POOL & SPA INDUSTRY
Your Say, Your Industry, Your Associations – One Voice!
With numerous events taking place across the industry over the last couple of months, this edition we round up the recent association AGMs held at the BSPF offices in Andover and Richard Carrington’s President’s Weekend
Trying to squeeze in events when there is very little downtime and with other opportunities at European shows galore, you can end up with an immense amount of air and road miles clocked up, without taking time out. With this in mind, the BSPF’s annual business and networking events kick-started the autumn season in late September (for BISHTA) and early October (for SPATA).
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A CHANGE OF TACTIC The SPATA and BISHTA annual general meetings took on a new look this year as two separate conference days, held at the BSPF’s Andover Offices. This format provided the respective Association members with a full day of content specific to their needs, aimed to deliver a review of the Association’s actions and plans. Along with sharing information on the main industry topics, bringing together current business information from industry and other experts and the opportunity to meet with industry peers to network, share opinions, concerns and views.
BISHTA’s Managing Director Chris Hayes provided members with an update on the work of the trade association
s we reach the end of the year, this is a time for reflection on what has happened and planning for the New Year for the wet leisure trade.
• Dr Ginny Moore (Public Health England) Ginny is based at Porton Down in Wiltshire and is part of the Biosafety Investigation Unit. Her research into inflatable hot tubs was prompted by the Legionella deaths in Staffordshire in 2012. Ginny shared the finding with delegates of PHE Research into Inflatable Hot Tubs and Aerosolisation.
Dr Ginny Moore from Public Health England was one of a number of speakers at the BISHTA Conference
BISHTA CONFERENCE DAY BISHTA’s Chairman - Alex Kemsley presided over the AGM and the day heard from a number of speakers, including BISHTA’s Managing Director, Chris Hayes and Sallie Golding (PIP’s PR & Marketing Manager) provided an update from PIP on the promotional work going on. Guest presenters added valuable content to the agenda included: • Peter Duffy (Independent Financial Services (UK) Limited)
As Director of Associate Development, Peter was able to use his vast experience to give an overview of the implementation of workplace pension auto-enrolment.
• Richard Lamburn (Technical Manager for Pool Plant, STA)
Richard gave delegates an update on workforce development, detailing how BISHTA and the STA can provide affordable qualifications through a range of courses using a mixture of online and face-to-face learning resources.
• Dorian Davies (Doric Marketing) and Howard Gosling (Pool and Spa Advice) Dorian shared data on the growing sector of Hot Tubs in Holiday Lodges and gave tips on tailoring the approach from retailers to gain a share of this market. Howard followed Dorian’s presentation, by giving delegates the latest update on the revision of the Management of Spa Pools publication.
Members at both the BISHTA and SPATA conferences had the chance to discuss any important issues, identify any committee nominations and provide feedback on how to improve each association
32 December 2015 SPN
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