It would seem Nottingham Scuba Centre on Mapperley top is the first casualty of the credit crunch in the Nottingham diving community. While it is never nice to hear about businesses closing, it was always on the cards that something had to give, with First Stage closing earlier this year and now Nottingham Scuba Centre closing its doors.
I have always thought that Nottingham has had too many dive centres and now things are getting tight in this recession I may be proved right. In the last diving industry report it showed a small upturn in business, but when money gets tight, the first thing people stop spending on is their leisure time. So, in today's market you have to offer the full range of services. That is why, here at Barracuda Dive Centre, all servicing, testing and repair work is done in-house by trained staff. Barracuda is the only IDEST cylinder test centre in Nottinghamshire. We offer the full range of diving services, diver training, equipment sales and organise dive trips and holidays. We also service, test and repair all of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Service's rescue equipment.
In the end, the point I am making is that although Nottingham has now lost two diving centres, Barracuda Dive Centre was the first and will be the last. We have already had a number of divers come in from Nottingham Scuba and we expect a lot more as the new season starts - each and every one will receive the same warm Barracuda welcome.
Looking forward to seeing you in the shop or out diving.
The Barracuda Crew :-)
Oh dear what a sad story...not!
They say that "what goes around comes around" and I think this just proves it.
Let's hope all previous customers come along to Dive Barracuda and learn what real, honest, genuine, knowledgeable, friendly service looks like :-)
Posted by: Aly G | 21 February 2009 at 03:34 PM