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JUNE 2009
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‘DOMINATE Above-ground pools
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THE VIABLE
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in the pool safety business
Refurbish and smarten up!
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Owners encouraged to spend on existing pools
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Confused? It’s not surprising.
Adding value and style around the pool with
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On the one hand there are clear signs
that parts of the UK’s pool and spa
cost effective finishing touches 30
trade are seeing signs of what could be
Energy and emphasis goes on restyling and
called a lightening of the financial
refurbishing exisiting pools 37
gloom. This view has it that the market
is busy with refurbishments and while
Trading up – hot tub businesses look to
new pool commissions are still rare, the
persuade customers to trade up 46
cheaper pool options such as above- Pool lighting – now advanced in looks
ground and one-piece pools are
style and technology 52
enjoying above average sales.
Tougher pool safety laws to spark off
This cheerier perspective is lifted
further by the view that at the top end
product bonanza 57
there’s little sign of cutbacks and as one
Exclusive: UV systems look set to dominate –
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pool designer told us “we’ve never World Aquatic Health report 64
been so busy.”
Above ground pools – a ‘viable’ alternative
On the other hand there’s darker
in tougher economic times 72
news of redundancies in some of the
bigger companies, poor hot tub sales,
mainly in the south east of England,
Features
whispers of more liquidations and a view
Chemical dosing – proof it can an easy to
that the recession is deepening and that
maintain and accurate system 28
we face another two years of trauma.
So who and what to believe?
Putney School celebrates a “gift for life” with
The answer is of course that some
new 12.5 metre pool 43
are surviving better than others but A natural looking, symmetrical round pool
most businesses are fragile and beset
with a surprising cover twist 45
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by risks.
Chlorine gets lukewarm response at
Everyone rightly seems cautious.
Certainly pool refurbishments in
pool and spa conference 66
Britain, as it is throughout most parts of
Swimming report reveals the swimming
the world, are keeping the market experience of the future 88
ticking over as owners look to smarten
up their pools knowing that any idea of
Regulars
moving house is unlikely.
The wider view remains that those
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who currently see the glass as being World news 80
half full rather than half empty continue
to focus on fresh ideas and working
See this and previous editions at
harder at levels of service to
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customers, which has always been a
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great place to start.
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