Birmingham City Council news
03 Feb 2020
Detailed plans for the redevelopment of Alexander Stadium in Birmingham have been approved, marking a
16 Oct 2019
Proposals for the redevelopment of the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham have been submitted to the
03 Sep 2019
Birmingham City University has signed a deal to become one of the anchor tenants of
15 Aug 2019
An £8.5m leisure centre has opened its doors to the public in Birmingham. The Ladywood
24 Jun 2019
Conceptual designs have been revealed for Birmingham's Alexander Stadium, which are set to transform the
15 May 2019
Construction work has begun on the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Village – the largest infrastructure
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
01 Feb 2019
Latest figures from the County Council Network (CCN), which represents all county councils in England,
21 Dec 2018
Plans for a large-scale athletes village, to be used during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games,
05 Jun 2018
Designs for The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Village, released this week, show that the Games
15 May 2018
The Northfield Leisure Centre in Birmingham has opened to the public on 14 May, as
21 Dec 2017
Birmingham has officially been named the host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, beating competition
20 Dec 2017
Birmingham is set to be officially announced as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
14 Nov 2017
Pool equipment from the London 2012 Olympics has found a new home following the opening
13 Nov 2017
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to help train swimming teachers and volunteer lifeguards at
04 Sep 2017
Erdington Leisure Centre in Birmingham will open to the public today (4 September) as part
24 Aug 2017
England's cricket match against the West Indies – the first day/night test match to be
19 Jul 2017
Brendan Foster, the former Commonwealth 10,000m champion, has joined the team trying to bring the
26 Jun 2017
The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) will be one of four indoor arenas at the heart
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
24 Apr 2017
The capacity of Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium could be increased by almost 30,000 seats if the
14 Mar 2017
Birmingham is the second British city to throw its hat into the ring to take
17 Jan 2017
Birmingham will take a detailed look at its facilities and infrastructure after launching an investigation
09 Nov 2016
Building work has begun on a new leisure centre in Stechford, east Birmingham. The £9m
30 Sep 2016
Venues such as Villa Park, the Alexander Stadium and the NEC Arena could host Commonwealth
28 Sep 2016
The topping out ceremony of Birmingham’s new £7.5m Sparkhill Pool and Fitness Centre, due to
15 Jun 2016
A thousand youngsters across Birmingham and Warwickshire will receive a free cricket bat as a
30 Apr 2015
ukactive has announced the high-profile shortlist of candidates aiming to join the new ukactive Board
27 Mar 2015
Serco Leisure has won a 15-year contract with Birmingham City Council to manage nine leisure
12 Dec 2014
Providing public parks, walking and biking trails is the most cost-effective way of increasing physical
16 Sep 2014
Borrowing and visitor numbers to the UK's new £189m (US$307m, €237m) Library of Birmingham –
20 May 2014
The health and fitness industry is “close to appalling” at how it uses data to
20 May 2014
Is the health and fitness industry fully-qualified to deliver professional advice and guidance? That was
28 Mar 2014
Research conducted by Dr Paul Bedford has revealed that a large proportion of health club
05 Mar 2014
The NEC Group, which operates and owns the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), is to be
24 Jan 2014
Birmingham City Council is working on a project with Dr William Bird of Intelligent Health,
05 Jun 2013
Birmingham’s LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community has opened a new sports and fitness
19 Mar 2013
Birmingham’s £450m regeneration programme for its city centre has taken a step forward with a
15 Mar 2013
The Heritage Lottery Fund has this week awarded £704,500 for the permanent display of the
19 Feb 2013
A UK golf course will have its finger firmly on the pulse when it comes
21 Aug 2012
Image: Squash courts will be among the new facilities A second stage of development work
19 Jun 2012
Image: A 27-storey tower will dominate the scheme Birmingham City Council (BCC) has approved plans
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survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
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us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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preferences. Julie Cramer talks
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products are meeting this demand
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
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health and behaviour change
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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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franchise networks, investments
and proprietary tech, Viva Leisure’s
ecosystem is redefining how
gyms scale and generate revenue.
Its CEO speaks to Kate Cracknell
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spaces can lead to
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peak times. Julie Cramer
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