A typical six-lane, 25 metre indoor swimming pool will lose the equivalent of a bath full of water in evaporation every two hours. That is the same as an average village pond every week or the entire water content of ten, 25m school swimming pools every year. Just like boiling a kettle, the energy consumption […]
Swimming Pools
Returning to the Ricoh Arena for the second year in succession, SPATEX 2015 descended upon the Jaguar Exhibition Hall over the first weekend in February. More than 100 exhibitors took to the show floor, 30 per cent of which were new to the SPATEX arena, together presenting a vast array of products and expertise. “We […]
More than 60 representatives from dealerships all over the UK were welcomed to Oulton Hall near Leeds, recently, for the annual Jacuzzi hot tub conference. The Jacuzzi retailers were given statistics on another record-breaking year of sales for the brand, which reported £1.6 million growth in 2014. Commercial director, Duncan Simcox praised the efforts of […]
With public on-line voting hitting a record high, the presentation of the annual UK Pool & Spa Awards attracted a sell-out crowd for a celebration of the water leisure industry’s best achievements over the past 12 months. The 2015 event took place in The Gallery at the NEC in Birmingham, deliberately timed to coincide with […]
With business performance in the residential pool sector heavily reliant on a sizzling summer season to boost sales, the UK weather remains as hard to predict as the UK economy. Initial reports by UK Weather Forecast (UKWF) suggest that an ‘average’ summer this year. Despite some spells of sunshine and warmth, there could be some […]
Paramount celebrated its 35th trading year by holding a mini exhibition of its comprehensive product range at its 10,000 sq ft headquarters in Hook, Hampshire. The two-day event set out to show new and existing dealers how Paramount provides unrivalled support for its products, including two flagship areas – the safety pool cover and heat […]
National Leisure companies lived up to their elite reputation with a clean sweep in the Residential Indoor Pool of the Year category of this year’s UK Pool & Spa Awards. The residential pools categories proved to be the hardest fought sector in this year’s competition with National Leisure stalwarts, Tanby Pools, taking gold, narrowly pipping […]
2014 was a milestone year for BTU (Installation and Maintenance) and BTU (Poolservices) as the family owned business celebrated 50 and 40 years respectively. To mark the anniversaries, BTU partnered with a local charity – Oakleaf Enterprise, the only charity in Surrey working as a social Enterprise to provide vocational training for those suffering from […]
Returning to the Ricoh Arena for the second year in succession, SPATEX 2015 descended upon the Jaguar Exhibition Hall over the first weekend in February. More than 100 exhibitors took to the show floor, 30 per cent of which were new to the SPATEX arena, together presenting a vast array of products and expertise. “We […]
Bosta UK have confirmed that they are now stronger, fitter and better to serve their customers following the announcement of new investment in MegaGroup. The introduction over the last 18 months of Bosta’s European distribution centre culminated in the need for the company’s parent MegaGroup to be refinanced in February. During this time, Bosta UK […]
