Places for People Leisure news
08 Oct 2020
Dr Steve Mann, former research director at industry body, ukactive, has been appointed director at
23 Jul 2020
Paul McPartlan has moved from Nuffield Health to take up the role of CEO of
27 Nov 2019
On-demand fitness app Fiit has partnered with fitness marketplace Hussle, giving Hussle users access to
03 Sep 2019
Online fitness marketplace Hussle has signed a deal to begin offering Premier Inn customers access
04 Jan 2019
The £26m Dover District Leisure Centre is set to open its doors on February 2019.
26 Nov 2018
Next year's active-net conference will explore the benefits of having an inclusive and diverse workforce.
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
31 Jul 2018
The people of Bulmershe are to get a new £14m leisure centre after Wokingham Borough
10 Jul 2018
Places for People Leisure (PfP) is using Sport England’s National Benchmarking Service (NBS) alongside clever
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
26 Jan 2018
Data and the use of technology to enhance participation will be the theme of active-net
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
16 Jan 2018
Dr Steve Mann has been appointed to the newly created position of head of healthy
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
18 Oct 2017
Places for People Leisure has begun construction work on a £9.5m (US$12.5m, €10.7m) leisure centre
11 Oct 2017
Social enterprise Places for People Leisure has been awarded a 12-year management contract for the
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
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)
12 Apr 2017
Taylor Made Designs UK (TMD) has renewed its uniform and merchandise contract with Places for
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
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
11 Jul 2016
Having taken the US by storm since its launch last week, and with UK users
29 Jun 2016
The cream of the health and fitness industry gathered in Telford last night (29 June),
22 Jun 2016
There are changes at the top for Places for People Leisure (PfPL), with two mainstays
17 Jun 2016
Last week saw the official opening of Hinckley Leisure Centre – a new £15m facility
15 Jun 2016
The brand new £7.5m Tewkesbury Leisure Centre has opened to the public, with Places for
01 Jun 2016
Following a competitive procurement exercise in March, Wattbike, creator of the world’s most advanced indoor
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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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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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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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BLK BOX has been reimagining elite performance
spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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Pulse Fitness has created a
new health club delivering an
elevated wellness experience
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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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Stephen Price
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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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
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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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Julie Cramer highlights
recent health club flooring
upgrades, as top suppliers
give their advice
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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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