A family that set up a hot tub business with just four spas back in 2015 has now moved into the biggest tub showroom in North Wales.
Jack Glynn and his parents Mike and Heather started Concept Spa in Llangefni after seeing a gap in the market for luxury hot tubs.
They hoped to do a roaring trade on the back of demand for spas for leisure and social reasons, from holiday homes to “hot tub parties”.
But while this side of the market has boomed they have also been surprised by the level of demand from people wanting them for the health benefits.
This has seen the company grow year on year, with a second site in Porthmadog and a recent move to a new whopping 3,750 square feet showroom in Llangefni.
There are now eight people employed by the business and they hope to expand further in the future with a potential third site, and selling a further range of other outdoor living products.
Jack, 25, explained where they got the idea for the business.
He said: “I was working with my dad as an electrician and we had a contract servicing hot tubs in the area. We found there were some places we were going back to every month because of problems.
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"There were a lot of sub-par hot tubs about and most people who owned them were generally not short of money.
“We thought there was a gap in the market for luxury hot tubs and started to do research into brands.
“Then in 2015 we started out in Llangefni. We had four hot tubs to start with.”
They were surprised at the level of demand.
Jack said: “We have done much better than we ever expected.
“We had predicted demand from those wanting them for social reasons – hot tub parties, hot tubs for holiday homes – and that demand has been there.
“But we have been impressed at the demand from customers who want them for health reasons – things like skin conditions, arthritis, backache.
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"We have also been surprised by the results and I would like to see more research on the benefits of hydrotherapy.”
The company is holding an open day on July 27 at its site at Unit 8, Pen-yr-orsedd Business Park, Llangefni, which will be attended by British diver and Olympic gold medallist Jack Laugher.
Jack said: “We now have 21 hot tubs across the two sites in Llangefni and Porthmadog.
“We needed to move for the extra space and this also allows us to stock more outdoor living items like gazebos and fire pits.
“We would consider a third site in the future but at the moment the focus is on the sites we have.”