NEWS
IN BRIEF NEW LINCOLNSHIRE FACILITY ON TRACK FOR SUMMER OPENING Mablethorpe’s new Station Leisure & Learning Centre, which is being delivered by Alliance Leisure on behalf of East Lindsey District Council, is on track to open this summer, and will provide a wealth of health and wellbeing opportunities for the area. Designed by lead architects Pozzoni, the £13.9m development includes a four lane, 25m swimming pool – the first public pool for the town. East Lindsey District Council secured £7.4m in Government Levelling Up funding through the Towns Fund, supported by the Connected Coast Town Deal Board, to help pay for the new centre. “The residents of Mablethorpe have been crying out for a public pool for years and the existing centre had reached the end of its useful life. “We were tasked with creating a centre that met both the current and future needs of the area,” said Sean Nolan, Business Development Manager at Alliance Leisure.
ISPE SEMINAR RETURNED TO HATFIELD The 131st ISPE Seminar was held in late March, and for the first time since 2008, returned to the Hatfield Comet Hotel in Hertfordshire. ISPE President Jimmy Lamb, FISPE, welcomed nearly 40 delegates who enjoyed a number of presentations covering a wide range of subjects. Speakers included Steve Nelson, TnISPE(Cert.), Chris Carr, FISPE and Will Dando, FISPE, Clive Morton from Wrightfield Pools, gave a commercial sponsored presentation on moveable floors, and of course Jimmy himself. The next ISPE Seminar will be held on Wednesday 23 October at a venue to be decided, and plans are to include: Plantroom Planning, Filtration, Chemistry, Disinfection, Preventative Maintenance, Automatic Dosing plus more.
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Aqua Technics Pools Launches In-field Dealer Training Days Aqua Technics Pools UK, the UK and European distributor of some of the world’s most popular and highest quality one-piece composite pools, have begun rolling-out their intensive in-field dealer training days. Newly recruited dealers, who’ve taken up exclusive territories since the Australian brand’s UK launch at this year’s SPATEX, have been immersing themselves in all things Aqua Technics on a tour of owners’ homes where the brand’s pools have been installed. Commenting on the initiative, Dorian Davies, Dealer Network Manager said: “We start off at Aqua Technics UK’s HQ in Ashford for coffee and a pre-brief before we set off on a tour of six homes in the vicinity. The sites are chosen such that, by the end of the day, dealers and their staff have seen first-hand examples of all the top-selling pools stocked in the UK, in all the top-selling colours, and with a variety of different factory options including different covers, swimjets, pool fittings and lighting. Photos and videos
THIS: Aqua Technics Pools UK Managing Director Anthony Exell demonstrates a pit mounted slatted cover option and (INSET) points out factory options which have been added to the standard package in one of the company’s prefabricated plant rooms
are great, but there’s nothing like seeing the product in the flesh, installed and in-use, for dealers to really see what a fantastic quality pool Aqua Technics really is. We also discuss all the considerations made during the pre-sale site visits so that the logistics of getting the pool in could be planned.” The day’s packed itinerary also
includes a visit to Aqua Technics Pools UK’s production facility where dealers can view pools being fitted out and plant-rooms being prefabricated before being shipped out. Dorian added: “Hearing genuine feedback from real buyers, as opposed to sales-spiel from a salesman or brochure, is completely priceless information when it comes to dealers’ communications with future prospects of their own.” Aqua Technics Pools UK 0330 043 7061 www.aquatechnicsuk.com
Chemoform Buys Majority Stake In Complete Pool Controls Chemoform AG, a leading European supplier of recreational water chemicals and ancillary pool equipment, has purchased a majority of shareholding in Gloucestershire-based Complete Pool Controls Ltd (CPC). Chemoform has been a minority shareholder in CPC since its inception 18 years ago and both companies have benefitted from working closely on supplies, logistics and product innovation. Chemoform CEO Cedric Mayer-Klenk advised “that the UK market was an important European market for the group, and that CPC was a perfect
fit for the chemical activities of the Chemoform group”. He also noted that “consolidation was gaining momentum in Europe, allowing companies to invest in product compliance and innovation from shared platforms”. Speaking about the purchase, Mark Ramsden, Commercial Director of CPC said: “The timing of the deal was perfect as biocidal registration and regulatory requirements were both costly and time consuming exercises that Chemoform resources would help alleviate.” He also added that “Chemoform have proved to be reliable and supportive partners over many years”. Both Mark Ramsden and fellow director Andy Page are remaining with the business and will retain a significant but reduced shareholding. Business support and service levels will be unaffected and hopefully enhanced by this development. Furthermore, customers should benefit from supply continuity, product innovation and improved buying power. Complete Pool Controls 01242 662700 www.cpc-chemicals.co.uk
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