Wet leisure sector needs to show equality opportunities… Recent media coverage has shone a spotlight on some high-profile individuals but every individual and business in the wet leisure sector needs to show they are acting to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, Dash Ganeson. Employers are now under a duty to take reasonable steps to […]
Wet Leisure Sector
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 […]
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, judgesâ […]
Keith Osborne reports on recruitment and retention challenges… The construction industry is estimated to need around 250,000 trade skilled workers over the next four years, in multiple disciplines including wet leisure. Even if you can find candidates to invest in, there is a struggle to provide sufficient resources to train in-house teams, commercial clients and […]
Team work paid off for the Hydropool UK team as they reported record sales at the Ideal Home Show for the third year in succession. With up to 17 sales personnel staffing the stand at the annual Earlâs Court consumer home show, Hydropool were taking no chances, completing the huge display area a day earlier this year to allow the entire team to take part in a bespoke pre-event sales training day.
âOpportunitiesâ provided the theme for the annual Jacuzzi Spa and Bath training seminar held at the Rookery Hall Spa and Conference centre in the heart of Cheshire, writes Christina Connor. UK-based dealers were given statistics on another record- breaking year of sales for the Jacuzzi hot tub brand.
As pool and spa businesses look to maintain standards but trim overheads, a leading insurance provider is launching a bespoke service tailored specifically to the water leisure sector.
Sport England has also announced a one-year investment in the ASAâs plans to tackle the decline in the number of people swimming regularly seen since 2006. ÂŁ3.5 million of investment will help the ASA
Hydropool Spas welcomed a profile-raising opportunity to sponsor the pro-am Alternative Ryder Cup golf tournament in aid of charity. Held near Almeria in Spain, the event was timed to coincide with the real Ryder Cup. Matches mirrored the main event as participants playing during the day and then watched the television coverage during the evening and into the early hours.
Pollet Pool Group has been confirmed as the exclusive UK and Eire distributors for the Bayrol brand of pool and spa water care products.
The landmark deal, signed at the recent Piscine pool show in Lyon, officially takes effect from the New Year and includes Bayrolâs automatic dosing equipment offering as well as its popular water treatment range.
