Wellis Hit New Heights

Ownership of hot tubs in the UK has steadily increased in recent years, partly due to the country’s economic recovery, with some estimating that one in ten homes now has one.

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Control Access With Safety Covers

One of the best measures for improving control of access to swimming pools are safety covers. Family-run company LOOP-LOC Ltd has been designing and manufacturing mesh safety swimming pool covers for over 30 years, and their products can be custom-made to fit any pool shape or size, from a basic rectangle to a complex form […]

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Hire The UK’s First Hot Tug

The UK’s first Hot Tug tug is moored at The Runnymede-on-Thames hotel offering guests a totally new and unique mobile bathing experience that combines the best of two watery worlds, a relaxing soak in a hot tub and a cruise down our picturesque stretch of the river Thames.

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Spaeuro Playing To Their Spa Strengths

Spaeuro has undertaken a strategic overhaul of its UK and European business, a move that coincides with new ownership of the British spa parts suppliers. From now on, the South Wales based distributors will be playing to its strengths, focusing on two main product specialisms; filter cartridges and replacement spa covers. The new owner of Spaeuro is Peter Hogg of New Zealand- based Magnum Filters.

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New Appointment Marks SCP UK Modernisation

SCP UK is embarking on a new chapter in the history of the company with the appointment of Dash Ganeson as Managing Director. Dash, originally, from Kuala Lumpur, came to the UK as a teenager to pursue his studies and completed his professional exams to qualify as a Chartered Accountant in 1987. His subsequent career has spanned a global framework and includes postings in London as well as abroad in Asia and the Middle East.

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Natural Strokes

Imagine a swimming pool, and what do you see? A slab of sterile blue water, surrounded by tiles? It doesn’t have to be like that: imagine instead a pool of fresh, clear water, fringed by native plants and visited by dragonflies. The upsurge of interest in natural swimming pools, which I introduced to this country in 2000, has convinced many owners of conventional pools to aspire to a natural one.

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Sage Is Pillar Of Wisdom For Pool Cleaning

When he passed away in 2001, a 22-year-old Gemma Sage was left to run Servochem, the specialist cleaning chemical business her father had built before his untimely death. ā€œHe was leaving me as a very young managing director, but he had the confidence in me to run the company on a day-to-day basisā€ says Gemma. ā€œI was determined to give it my best shot by maintaining the foundations of the company of providing good quality products and an excellent service with the support of our very loyal team,ā€œ she adds.

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Thorpe Steps Down As Certikin Chairman

After 36 years of dedicated service, Certikin’s Chairman, Patrick Thorpe, is retiring from the business. The son of a Kentish coal miner, Patrick, 64, has been a key fi gure in steering Certikin’s growth from a modest, though signifi cant, UK distributor to a major part of Fluidra, one of the world’s largest multi-national companies. Patrick joined Certikin in 1972 as Financial Controller when it was owned by Brian Stannah, of Stannah stair lift fame and Bob Kent who was Managing Director.

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