Life Leisure news
19 Feb 2026
Former England rugby union player and contestant on the BBC’s celebrity Traitors show, Joe Marler,
18 Dec 2025
Life Leisure is raising awareness for the physical and mental wellbeing of men with the
20 Aug 2025
The finalists of the UK Active Awards 2025 have been announced today (19 August) following
23 Jul 2024
Finalists for the UK Active Awards 2024 have been announced. Winners from across the 14
15 Jun 2024
More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to
15 Jul 2022
Community benefit society Leisure in the Community (LITC) and 1Life Leisure Management Solutions (1Life) have
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
19 Jul 2021
KA Leisure has appointed industry veteran Malcolm McPhail as its interim chief executive. McPhail, who
08 Mar 2021
As health clubs prepare for reopening, some are introducing programmes designed to help people recovering
06 Oct 2020
Malcolm McPhail, group CEO of social enterprise Life Leisure, has stepped down from the role
06 Dec 2019
Life Leisure is expanding its facility portfolio with the launch of an independent boutique fitness
26 Nov 2019
It’s just months away until active-net 2020, the two-day educational, networking and business meetings event,
07 Jun 2019
Leisure operators Everyone Active and GLL each picked up three gongs at the ukactive Awards
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
27 Nov 2018
Life Leisure has become a facility owner after acquiring the Stockport Sports Village (SSV). The
16 Nov 2018
Winners of this year's Active Training Awards have been revealed at a gala event in
22 Jun 2018
Winners of the inaugural ukactive Awards were revealed at a gala dinner in Manchester last
03 May 2018
The finalists for this year's ukactive Awards have been revealed. The 2018 award categories have
Drayson celebrates rise from school drop-out to UK fitness industry's Outstanding Individual of 2017
13 Dec 2017
Danny Drayson has been on a journey from school drop-out to fitness and young person
01 Dec 2017
The physical activity sector’s best performers in workforce development were announced last night (30 November)
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
29 Jun 2017
The health and fitness industry’s finest came together in their hundreds last night (28 June)
26 May 2017
Jubilee Hall Trust won two accolades at the Sporta UK Awards 2017 during a ceremony
21 Feb 2017
Life Leisure's actilife health programme has been adopted by two North West leisure trusts planning
11 Oct 2016
Perfect weather greeted twenty brave skydivers from 1Life leisure management company as they prepared to
03 May 2016
Move's new partner network across the three cities includes hundreds of independent operators, as well
24 Jul 2015
Life Leisure is aiming for a national roll-out of its pioneering public health programme which
16 Jan 2015
A recent changing room refurbishment at a Life Leisure gym – which featured dramatic black
23 May 2014
Finalists for the new-look 2014 Flame Awards were announced yesterday afternoon by ukactive CEO David
23 Apr 2014
After overcoming several hurdles on its way to launch, it was somewhat fitting that LA
04 Sep 2013
The AlterG anti-gravity treadmill has arrived at Life Leisure Avondale and is to become a
03 Jun 2013
Following on from the success of last year's inaugural Stockport Big Event Series, which welcomed
04 Oct 2012
Woodley Sports Centre re-opened its doors on Monday 10 September as lifeLEISURE Stockport Sports Village
05 Mar 2012
Life Leisure has officially launched the UK's most acclaimed weight loss programme in Stockport. As
05 Sep 2011
Stockport Sports Trust has announced that it is rebranding as Life Leisure. The rebrand is
08 Aug 2011
North West England-based Stockport Sports Trust has confirmed that it is to be renamed as
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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Pulse Fitness has created a
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The industry is embracing consumer-facing tech. Now it’s time to
streamline back-of-house systems with Orbit4, says Daniel Jones
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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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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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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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
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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Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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us, says the activity advocate
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He talks to Kate Cracknell
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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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Deena Gillan
Chair of UK Active’s Independent Council and GM at 3-1-5“There are so many dedicated people in the independent sector – they work hard because they’re passionate about changing lives”
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Phillip Mills
CEO, Les Mills“The Les Mills partnership with Hyrox is something I'm personally really excited about”
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