Portsmouth news
08 Sep 2025
Registered charity and leisure operator, BH Live has taken over the contract to run the
12 May 2025
As cost is still a major barrier to participation in physical activity, leisure centre operator
27 Feb 2025
Sport England has announced investment into 53 areas highlighted in the top 10 per cent
19 Sep 2024
Operators across the UK ran special events and gave away free passes to encourage people
23 Jul 2024
Finalists for the UK Active Awards 2024 have been announced. Winners from across the 14
27 Apr 2024
Numbers from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, (ALVA) show that Royal attractions saw a
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
22 Mar 2023
A new type of multi-activity, outdoor exercise space – designed to get people moving by
19 Dec 2020
Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part
23 Oct 2020
The University of Portsmouth is gearing up to open its new £57m Ravelin Sports Centre.
01 Apr 2020
Helen Bonser-Wilton, CEO of Portsmouth's Mary Rose Museum, says the attraction, along with the rest
18 Feb 2020
A new museum, dedicated to the smaller craft used by the Royal Navy in both
14 Oct 2019
To celebrate its ninth year at the Independent Hotel Show (IHS) Crown Sports Locker will
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
04 Sep 2019
Construction work has begun on a £53m sports facility at the University of Portsmouth. A
16 May 2019
The winners of the Museums + Heritage Awards were announced in London last night (15
28 Feb 2019
PureGym has partnered with Wattbike to open its first dedicated Wattbike Zone at its site
07 Feb 2019
Chris Symons, who has spent the past 18 years at leisure trust GLL, has been
29 Nov 2018
Hundreds of UK attractions that have received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) are
09 Nov 2018
Continuum Attractions, a leader in visitor attractions in the UK, has appointed Craig Hatto to
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
17 Sep 2018
Australian health and fitness chain Jetts Fitness has opened its fifth UK club, Jetts Skipton,
11 Sep 2018
Jetts Fitness has opened a club in Skipton, Yorkshire, making it the fifth location the
01 Aug 2018
A Kempinski resort on the island of Dominica will feature a 1,750sq m (18,836sq ft)
09 Jul 2018
Portsmouth City Council has approved plans for an inclusive and sustainable sports facility at University
07 Feb 2018
Sports and leisure specialists FaulknerBrowns Architects have submitted a planning application for a major new
02 Feb 2018
The University of Portsmouth has unveiled ambitious plans for a sustainable sports facility designed by
21 Dec 2017
A climbing facility will form the centrepiece of a £850,000 (US$1.1m, €969,100) makeover at Portsmouth’s
15 Dec 2017
A selection of nominees are in contention for the European Museum of the Year Award
16 Nov 2017
The next batch of category winners have been announced on the second day (November 16)
04 Oct 2017
Derby City Council has unveiled ambitious plans for a new swimming and leisure facility designed
26 Sep 2017
The D-Day Museum in Portsmouth, UK, has secured £4.7m (US$6.3m, €5.3m) from the Heritage Lottery
25 Aug 2017
British architecture practice FaulknerBrowns have been selected to design a £50m (US$64m, €54.3m) indoor sports
23 Aug 2017
The National Museum of the Royal Navy has begun essential works to support the historic
19 Jul 2017
The INSIDE World Festival of Interiors has announced a shortlist of 78 projects that are
17 Jul 2017
Coventry, Paisley, Stoke, Sunderland or Swansea will be named as the UK City of Culture
10 May 2017
Pool and plant design expert World Leisure has bagged the contract to provide a 20m
28 Apr 2017
The John Pounds Centre in Portsmouth has refurbished its gym to make it more accessible
27 Mar 2017
League One football club Gillingham has called on its local council to support its aspirations
15 Mar 2017
Eleven cities of the UK have registered bids to be considered for UK City of
10 Jan 2017
The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth’s historic dockyard has launched a new app to enhance
10 Nov 2016
South coast leisure operator BH Live has secured a long-term deal to manage six venues
25 Oct 2016
London Zoo’s aviary is among the most recent additions to Historic England’s Risk Register, with
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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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The industry is embracing consumer-facing tech. Now it’s time to
streamline back-of-house systems with Orbit4, says Daniel Jones
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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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survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
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us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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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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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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