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SPN DEC 2010 IndustryNews
www.swimmingpoolnews.co.uk TRIOGEN MOVES OFFICES AND MANUFACTURING
Ozone and UV specialists Triogen has moved its Craigton Glasgow, manufacturing and distributor facility to East Kilbride and a unit three times larger than their existing premises. Managing Director Jim Wheatley
said: “While our current facility has served us well for over 20 years, economic and business conditions have moved on as has our requirement for manufacturing and office space. Triogen’s
unprecedented growth in sales over the last few years, even during a worldwide economic turndown, has been due mainly to expansion of overseas sales of both ozone and UV product ranges for swimming pool and industrial water treatment. “East Kilbride was selected due to its favourable business environment and availability of high quality commercial space which is well suited to Triogen’s plans for expansion over the following years.” The move was completed in late September.
Triogen manufactures a full range of ozone and UV systems for all types of swimming pool
SURREY SWIMMERS FACING AN EXTRA 10% COSTS Plans to charge swimmers almost 10% more to use swimming pools have been met with anger.
DC Leisure, which runs the Xcel complex, in Walton, and Hurst Pool, in West Molesey, all in Surrey has presented its proposals for charge increases from 2011.
Young swimmers were in line to be the hardest hit after the firm put forward proposals to charge £5.50 for children’s swimming lessons at both centres – a rise of almost 9% on this year.
POOL CLOSURES ‘INEVITABLE’ AS CUTS HIT LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Commercial pools managers throughout the UK are facing dramatic changes to the way pools are run following the £1.16bn cuts to local authority funding in the Coalition Government’s Spending review. Pools are expected to close, staff numbers reduced and prices will have to increase.
And many school pools could close as part of a huge shake up of leisure services.
Swimming pools are in the forefront of cuts demanded as local authorities slash their budgets to make savings and officials attempt to plug a massive budget black hole. As soon as Chancellor George Osborne announced the savings required, it was clear that swimming pools together with community centres, schools, public halls, libraries and museums were all being put in question in a package of ‘savings options’ being considered. One local authority is being seen as typical of the decisions facing other councils. In Walsall officers are
considering keeping just six of the 21 school pools it is responsible for. The hard-hitting proposals were revealed in council reports looking at the future of leisure services. Walsall Council needs to save £70m over the next four years.
Walsall’s report says the borough needs no more than six school pools alongside its four leisure centres. It states: “Retaining every current school swimming pool would be unaffordable for the council in the current financial climate.”
The report also recommends the leisure centres at Bloxwich, Darlaston, Oak Park and Walsall Gala Baths are refurbished and rebranded as Health and Wellbeing Centres. Willenhall Leisure Centre was closed in August under cost-cutting. Dame Margaret Eaton, Chairman of the Local Government Association, said: “We have to recognise that these cuts will be painful to implement this year and will have a significant effect on services and the people who rely on them. Councils
are having to implement a big slice of the Government’s £6.2bn initial savings in the middle of the financial year. Town halls have already carefully planned their budgets, made commitments and set priorities and it is not easy to change their plans in the middle of a year.”
A spokesman for the LGA said it was impossible that any sector of the service would escape. He said he thought leisure services had already been singled out as an area where savings could be made.
“Provision of such facilities as swimming pools are bound to be hit. It is inevitable. We are already aware that specific local authorities are making the tough decisions to close pools and defer much needed renovation. School swimming is an area which is likely to be seriously affected. Swimming pools will not be treated in any different way than for example libraries and museums but the reality is councils cannot afford to offer these services. There are other priorities at the moment.”
applications, as well as industrial water treatment. All products come with full warranty and after-sales back up and Triogen can offer commissioning services worldwide. Triogen were awarded the contract to supply the ozone system for the training facilities at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and have a similar contract for the Olympic Pools for the FINA Swimming Championships, to be held in Shanghai in 2011.
i FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
F TRIOGEN ( 01355 220598 :
www.triogen.co.uk
GOLDEN COAST PRODUCES NEW DEALERS’ CATALOGUE
A new dealer’s catalogue, bringing together 25 different shell models of ‘in-ground’ commercial and domestic spas – including Jacuzzi® – has been produced by Golden Coast. It is being seen as “the most comprehensive range on offer to the UK pool industry”. The catalogue has details of ‘Spa Master’ push-button programmable control panels and a range of Autodos automatic water treatment systems. There are also details of accessories, controls, pumps, lights and fittings. Copies of the ‘Spa Catalogue’ can be obtained direct from Golden Coast.
i FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
F GOLDEN COAST ( 01271 378100 :
www.goldenc.com
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