Portsmouth City Council news
07 Feb 2019
Chris Symons, who has spent the past 18 years at leisure trust GLL, has been
09 Jul 2018
Portsmouth City Council has approved plans for an inclusive and sustainable sports facility at University
21 Dec 2017
A climbing facility will form the centrepiece of a £850,000 (US$1.1m, €969,100) makeover at Portsmouth’s
10 Nov 2016
South coast leisure operator BH Live has secured a long-term deal to manage six venues
07 Jul 2016
The iconic 170-metre Emirates Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, UK, has been painted and polished in
15 Dec 2015
Plans to bring a Sherlock Holmes visitor attraction to Portsmouth, UK, have re-emerged, with Portsmouth
23 Feb 2021
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27 Sep 2013
Portsmouth’s Spinnaker Tower has been recognised with a staffing award based on its employee training
05 Aug 2013
Leisure and cultural trust, BH Live has confirmed that it will be taking over the
04 Jul 2013
Portsmouth’s Cumberland House natural history museum has re-opened following a makeover to make the facility
29 Oct 2012
Portsmouth City Council has announced plans to bid for £4.4m worth of Heritage Lottery Funding
18 Apr 2011
Old Portsmouth's historic Round Tower has been transformed into a new contemporary art gallery, which
03 Mar 2011
Portsmouth City Council (PCC) has insisted a Olympic-sized swimming pool at the city's Mountbatten Centre
28 Jan 2021
Precor has launched a mobile app to accompany its popular networked fitness solution, Preva, which
08 Feb 2011
Social enterprise Yellow Kite has reached agreement with Portsmouth City Council (PCC) to give Southsea
24 Nov 2010
Portsmouth City Council (PCC) has launched a new public consultation in order to gather views
15 Nov 2010
A new 'alliance' has been established by local authorities and museums along the south coast
07 Sep 2010
Portsmouth City Council (PCC) has transferred responsibility for Hilsea Lido's Blue Lagoon function room to
31 Mar 2010
A greyhound racing stadium in Portsmouth, Hampshire, has closed in order to make way for
23 Feb 2010
Portsmouth Football Club (PFC) will be placed into administration unless a buyer for the Premier
11 Dec 2020
Maintaining a consistent member experience across a growing health and fitness brand can prove challenging.
09 Jun 2009
The Mountbatten Centre's fitness facilities have re-opened in Portsmouth following the completion of a £20m
08 May 2009
Plans to open a new 50m swimming pool and fitness facilities at the Mountbatten Centre
05 May 2009
The Mountbatten Centre's new fitness facilities will be reopened this week in Portsmouth by Olympic
01 Apr 2009
Portsmouth City Council (PCC) has confirmed its intention to close the city's Victoria Swimming Centre
23 Mar 2009
Portsmouth Football Club (PFC) has announced that its plans for a new stadium have been
08 Jan 2009
Property fund manager Highcross has submitted plans for a mixed-use development on its 100-acre Lakeside
10 Dec 2008
Portsmouth is to be awarded £6m to boost physical activity throughout the city. The government
29 Jan 2008
Portsmouth City Council has appointed Broadwater Leisure to redevelop and manage the Mountbatten Centre and
01 Nov 2007
Portsmouth Football Club has had to find a new site for its proposed 36,000-seater stadium,
25 Jun 2007
A new skate park has just been installed by Playworld Systems Europe for Portsmouth City
02 May 2007
Portsmouth Football Club has unveiled plans for a new £600m stadium, to be built on
19 Apr 2007
Management company Parkwood Leisure has started work on a 10-year, £1m per annum turnover contract
04 Apr 2007
Portsmouth City Council has named Broadwater Leisure as its preferred bidder to develop the city’s
23 Feb 2007
Peter Mann has been involved in the leisure industry for more than 33 years, in
04 Nov 2005
Continuum Group, the York-based designer and operator of visitor attractions has reached an agreement with
2 Nov 2005
Portsmouth City councillors have approved plans to invest around £20m in Mountbatten Sports Centre to
18 Oct 2005
Three people were trapped in the external glass lift at Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower today –
15 Sep 2005
The 170m (574ft) Spinnaker Tower – the centrepiece of the £38m regeneration of Portsmouth Harbour
03 Sep 2003
Portsmouth City Council has granted planning consent to convert part of the historic Vulcan building
28 Jul 2003
Heritage Projects has been appointed as the operator of the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, the
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