Maidstone news
06 Oct 2025
Fresh from her Women’s Rugby World Cup victory, Rosie Galligan was at the official launch
23 Feb 2024
The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data
25 May 2023
Serco Leisure is taking over the management of a health club previously operated by David
17 May 2018
The winners of this year’s Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence have been announced, with
26 Apr 2017
To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the foundation of iconic British sculptor Henry Moore has opened
07 Jul 2016
The fans of non-league football club Maidstone United have contributed £4,000 (US$5,197, €4,693) towards the
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
19 Jan 2015
Not-for-profit trust Freedom Leisure has acquired three gyms formerly owned by LA fitness as part
12 Dec 2014
A 3G artificial pitch was used for the first time in the first round of
05 Nov 2014
New images for Paramount’s upcoming £2bn (US$3.2bn, €2.5bn) resort and theme park development have been
01 Oct 2014
Birmingham’s Motorcycle Museum was the scene for the glittering Members’ Choice Health Club Awards 2014
08 Jul 2014
Family-run gym operator truGym is on the verge of opening its latest UK site –
04 Jul 2014
The cream of the health and fitness industry gathered in Telford this week, as 14
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
23 May 2014
Finalists for the new-look 2014 Flame Awards were announced yesterday afternoon by ukactive CEO David
31 Mar 2014
The Football Association (FA) is to allow the use of 3G artificial pitches in every
30 Sep 2013
Speaking at the awards ceremony for the third annual Members’ Choice Health Club Awards during
25 Sep 2013
The winners of the Members' Choice Health Club Awards for 2013 were announced last night,
02 Aug 2013
Maidstone Council plans to commercialise its museums, while setting up a business team to cut
09 May 2013
Maidstone Borough Council has announced Parkwood Leisure its preferred bidder to run the town's Hazlitt
19 Sep 2012
Image: The awards are now in their second year The winners of the Members' Choice
30 Aug 2012
Image: The club is just 3,000sq ft in size Budget operator Fit4less by énergie has
28 Jun 2012
Image: Everyone Active was crowned Leisure Centre Operator of the Year at this year's awards
28 Jun 2012
Maidstone United Football Club has chosen a FieldTurf product for the new stadium pitch development
08 May 2012
Fit4less, the low cost fitness franchise owned by the énergie Group, remains 'on course' to
10 Apr 2012
Independently-owned budget chain truGym has launched its fourth health and fitness club in Bromley, Kent.
12 Jan 2012
Independently-owned budget chain truGym is to open its fourth health and fitness club in Bromley,
26 Sep 2011
Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) has announced that work has now commenced on the multi-million pound
22 Sep 2011
Work has begun on a new chocolate-themed visitor attraction in York. The attraction – which
24 Jan 2011
Maidstone's Mote Park is to benefit from a major £2.5m conservation and improvement scheme led
14 Jan 2011
Maidstone United Football Club (MUFC) has launched a campaign to raise funds towards a new
10 Dec 2010
The owners of the truGym budget health club in Maidstone, Kent, are looking to open
01 Oct 2010
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund (BIG) have announced that six parks
09 Sep 2010
A winding up order issued against Sheffield Wednesday Football Club (SWFC) has been dismissed by
26 Jul 2010
Maidstone Leisure Centre has reopened following a £4m revamp. The project, undertaken by ISG, included
07 May 2010
Preparation work is underway on efforts to move a wide range of documents to the
05 Mar 2010
Work has started on the development of a new £12m purpose-built history and library centre
01 Feb 2010
A museum dedicated to the history of Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) - located
12 Jan 2010
In a £115m expansion plan, budget hotel chain Travelodge is to open 26 new hotels
06 Oct 2009
Maidstone Borough Council has appointed a contractor for the £2.9m upgrade of its Maidstone Leisure
27 Jan 2009
The Museum of Kent Life is to reopen on 4 April with several new attractions
08 Jan 2009
Marriott Hotels has completed a redevelopment programme that saw 38 of its UK hotels being
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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“My goal was to invest in where fitness is going, not where it’s already been”
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People on weight loss drugs reduce their activity levels, according to a team at St John’s Hospital Illinois
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After decades of focusing on adult audiences, operators are starting to engage young people – unlocking growth opportunities while supporting the health and wellbeing of future generations
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The new CEO of UK Active talks to HCM about the gym-curious and
why he believes the sector can double in size by the end of the next decade
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The fitness industry is mourning the passing of Les Mills,
a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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Lisa Starr tries the Ammortal
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experience really delivers more
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New legislation is exposing weakness
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management of customer data in
health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
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Would you stop selling memberships to prevent your club getting overcrowded?
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the member experience? Kath Hudson talks to the experts
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A new report puts physical activity
at the heart of healthcare, says Muir Gray
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