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04 Jan 2019
The £26m Dover District Leisure Centre is set to open its doors on February 2019.
31 Jul 2018
The people of Bulmershe are to get a new £14m leisure centre after Wokingham Borough
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
16 Jan 2018
Dr Steve Mann has been appointed to the newly created position of head of healthy
PROMOTION: EXF supports Third Space to create London’s largest functional training space at The Yard
15 Feb 2009
Bespoke fitness manufacturer EXF has extended its relationship with Third Space, by supplying the luxury
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
11 Oct 2017
Social enterprise Places for People Leisure has been awarded a 12-year management contract for the
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)
07 Feb 2009
St Michaels Resort, an award-winning leisure destination in Cornwall, has completed a £10m expansion programme,
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
07 Feb 2019
Now in its fourth year, Elevate continues to explore the benefits of physical activity for
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
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Features
EHFF 2019
The sixth European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF), will take place on 3 April 2019 in Cologne, Germany, the day before the start of FIBO. HCM gives a sneak preview
Features
Group Exercise
We look at the current group exercise landscape and ask what’s likely to
be trending in the year ahead, as well as tactics club operators
can use to improve their results
Features
Retention
Getting retention right is the key to success in gyms with memberships.
Paul Bedford has turned retention into a science. We share case
studies and top tips from the latest retention research
Features
Conference Report
The recent Power Plate RISE event (Retention, Insights, Solutions, Engagement) brought
together research, expertise and practical solutions, supported by industry speakers
Dr Paul Bedford, retention specialist and David Minton, CEO of The Leisure Database Company (TLDC)
Features
Supplier showcase
With a new update coming out in 2019, Myzone is trailblazing in the fitness wearables market
Features
Retail
Years ago, gym retail meant a small selection of basic products sold behind a counter. Now retail can turn more profit more than anywhere else in the gym, with opportunities in activewear, supplements and specialised gym equipment. We look at what’s working according to three industry experts
Features
Training
The UK’s first hotel with high altitude rooms has opened its doors, hot on the
heels of the launch of a hypoxic chamber at the new Third Space in London.
Is altitude training heading for the mainstream? Kath Hudson reports
Features
Sweating the details
The ubiquity of screens offers our sector greater reach than ever before. The challenge is to find creative solutions to transform this perceived threat into an opportunity
Features
Trends
Is going sub-zero the next big thing in health clubs?
We take a closer look at the benefits of cryotherapy and some of the options on offer if you’re thinking of making the leap into the big chill
Features
Flooring
The feel of a certain surface under a member’s feet can unconsciously put them in the right
headspace to workout. We take a look at the latest flooring projects inspiring members to move...
Features
People
“I don’t think there’s a better way to shred fat and build definition than via group exercise kickboxing/boxing and more importantly, it’s flat-out super fun”
People
“A couple of years ago, I attended a women’s leadership summit at IHRSA. I really enjoyed being in a room with female business leaders and left inspired to do more of that kind of activity, but couldn’t find an outlet”
People
“We’d like to get closer to 100 classes a week, with an initial target of 72 classes at 40 per cent capacity. Break-even will be lower than that, but that’s where we’d like to be financially”
People
“The new FIBO CAMPUS will have 13 themed sessions, ranging from fitness and health through personnel management to digitisation, offering a line-up for visitors – be they gym operators, physiotherapists or trainers”
People
“That’s the biggest change I see in the fitness industry now: these young people come up with a new concept and they get capital to launch it, as opposed to the old days when you were under-financed.””
People
“In London, people are familiar with the boutique concept, but elsewhere it’s still relatively new, so initially it was a challenge to educate people in Manchester about our benefits, when they were used to paying budget club prices”
People
“As an operator, you need to pick your price point and do what you can for that, but do it really well. We have great quality facilities, but what we offer isn’t luxury”
People
“We raised around £20m of capital for our first Social Impact Fund. We’re on course to receive outcomes payments of about £60m, with predicted savings to government of about £130m”
People
“We signed an agreement with FoodWell, to be part of its inaugural 9,000sq ft site in Manchester, offering group fitness classes, a mindful restaurant and a series of workshops on healthy living options and we’ll be operating a Rejuvenate studio within this development”
People
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