leisure services news
31 Mar 2026
Duncan Jefford has been announced as the new managing director of Everyone Active. Current MD,
11 Feb 2026
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL), which is owned by TDR Capital Titan, has commenced legal action
03 Nov 2025
Plans for a £40 million investment to promote healthy and active communities across North Yorkshire,
20 Aug 2025
The finalists of the UK Active Awards 2025 have been announced today (19 August) following
06 Aug 2025
Move Southwark is gearing up to launch a multi-million pound leisure centre at Canada Water,
17 Jun 2025
Freedom Leisure has been appointed by Southend-on-Sea City Council as provider for its leisure services.
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
30 Apr 2025
The proposed MBO of Denbighshire Leisure Ltd has stalled following the withdrawal of the private
31 Mar 2025
Welsh leisure operator, Denbighshire Leisure Ltd, is undertaking a management buyout from Denbighshire Council for
10 Jan 2025
Unprecedented financial challenges are pressing Caerphilly County Borough Council to accelerate its consolidation strategy which
04 Oct 2024
Some 800 people attended the UK Active Awards ceremony last night (3 October) in Birmingham.
19 Jun 2024
With the UK General Election imminent, industry strategist, Martyn Allison, says it’s time for the
30 May 2024
In the latest edition of HCM magazine, Mark Tweedie talks about his hopes for the
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
02 May 2024
Consultancy and change architects, Miova, have welcomed industry veteran Mark Tweedie on board. Tweedie had
08 Dec 2023
A proposed change to the way councils organise the operation of their leisure facilities – including
18 May 2023
Councils in the UK will benefit from hundreds of thousands of pounds of extra revenue
23 Feb 2023
The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end
10 Jan 2023
A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Sport England
14 Dec 2022
Sport England has released the Future of Public Sector Leisure report which looks at how
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
24 Nov 2022
Mark Braithwaite is to join Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council as chief operating officer. Braithwaite, formerly
09 Aug 2022
Mark Sesnan, CEO of GLL, has pushed back on Tower Hamlet Council’s decision to take
28 Jan 2022
The charitable trust, Angusalive, which provides culture, sport and leisure services for the county of
03 Dec 2021
As global leaders meet for the COP26 climate summit, local authorities across England are partnering
30 Sep 2021
New research by Barclays Corporate Banking reveals that the leisure, fitness, spa and hospitality industries
05 Aug 2021
Harrogate Borough Council has launched a community health and wellbeing company to manage its portfolio
07 Jul 2021
There is a "clear case" to evolve the purpose and role played by the UK's
18 May 2021
One in three councils in England are expecting to close at least one of their
01 Feb 2021
Wigan Council in the UK will take back the management of all its leisure centres
09 Aug 2020
A significant proportion of leisure facilities in England have not reopened since lockdown measures were
22 Jul 2020
The UK's industry's leading trade associations have united to call for a major review of
01 May 2020
The physical activity sector has been left in shock by news that Steve Franks, the
10 Mar 2020
Falkirk Community Trust has launched an immersive indoor cycling studio as part of a £1.2m
30 Oct 2019
Nearly three in four (71 per cent) local authority chiefs expect the UK's exit from
26 Sep 2019
Construction work is finally set to begin on the Chiltern Lifestyle Centre in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
05 Jun 2019
A £20m leisure hub, designed to bring a number of services under one roof, has
31 May 2019
Construction work on a new £20m leisure centre in Berwick, Northumberland, is set to begin
21 May 2019
There is nothing new in facility operators reconfiguring underused sports courts as gyms and exercise
04 May 2019
Procurement practices are driving a race to the bottom in the delivery of public leisure
18 Apr 2019
A new £15m (US$19.5m, €17.3m) waterpark has opened its doors to the public in Rhyl,
18 Apr 2019
Social enterprise Mytime Active has signed a 40-year deal to run 12 leisure facilities in
27 Mar 2019
Leisure operators Fusion Lifestyle and Active Life have committed to investing £11.5m in improving facilities
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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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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New launch, Salus House, elevates boutique wellness with
high service levels and a partnership with Technogym
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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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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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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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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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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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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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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
globally, yet with 100 per cent of people seeing benefits when they
exercise, how high could it go? Kath Hudson asks the experts…
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CEO, Les Mills“The Les Mills partnership with Hyrox is something I'm personally really excited about”
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Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers
confirming the event’s largest-ever drinks reception as registrations continue to run more
than 10% ahead of last year.
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