National Sports Centre news
17 Jun 2025
Sport England has launched a £160 million fund to respond to the impact of climate
14 Aug 2024
Everyone Active will take over the operation of Sheffield’s sports and leisure venues, including three
09 Mar 2020
Lilleshall National Sports Centre in Shropshire has opened the doors to a new artistic gym
11 Feb 2019
Services giant Serco Group has appointed Simon Bailey as the new managing director of its
26 Oct 2018
Wattbike Studio doubles usage at Holme Pierrepont, home of the National Water Sports Centre Since
28 Dec 2017
Elite sports centres Lilleshall, Bisham Abbey and the National Water Sports Centre have announced plans
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
26 May 2017
International temporary structure specialist Neptunus has created a bespoke sports hall for the Dutch Judo
01 Mar 2017
The chief executive of the organisation that runs some of Sheffield’s key leisure, wellbeing and
22 Jul 2016
Sheffield City Trust, the wellbeing charity which manages 11 sports and leisure venues through its
01 Apr 2016
Three sports governing bodies – Basketball Scotland, Netball Scotland and Scottish Handball – have signed
15 Dec 2015
Serco has ditched plans to offload its leisure business, with the services giant reluctant to
10 Dec 2015
Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield has opened its upgraded multi-million pound fitness facility,
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
30 Oct 2015
Sports architects Frieder Roskam, Bill Stonor and Geraint John are among the first inductees to
05 Oct 2015
Services giant Serco’s plans to offload its leisure arm as part of CEO Rupert Soames’
05 Feb 2015
InstructAbility, the award-winning programme providing fitness instructor training for people with disabilities, is to roll
09 Dec 2014
A taste test at the Lilleshall National Sports Centre, training home for a number of
25 Nov 2014
Up to 70 UK leisure and sports facilities face an uncertain future after operator Serco
04 Nov 2014
Life Fitness’ multi-site contract with Serco has been extended for a further five years under
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
22 Oct 2014
Boris Johnson, mayor of London, has begun a consultation process with GT Architects over the
11 Aug 2014
Special Olympics GB has confirmed its 2017 National Summer Games will be held in Sheffield
08 Aug 2014
Scotland’s first dedicated para-sports facility is to be built at the Sportscotland National Sports Centre
07 Jul 2014
Sport England’s National Sport Centre at Bisham Abbey has benefitted from a £7m facelift of
13 Nov 2012
Gen3 has installed its MyoTruk equipment into the England rugby gym at Pennyhill Park, Surrey,
05 Nov 2012
More than 500 over 55-year-olds took part in the 2012 Better Club Games, held at
12 Apr 2012
British Handball has signed up to use sports assessment and tracking system OptimaSport. The equipment,
24 Feb 2012
Plans for the development of a new National Performance Centre for Sport in Scotland will
14 Feb 2012
Sheffield's most popular health and fitness scheme is to be rolled out into four more
14 Feb 2012
SHEFFIELD's spectacular venues and proud sporting heritage have attracted the leisure industry's top awards conference
16 Jan 2012
The Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Councillor Sylvia Dunkley, has backed a new leisure scheme which
05 Dec 2011
In the build up to London 2012 and the IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017, all
02 Nov 2011
Sheffield's most popular health and fitness scheme is to be expanded for the second time
02 Nov 2011
Sheffield's swimming pools have made a splash after announcing an increase in the number of
10 Oct 2011
Stephen Studd, chief executive of SkillsActive, has announced his decision to stand down from the
04 Oct 2011
Out to develop swimming in the London region, Crystal Palace Aquatics Beacon Programme helped 36
23 Sep 2011
Neptunus has completed the installation of two new semi-permanent structures at the Dutch Olympic training
15 Sep 2011
The XIth Commonwealth Youth Games took place recently on the Isle of Man, with all
30 Aug 2011
Nearly 2,300 tonnes of sand used at the recent London 2012 beach volleyball test event,
03 Aug 2011
Epsom's Rainbow Leisure Centre narrowly beat tough national competition to be voted the best in
29 Jun 2011
At least two pitches at Dundee International Sports Centre (DISC) are to be upgraded after
09 Jun 2011
A rehabilitation centre dedicated to helping professional footballers overcome injuries and return to competition has
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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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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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“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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health and behaviour change
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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Record market penetration in the UK
fitness sector masks a deeper shift
around consumer engagement, according
to a report from Grant Thornton and
UK Active, as Liz Terry reports
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