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.
water leisure
Imagine a swimming pool, and what do you see? A slab of sterile blue water, surrounded by tiles? It doesnât have to be like that: imagine instead a pool of fresh, clear water, fringed by native plants and visited by dragonïŹies. 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.
Water parks have been a formidable entertainment industry in the United States and are an emerging water leisure force in the UK, as Jan Hurst reports…
Aspects Pools launched its grand Trees 4 CO2 in the Spring, promising to plant one tree for every product purchased on its leading online swimming pool equipment store.
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. âHe 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 basisâ says Gemma. âI 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,â she adds.
After 36 years of dedicated service, Certikinâs 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 Certikinâs growth from a modest, though signifi cant, UK distributor to a major part of Fluidra, one of the worldâs 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.
It takes all but the most focused pool engineer to resist being lured by the scope and design of some water leisure project â forgetting what lies beneath. As swimming pool designs become more and more elaborate, it is invariably the plant room that is the poor relation when it comes to adequate space not to mention access.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year â Shropshire-based ABS Pools is owned by Roger and Sarah Fildes, who bought the company in June 2003 from Alan Barr.
A new retrofit sales brochure from Golden Coast, is inspiring Britainâs estimated 215,000 private pool owners to upgrade their pools with green technologies and the UKâs many installers to profit from this often overlooked market.
Following on from instructions on creating a water-tight cable joint in our last issue, Andy James, Golden Coastâs in-house electro-mechanical engineering specialist turns his attention to the task of retrofitting new LED lights into traditional niches.
