Running rings around the competition. What London 2012 can teach us about marketing.


It is probably safe to say that everyone considers the Olympic Games in London to have been a success. Just how big a success is down to a matter of personal opinion, but the event and the coverage that surrounded it won the hearts and minds of a nation.

It never rains, but it pours


Our industry is looking at a long lasting hosepipe ban and a drought that has spread to many more counties and I’m looking out of the window at grey skies and falling rain. We’ve got some breaking news on that hosepipe story in this newsletter, but what can our wet leisure industry do in a […]

The Hosepipe Ban; how the water shortage affects wet leisure


There is concern and confusion in the industry about what the drought measures actually are and how they will affect us. The facts aren’t great, but they are better than the rumours. What are the facts? Seven water companies across south and eastern England are introducing hosepipe bans from Thursday, 5 April 2012. These are: […]