One of the most fired up water leisure teams gearing up for 2013, is the newly formed line up of Interhiva UK. Initially focusing on spas but also steadily building the swimming pool portfolio side of the business, the Interhiva UK team offers a wealth of industry knowledge and experience.
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Already predicted to be a challenging year for many companies due to the sustained economic depression, UK water leisure companies faced the additional challenge of arctic conditions as they welcomed in 2013. After what weather experts have confirmed as one of the wettest years on record in 2012, January was beset with prolonged snow and freezing conditions that played havoc throughout January. Nearly all UK water leisure businesses were impacted in some way
Following a record-breaking number of entries, voting is neck and neck in the UK Pool & Spa Awards.
UK swimming personality Stephen Parry will be presenting the UK Pool & Spa Awards 2014 at the Crowne Plaza, Birmingham, NEC, on Thursday February 20,. An Olympic bronze medallist and a BBC sports commentator, Stephen is no stranger to the pool and spa sector and runs his own mobile pool business, Total Swimming.
Theo Millward, STA’s Operations Director, jokes that, with hindsight, his personal New Year resolution for 2013 should have been not to do so much.
“It’s been an incredibly busy and successful year for STA,” Theo says. “Business-wise, membership is up, sales are up, and we’ve launched some really exciting programmes across all areas of our leisure, health and safety and digital businesses.
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With over 250,000 cabins sold worldwide and annual sales of more than 20,000, you would not describe Health Mate as the newest kids on the sauna and wellness block. In fact, boasting a 33-year pedigree, Health Mate is the industry’s oldest and finest infrared sauna brand, recommended by doctors and health practitioners all over the world.
Northamptonshire-based Lifestyle Group was pleasantly surprised to see a very familiar pool used as a location for Hunted, a BBC One series shown recently, to national acclaim. This swimming pool’s shotcrete shell was built by Lifestyle’s subsidiary company, Guntek Ltd in 2005. The build specification was 200mm thick shotcrete with double steel reinforcement. The pool interior and surround were finished in white Italian marble to stunning effect.
The John Preston Pool & Spa Services team worked around the clock, seven days a week, right up to Christmas Eve, to ensure this outstanding pool hall project was finished in time for what was a festive season to remember for one lucky customer. The David family live near the Lancashire coast in Formby, in five acres of woodland that, as well as the new pool hall, boasts its own go-kart track and tennis courts, The pool is set in an ancillary building separate from the house and is constructed from a huge oak framework supporting a glass roof with a six metre span.
Commercial pool specialists, Alba Pools, has recently completed the refurbishment of the swimming pool at Kimbolton School. Key to the successful transformation was the installation of a new Alkorplan lining system to the pool tank, fitted by a specialist team from Aquaflex. Originally opened in 2000, it took several years to realise there were fundamental […]
In the world of swimming and sports centres the growth of excellence in community facilities has been driven by a few key players. At the forefront of the design and delivery of some stunning buildings – including the Olympic Aquatics Centre – is the number one company, S&P Architects. With dozens of prestigious projects under their belt throughout the UK and Ireland it is difficult to comprehend the size of their operation, with regional offices in London, Nottingham, Glasgow and Dublin. They are soon to open an office in Birmingham. At the helm of today’s company, founded by two architects in 1982 – Peter Sergeant and Mark Potiriadis – is a man who admits he is hardly ever in the same office two days running.
