Multi-use pool rooms, specifically pools with moving floors, are now an established solution to optimise space. New from Heatstar, the Hydrus AC is especially conceived to meet the markedly opposing environmental control demands of the room in both wet and dry modes. The Hydrus AC has the capability to tackle the strenuous demands of a […]
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AstralPool UK is taking a hands-on approach to stainless steel pool project design and delivery on behalf of its pool trade customers. Providing top quality products, backed with unrivalled technical know-how, AstralPool UK work alongside pool construction companies enabling them to pitch, with confidence, for higher value projects than they would have previously envisaged. “Pool […]
One of the temporary training pools installed in London for the 2012 Olympics and earmarked as a legacy benefit is being installed at Bath University. Aqua leisure specialists Barr + Wray will decommission and remove the existing pool and filtration plant from the University of Bath sports complex and install the Olympic Legacy pool and […]
Water leisure specialists from across the UK have once again raised the bar in the hotly contested UK Pool & Spa Awards 2015. This year’s competition attracted 131 entries from 60 companies including some of the country’s leading swimming pool and spa providers. “The jury of judges have unanimously expressed their praise for the outstanding […]
Sustained hot weather provided a boost for the UK water leisure sectors last year as consumers lapped up the good weather and a seemingly unquenchable thirst for outdoor living. In July, the Pool & Spa Scene team carried out a snapshot analysis of some 137 pool and spa businesses with 54 per cent of businesses […]
Campaigners are urging Ofsted to be more ruthless in their assessment and reporting of school swimming, after figures reveal that almost half of primary school children are unable to swim 25 metres – denying them of crucial life-saving skills. Under the national curriculum, schools are required to teach pupils to swim confidently over a distance […]
To help its customers profit from this often overlooked market, Golden Coast is offering installers the opportunity to benefit from a free, customised brochure that illustrates the way that customers can improve the look, feel and maintenance of their pool. Entitled Ideas and Inspiration for Improving Your Pool, the glossy, full-colour brochure highlights the ways […]
The traditional curtain raiser to the exhibition season, Leisure Industry Week celebrated its 25th anniversary this year and promised to be bigger and better than ever before. It was more a case of quality over quantity in terms of attendees, but none-the-less, with 215 exhibitors spanning across six core leisure sectors including Pool & Spa, […]
A leading manufacturer of ceramic pool tiles has helped to ensure the Tower of London moat is flowing with poppies after stepping in to make thousands of the ceramic flowers. Stoke-on-Trent based Johnson Tiles was approached by project artist Paul Cummins, to help meet the target of 888,246 poppies, with each ceramic flower representing a […]
Sticking with its winning formula, the UK Pool & Spa Expo returns to the NEC in Birmingham in January promising to deliver an unmissable trade show, that brings together the whole of the UK wet leisure industry and associated sectors. Now in its third year, the 2015 show is shaping up to be a truly […]
