Latest Aquatics Podcast Episodes
Quote Me
SPLASH! Podcast - May 14, 2024 18:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. We catch up with expert in all things stone and tile, Carl Yench from Europe Imports in Sydney about the upcoming ban on engineered stone and ask if the regulators have gone to far. We reveal the 'it's about time' lead generation program from industry, for industry a...
Who Regulates the Regulator?
SPLASH! Podcast - April 30, 2024 18:00 - 27 minutesSend us a Text Message. In a world where nothing stays the same for long we have come to accept that change is inevitable and our industry is no different. So, what happens when a regulator needs regulating and change becomes critical for ensuring the continued opportunity for innovation and d...
Don't Shoot the Messenger
SPLASH! Podcast - April 16, 2024 18:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. None of us like complexity but we all benefit from compliance to current legislation, if in the very least is serves towards staying solvent and out of prison. Ignorance is no excuse under the law which means you have to be across all of these workplace changes all the ...
Government Making Atax on Small Business
SPLASH! Podcast - April 02, 2024 17:00 - 22 minutesSend us a Text Message. The ATO says unpaid tax from small business has more than doubled in the past 4 years and they are not happy. Today we look at the exposure, the risk and the benefit of being ahead of your tax liabilities to avoid the threat of insolvency as the government pursue their ...
I'm Sorry Dave
SPLASH! Podcast - March 19, 2024 17:00 - 22 minutesSend us a Text Message. The new issue of SPLASH! is out and ready to read. The cover feature is AI in the Pool Industry and today we try to engage AI with limited success. Always an interesting discussion to see if imminent changes are a threat or indeed an opportunity. We do find success ...
Luke Who?
SPLASH! Podcast - March 05, 2024 17:00 - 27 minutesSend us a Text Message. Very special to be joined by full time pool industry champion and sometimes podcast host Luke Daly. In this episode we take a look at how consumers are engaging with our product offerings via the consumer shows in 2024. We discuss whether consumers are turning up at all...
When Fortune Favours the Foolish
SPLASH! Podcast - February 20, 2024 17:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. With stagnating or arguably contracting economic conditions continuing for the foreseeable future, is it really worth investing in advertising, branding and consumer engagement? We unpack this question with a zoom in on the recent Perth Pool & Spa Consumer Expo in WA w...
Who Said Tax Talk Is Not Sexy?
SPLASH! Podcast - February 06, 2024 17:00 - 25 minutesSend us a Text Message. 'Time Sensitive Tax Planning' are probably 4 words that have not considered compelling or sexy. Today with the help of Ben from Inspire Accountants we tell you why this topic is a compelling one. If you want to pay more tax , or be less informed and less profitable an...
New Year to Cheer or to Fear
SPLASH! Podcast - January 23, 2024 17:00 - 22 minutesSend us a Text Message. What a privilege to launch into a new year full of hopes, plans and no doubt it's share of challenges to be overcome. In our first SPLASH! Podcast for the year we have some exciting announcements and interesting insights to what lies ahead. Watch out for a new mega co...
Safety Standards and Sustaining Beyond Summer
SPLASH! Podcast - December 06, 2023 04:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. Today we discuss safety and standards, in particular the AS1926.1 Fencing Standard. We look at an unfolding story about potentially flawed processes within a Sydney council inspection program. We also look a the latest Business Rick Index from CreditorWatch and discuss ...
SPLASH! Turns 100 and a Half
SPLASH! Podcast - November 21, 2023 17:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. We are celebrating the 150th issue of SPLASH! just released and coming out to all of our valued subscribers. If you are on subscribed get you latest digital copy today at splash.online. We take a look at a couple of new industry announcements including a new era for the...
Rates, Races and Returns
SPLASH! Podcast - November 07, 2023 17:00 - 26 minutesSend us a Text Message. Another week and another public holiday for the hard working sports obsessed citizens of Victoria as they celebrate the 'race that stops a nation'. The Reserve Bank of Australia also celebrated the day by giving the population a 25 basis points rise to increase the cash...
The Business of Old and New
SPLASH! Podcast - October 24, 2023 17:00 - 22 minutesSend us a Text Message. We continue our dive into the changing landscape of business. A new release from the 'Small Business Matters Report' reveals some alarming statistics for small business owners and ongoing financial viability. In this episode we also look a the growing need and demand f...
Change, Construction and Changing Construction Contracts
SPLASH! Podcast - October 10, 2023 17:00 - 23 minutesSend us a Text Message. It's always a good week when the latest and by default greatest issue ever of SPLASH! shows up on my doorstep and in the inbox! Today we discuss the latest Cordell Construction data, review the Top 5 online news stories and have a quick look at some of the industry hap...
Sunny Hours Summer Days
SPLASH! Podcast - September 26, 2023 18:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. There has been a lot of talk about a constricted, reducing, restricting, reducing (insert negative synonym here) economy and consumer spend. Yet, house prices are holding in some places and continuing to rise in many others and there has been significant wage growth, ye...
