On the brink of a significant investment into the hot tub and wellness markets, award-winning Outdoor Living has confirmed plans to open at least three new showrooms in the UK. Outdoor Living is unveiling a showroom at Houghton Hall Garden Centre, Carlisle, the largest destination garden centre in the North West. With showrooms already established […]
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James Lee, former Managing Director for Water Treatment Products, has joined the Paramount distribution team. Jim’s career started in the swimming pool industry back in the 1980’s. His experience led him to manage some of the largest commercial swimming pools in the South East and Yorkshire. Included in his accolades, was the specifying of one […]
The last 18 months have been tough on pools, writes Brian Guthrie for PWTAG. The cost of having pools closed and then reopening them safely – twice – has been immense. Running public pools is expensive anyway and keeping them ticking over ,with no revenue, has cost millions. So where do we stand, and what […]
Following the 2012 London Olympics, Sport England were gifted one of the training pools from the Games to issue the major mechanical parts to a venue that satisfied their needs requirement. The Scarborough Leisure Centre met those needs and were gifted a pool shell, diving head wall, filter vessels, pumps, heating, ultraviolet disinfection and chemical […]
The little-known village of Garforth has been dubbed “Hot Tub Capital of Yorkshire” by a local spa business. Garforth, which nestles nine miles outside of Leeds, was crowned with its title by local distributor, Outdoor Living, with the company making its proclamation based on its sales data over the past 12 years. It was revealed […]
A former rugby league player future-proofed his business and secured vital swimming lessons for some 250 children by installing his own swimming pool at home. Richard Gay, a former Hull rugby star, and his wife Kathleen, have taught more than 5,000 children across East Yorkshire through their Waterworld swim school. When closure of Sydney Smith […]
