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.
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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
Strength training has never been more important for member retention, facility differentiation and long-term commercial
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
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
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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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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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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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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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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World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe talks to Liz Terry
about the launch of Run X in partnership with Technogym
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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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Software suppliers explain how AI,
automation and connected digital
experiences can work for the good
of operators and consumers
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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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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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New legislation is exposing weakness
and potential liabilities in the
management of customer data in
health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
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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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After decades of focusing on adult audiences, operators are starting to engage young people – unlocking growth opportunities while supporting the health and wellbeing of future generations
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