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09 Jul 2026
The £33.9 million Leighton Leisure and Community Centre has opened in Leighton Buzzard, UK, creating
15 May 2026
Brio Northgate – formerly Northgate Arena in Chester – has officially reopened following
Across the UK, local authorities are facing the same challenge: ageing leisure facilities, restrictive layouts
13 Nov 2025
According to the latest Moving Communities Impact Report visits to leisure centres are rising and
31 Oct 2025
Everyone Active, Sarah Watts and Sandwell Leisure Trust were among those to be honoured at
31 Aug 2025
On 2 August, the leisure industry lost one of its pioneers – a man who
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
30 Jun 2025
The UK government is briefing journalists that a major pivot to prevention can be expected
17 Jun 2025
Freedom Leisure has been appointed by Southend-on-Sea City Council as provider for its leisure services.
16 Jun 2025
Go Fit has invested more than €20 million in its latest development, a 22,000 square
11 Jun 2025
Energy costs have pushed Active Nation into liquidation, despite the charity reporting the strongest trading
13 May 2025
Work is underway on a £38 million leisure and wellbeing hub in Caerphilly, Wales, transforming
27 Feb 2025
Sport England has announced investment into 53 areas highlighted in the top 10 per cent
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10 Jan 2025
Unprecedented financial challenges are pressing Caerphilly County Borough Council to accelerate its consolidation strategy which
21 Nov 2024
A new £17m wellness and health centre in Leek, UK, will be funded by a
05 Jun 2024
Leisure development specialist, Alliance Leisure, has appointed industry veteran, David Stalker, as advisor to the
16 Apr 2024
Social enterprise, Places Leisure, which is part of the Places for People Group, has appointed
08 Feb 2024
Iberian operator, Go fit, has confirmed its plans to move into the Italian market next
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
08 Dec 2023
A proposed change to the way councils organise the operation of their leisure facilities – including
29 Nov 2023
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is everyone’s responsibility, especially given the industry’s ambition to broaden
30 Jun 2023
Pocket Rocket Group has appointed Nick Mennell as director to head up business development and
18 May 2023
Councils in the UK will benefit from hundreds of thousands of pounds of extra revenue
10 Feb 2023
Go Fit has started work on a new wellness hub in Tenerife. It will open
24 Nov 2022
Mark Braithwaite is to join Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council as chief operating officer. Braithwaite, formerly
24 Nov 2022
A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due
Salt Ayre Leisure Centre, run by Lancaster City Council, has received two brand new training
Questex’s Sibec Europe|UK, Europe’s leading one-to-one event for the fitness industry, takes place next week
12 Sep 2022
Merlin Entertainments has secured a contract to operate Blackpool Sandcastle, the UK's largest indoor waterpark.
22 Aug 2022
Eleven local authority areas in England are sharing £12.7m as part of a multi-year funding
Questex’s Sibec Europe-UK, Europe’s leading hosted buyer event for the fitness industry, has announced that
Questex’s Sibec Europe-UK, Europe’s leading hosted buyer event for the fitness industry, will take place
15 Jul 2022
Community benefit society Leisure in the Community (LITC) and 1Life Leisure Management Solutions (1Life) have
15 Jun 2022
Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to
Questex’s iconic event Sibec Europe-UK – known as Europe’s leading hosted buyer event for the
07 Apr 2022
UK Active has released its final report on COVID-19 cases among health club, leisure centre
03 Dec 2021
As global leaders meet for the COP26 climate summit, local authorities across England are partnering
05 Aug 2021
Harrogate Borough Council has launched a community health and wellbeing company to manage its portfolio
12 Jul 2021
Center Parcs is set to develop its sixth UK holiday village in Southern England. The
24 Mar 2021
It is unlikely that the UK will see a Work Out to Help Out scheme
17 Mar 2021
The government has said it has no plans to fund a Work Out to Help
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