With more than 2,000 public votes, 15 judges and three specialist juries scrutinising as part of a final adjudication, the UK Pool & Spa Awards will be celebrating its 15th year in December. The competition, run by Waterland Media, the publishers of Pool & Spa SCENE magazine, regularly attracts over 200 entries with a whopping […]
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A record number of companies celebrated at the UK Pool & Spa Awards… Demonstrating the broad depth of the multi-million pound wet leisure sector, a record 38 companies were declared winners in the 2024 UK Pool & Spa Awards, presented at the National Conference Centre, Birmingham, in December. The competition, decided by public votes, judges’ […]
In conversation with Andy Wroot, UK champion of Sundance Spas… It was way back in 1998 when Andy Wroot’s journey with Sundance Spas began when he joined his uncle who was one of the pioneering Sundance dealers in the UK. Fresh out of school as an 18-year-old, Andy was immediately captivated by selling these luxury […]
Following the launch of its dedicated Cheshire office in 2021, German sauna and spa specialist KLAFS and its core UK supplier, luxury pool experts Guncast, have agreed almost ÂŁ2.5m worth of business in the North. A broad mix of commercial and domestic projects, the organisations’ healthy pipeline includes a selection of KLAFS’ award winning range […]
Therme Manchester, the UK’s first city-based wellbeing resort, is on course to begin work later this year with construction scheduled to take around 24 months. It is the first in a nationwide rollout of the Therme concept, set to include Glasgow, London and Wales. Expected to attract up to 20,000 visitors a day, Therme Group’s […]
The fall in construction activity of 1.4% this summer is a growing concern for small builders given the continuing fall of 0.2% for repair, maintenance and improvement (RMI) work, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) the largest trade association in the UK construction industry representing thousands of firms in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern […]
Sunbeach Spas has strengthened its UK market position with the confirmation of SpaCare UK as a designated distribution centre; recruiting and supporting retailers, covering the north of the UK and Wales. A third distribution centre, further south, is set to be announced imminently. Based in Scunthorpe, SpaCare UK, lead by Craig and Laura Wright, will […]
While many retailers might be satisfied with unit sales in excess of 200 plus year-on-year, comparative new kids on the hot tub block, UK Leisure Living consider themselves to be a work in progress. Enjoying such growth, the UK Leisure Living team has been shortlisted for not one but two awards in the Fast Growth […]
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 […]
Despite this year’s outstanding summer, the number of new pool builds across the UK and Eire continues its downward trend.
