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08 Oct 2020
Dr Steve Mann, former research director at industry body, ukactive, has been appointed director at
23 Jul 2020
Paul McPartlan has moved from Nuffield Health to take up the role of CEO of
27 Nov 2019
On-demand fitness app Fiit has partnered with fitness marketplace Hussle, giving Hussle users access to
03 Sep 2019
Online fitness marketplace Hussle has signed a deal to begin offering Premier Inn customers access
04 Jan 2019
The £26m Dover District Leisure Centre is set to open its doors on February 2019.
26 Nov 2018
Next year's active-net conference will explore the benefits of having an inclusive and diverse workforce.
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
31 Jul 2018
The people of Bulmershe are to get a new £14m leisure centre after Wokingham Borough
10 Jul 2018
Places for People Leisure (PfP) is using Sport England’s National Benchmarking Service (NBS) alongside clever
13 Jun 2018
Work on a £3.5m redevelopment of Leiston Leisure Centre on the Suffolk coast is set
18 May 2018
The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has appointed four
03 May 2018
The finalists for this year's ukactive Awards have been revealed. The 2018 award categories have
26 Jan 2018
Data and the use of technology to enhance participation will be the theme of active-net
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16 Jan 2018
Dr Steve Mann has been appointed to the newly created position of head of healthy
07 Dec 2017
Places for People Leisure has expanded its low-cost offering with the purchase of three Simply
27 Nov 2017
A £28m leisure centre is set to open tomorrow (28 November) in Eastleigh, bearing the
14 Nov 2017
Pool equipment from the London 2012 Olympics has found a new home following the opening
18 Oct 2017
Places for People Leisure has begun construction work on a £9.5m (US$12.5m, €10.7m) leisure centre
11 Oct 2017
Social enterprise Places for People Leisure has been awarded a 12-year management contract for the
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
11 Sep 2017
Social enterprise Places for People has secured the naming rights to a new £25m leisure
29 Jun 2017
The health and fitness industry’s finest came together in their hundreds last night (28 June)
12 Apr 2017
Taylor Made Designs UK (TMD) has renewed its uniform and merchandise contract with Places for
02 Mar 2017
Everyone Active has signed a 20-year deal to provide sports and leisure facilities in the
01 Feb 2017
Places for People Leisure has a won a 20-year contract to run council-owned fitness facilities
06 Dec 2016
A £15m leisure centre has won an award for best large non-residential building in Leicestershire.
24 Nov 2016
Test Valley Borough Council has appointed Places for People Leisure (PPL) to manage its leisure
28 Oct 2016
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has officially opened the £11.9m Wyre Forest Leisure Centre in
24 Oct 2016
Tim Hewett, former business development director of Places for People Leisure, has been appointed to
14 Oct 2016
Graves Health & Sports Centre in Sheffield has reopened to the public following a £16m
07 Oct 2016
GLL, Everyone Active and Fusion Lifestyle are among the nominations for this year’s Active Training
05 Oct 2016
Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington will officially open an £11.9m (US$15.1m, €13.5m) sport and leisure
28 Sep 2016
The topping out ceremony of Birmingham’s new £7.5m Sparkhill Pool and Fitness Centre, due to
06 Sep 2016
Construction work is expected to begin next year on the new £12.3m Broadbridge Heath Leisure
24 Aug 2016
Graves Tennis and Leisure Centre is set to open its doors to the public next
26 Jul 2016
The £7m Thorncliffe Health and Leisure Centre in Sheffield – which forms part of the
11 Jul 2016
Having taken the US by storm since its launch last week, and with UK users
29 Jun 2016
The cream of the health and fitness industry gathered in Telford last night (29 June),
22 Jun 2016
There are changes at the top for Places for People Leisure (PfPL), with two mainstays
17 Jun 2016
Last week saw the official opening of Hinckley Leisure Centre – a new £15m facility
15 Jun 2016
The brand new £7.5m Tewkesbury Leisure Centre has opened to the public, with Places for
01 Jun 2016
Following a competitive procurement exercise in March, Wattbike, creator of the world’s most advanced indoor
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“Brawn is the digital platform that drives revenues from personal training”
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University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship
Goodwin Sports Centre following a major refurbishment
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D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with
business growth. MD, John Lofting and operations
director, Matt Aynsley, explain the rationale
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Epassi, a provider of workplace wellness benefits, is creating a fitter
and more productive workforce, one membership at a time
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The New Keiser M3i Studio Bike brings ride
data to life to engage and delight members
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Nuffield Health has worked with ServiceSport UK for more than ten
years, ensuring the equipment in its clubs is commercially optimised
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The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based
supplier BLK BOX is transforming the gym floor
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GymNation is pioneering the future of
fitness with software specialist Perfect
Gym providing a scalable tech platform
to power and sustain its growth
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Francesca Cooper-Boden says
health assessment services can
boost health club retention
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As more people join clubs to support their mental
health, fitness professionals need to be empowered to
take a holistic approach. Kath Hudson shares useful
tools discussed at the ACE summit on mental health
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Industry suppliers are responding to the exponential increase in
consumer demand for strength training with a raft of new and
innovative launches and concepts, as Steph Eaves reports
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Footballer and entrepreneur“Taking care of your physical and mental health is essential for a fulfilling life”
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Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a
health club, do fitness professionals need a grounding in counselling
to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
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“We are the new youth club, a social space for young people to connect”
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New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
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Members are telling us they need support with their mental and spiritual health and the industry is starting to see this need. Now’s the time to fast-track our response
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McFit, the original budget gym is undergoing
a transformation with a new look and
estate-wide overhaul, as Liz Terry reports
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Imposter syndrome about a promotion taught the
CEO of SATS that behaving authentically is the most
important part of leadership. He talks to Kath Hudson
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Will Orr has been talking to HCM about the company’s
new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
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