Clark Rubber CEO - Anthony Grice
SPLASH! Podcast - August 29, 2023 18:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. Clark Rubber CEO, Anthony Grice joins the podcast from the recent Clark Rubber Franchise Convention in Cairns. Anthony explains why Clark Rubber are so invested in ensuring every location retains trained and qualified staff as per the certification pathways. Is it for a...
Aqua-sitions and New Things
SPLASH! Podcast - August 15, 2023 18:00 - 24 minutesSend us a Text Message. In an industry that loves the big story, have we got news for you with the biggest acquisition in several years now underway. We uncover the detail around this and will continue to bring more information in coming weeks as the details and changes unfold. Also, the...
Creating Cut-through in a Contracting Economy
SPLASH! Podcast - August 01, 2023 18:00 - 25 minutesSend us a Text Message. Should you increase your share of budget allocation to marketing spend in a retracting market space? The answer according to research and best practice is yes... but there is more to it. Today we talk with expert, Cam Bailey who has been working behind the scenes with ...
Who Wants to go Insolvent?
SPLASH! Podcast - July 18, 2023 18:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. It seems every other day another builder is going bust. The economy changed during covid and is changing again rapidly post. Why are some business failing to navigate the change and fall into the pit of insolvency? We review our recent conversation with a small busin...
The Best Way to Predict the Future...
SPLASH! Podcast - July 04, 2023 18:00 - 23 minutesSend us a Text Message. The best way to predict the future? You'll have to listen in to this podcast to find out and discover what recent announcement is making massive news in our industry. News from industry, for industry including a huge announcement from the peak body. We also talk with...
Interview with FLUIDRA Managing Director APAC, Stephen Matysiak
SPLASH! Podcast - June 20, 2023 18:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. It only happens six times a year but what a good day it is when it happens! It's revealing, inspiring and informative. Yes, the new edition of SPLASH! went out recently and we take a quick look at the industry trends, news and new product. We review the Top 5 Online New...
Special Edition: Jayne Orth - A Not-So-Quiet Retirement
SPLASH! Podcast - June 13, 2023 18:00 - 19 minutesSend us a Text Message. A very special podcast as we interview Jayne Orth on her retirement from industry after three decades. Jayne has been a passionate contributor to industry towards improving product, practice and our people. A true leader in retail and chemical product knowledge and ...
Fun Size Podcast from the Airport Office
SPLASH! Podcast - June 06, 2023 14:00 - 13 minutesSend us a Text Message. You join David from the airport in putting this podcast together. Today we hear from the recent Aquatic & Research Institute conference with Lindsay McGrath taking the opportunity to interview the Architects at 106 about ' Third Place Thinking' and the keynote speaker, ...
Country Cousins Calling
SPLASH! Podcast - May 23, 2023 18:00 - 23 minutesSend us a Text Message. Grab your Akubra and get ready for a road trip to the NSW bush for the Country Pool Managers conference. The voices may be a little quieter and the accents a little broader but the challenges in managing the consumer, the facilities and the business are all too similar. ...
I Moustache You Something
SPLASH! Podcast - May 09, 2023 18:00 - 25 minutesSend us a Text Message. What do a moustache, a Michelangelo masterpiece and industry qualifications have in common? Find out in this podcast. Also, are consumers still interested in making the investment into a new pool, spa or renovation? We review the results of the recent consumer expo in...
Winning Formula
SPLASH! Podcast - April 25, 2023 18:00 - 26 minutesSend us a Text Message. Is the fast track to success a recognised qualification or is it experience that only comes with time and hard learned lessons along the way? Is one more important towards success than the other? We continue to explore this with insightful interviews today from around t...
Keep Swimming
SPLASH! Podcast - April 11, 2023 18:00 - 23 minutesSend us a Text Message. The fight continues as we ask industry if experience is more important than a qualification - or visa vera? On this episode David interviews Emily McNeil, the Executive Officer the Australian Swim Schools Association whose members utalise the products that you design, ...
Pick a Side and Let's Fight.
SPLASH! Podcast - March 28, 2023 17:00 - 23 minutesSend us a Text Message. You can't promote the award winning product/person/process/project that you don't win. You don't win the award that you don't enter. Today we provide you with skills and information to prevent you experiencing the imminent feeling of RHOMO that awaits all those who ...
Awarding Awards is Rewarding
SPLASH! Podcast - March 14, 2023 17:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. We welcome back the familiar voice of Luke Daly to discuss the investment that has been made to create the industry awards season that you don't want to miss. We also briefly preview the new SPLASH! magazine and take a look at several new products that have recently been...
Showing the WAy
SPLASH! Podcast - February 28, 2023 13:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. It's consumer show time again but are consumers still interested? Are they spooked by high interest rates and a slowing economy with increasing inflationary pressures? While in WA at the Perth Pool, Spa & Outdoor Expo, we talk with Aquatic Leisure Technologies Directo...
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