pool show in Lyon, officially takes effect from the New Year and includes Bayrolâs automatic dosing equipment offering as well as its popular water treatment range.
The Savior, the worldâs only portable, submersible, floating solar pump and filtration system, has triumphed at the 2012 International Pool, Spa,Patio Expo in New Orleans, voted Best New Product by a jury of pool and spa professionals. Marketed as the greenest, most energy efficient pool pump and filter system available for pool or spa owners, this revolutionary product promises better filtration than conventional systems and saves up to 100% on pool electricity bills; effectively pumps while filtering the pool free of charge.
