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.
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
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
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
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
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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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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Shaping the future of the sector with a clear mission,
unified voice and open channels of communication.
This is the ambition of UK Active’s new chair
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Software suppliers explain how AI,
automation and connected digital
experiences can work for the good
of operators and consumers
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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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As the 20th State of the Industry Report is released,
LeisureDB has rebranded to Evolve, as Kath Hudson reports
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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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Matt Parker
MD, Brio“We’ve reduced the level of council investment over the last three years by 40 per cent and increased our turnover by 9 per cent”
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New legislation is exposing weakness
and potential liabilities in the
management of customer data in
health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
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Shaun Grove
Owner, Stride Fitness“My goal was to invest in where fitness is going, not where it’s already been”
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Would you stop selling memberships to prevent your club getting overcrowded?
How do you strike the balance between maximising profits and prioritising
the member experience? Kath Hudson talks to the experts
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World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe talks to Liz Terry
about the launch of Run X in partnership with Technogym
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