Taking Control

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 […]

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Customers Reap PPG Sales Rewards

Pollet Pool Group’s sales incentive scheme continues to gain momentum, with an estimated 12 companies set to reach the sales target this year. The scheme, which was first introduced in 2013, is an incentive for PPG customers to increase their purchasing. It is designed for existing customers and measured against the increase in spend. High […]

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Back To Basics

Natural pools such as those designed by Clear Water Revival are a chemical-free, relatively low-tech and affordable way to create an eco-friendly outdoor pool. Established by friends David Nettleton and Andrew Cox in 2006, Clear Water Revival (CWR) is one of the only natural swimming pool companies that specialises in formal swimming pool design usually […]

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Red Letter Year For Perth Spas

2015 is set to be a red letter year for Perthshire-based Perth Spas, having recently moved to a new showroom and storage facility, to accommodate a growing range of hot tubs and wellness products. The family-run business has grown steadily in recent years and sales figures have doubled from 75 units per year to around […]

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Mantouras Play The Generation Game

If the pool and spa sectors were looking for a likely candidate to represent them in Alan Sugar’s The Apprentice, then surely Christina Mantoura Clarke would make the shortlist. With a dissertation for her BA hons in Management and Business Administration, Christina came top of her year and won the accolade of best management student. […]

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Legionnaires Victims Take Justice Battle To Court

The grieving families of three men killed by an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at a British discount store are taking their fight for compensation to court. Victims Richard Griffin, William Hammersley and Harry Cadman died after contracting the deadly bug caused by a hot tub on display at the JTF Warehouse in Stoke-on-Trent. The outbreak […]

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New Thames Pool Vision

Plans for three floating swimming pools on the River Thames could soon become a reality, after the first stage of funding for the project was achieved last month. The Thames Bath social enterprise raised over Ā£125,000 for the project, which will see a 25m lap pool, a plunge pool and a children’s paddling pool located […]

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Premier League

There are generally three types of pool customers; those that want a pool to swim in for exercise, those that want it for socialising and those who are just looking to show off. Then there’s the fourth group – the luxury pool customers who want all of the above. In recent years, there has been […]

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Northampton Leisure Goes Ultraviolet

Northampton Leisure Trust has recently introduced a UV disinfection system in its flagship swimming pool at Danes Camp Leisure Centre. The Trust have been so impressed with the system that they are hoping to invest in UV technology for other pools in the area over the next couple of years. Ian Redfern, managing director of […]

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Taking Control

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 […]

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