Two East Sussex retailers are the latest in a steady stream of retailers who are signing up to the Bayrol range of water treatment products. Making the switch are domestic and commercial swimming pool and hot tub retailers, South East Pools of Bexhill, whose customers span Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Hampshire, Essex and London. âWe already […]
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Sustained hot weather provided a boost for Britainâs pool and spa businesses this summer as consumers lapped up the good weather with a seemingly unquenchable thirst for outdoor living, according to the latest Pool & Spa Scene retail survey. The Pool & Spa Scene team carried out a snapshot analysis of some 137 pool and […]
Travel association ABTA has teamed up with the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) to launch their Swim Safe campaign, urging holidaymakers to stay safe in the water this summer. It comes after new research by ABTA revealed that one in five people know someone who has got into difficulty while swimming on holiday. Nikki White, […]
After 30 years at the helm, managing director of the London Swimming Pool Company, Tony Line, has moved to chairman of LSPC, with director Jamie Smith becoming the new managing director. The London Swimming Pool Company, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, now has 25 employees operating out of offices in South London, designing, […]
As part of its annual education programme, for the first time next year, SPATEX the UK pool and spa exhibition, run for the industry, by the industry, is presenting a full day of specialist spa and hot tub workshops for both the commercial and domestic sectors. The dedicated day of spa and hot tub training […]
A former rugby league player future-proofed his business and secured vital swimming lessons for some 250 children by installing his own swimming pool at home. Richard Gay, a former Hull rugby star, and his wife Kathleen, have taught more than 5,000 children across East Yorkshire through their Waterworld swim school. When closure of Sydney Smith […]
Passionate petitions to save swimming pools from closure are barely out of the news. So it might be surprising to learn that official statistics from the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) confirm there are 346 more public swimming pools in the UK than there were eight years ago. Although there are less diving pools and leisure […]
It has been some time since a topic has ignited the industry into such a fever as two rival pool and spa trade shows so close in proximity and timing.
Watergate School, in the London Borough of Lewisham, is a priceless asset for children with severe learning difïŹculties. The schoolâs 90 pupils, aged between three and 11, include some with profound and multiple learning difïŹculties and many wheelchair users. Watergateâs hydrotherapy pool is particularly valuable for their development, using programmes developed by the NHS physiotherapists based at the school, who also run after school sessions for a baby and toddler groups and visits from another local special school. âAs you can appreciate the swimming pool is very important to our school and its pupils,â says Watergate Schoolâs Nick Frost.
It has been ten years since The Spa at Celtic Haven in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, first opened. The Spa at Celtic Haven forms part of a charming, cliff-top cottage resort on the outskirts of Tenby. Celtic Havenâs collection of 12th Century Cottages along with The Spa, Waves cliff-top bar and restaurant and their Golf & Leisure Club make it an ideal destination for spa breaks in Wales.
