sports pitches news
08 Sep 2025
Registered charity and leisure operator, BH Live has taken over the contract to run the
02 Sep 2025
Work is underway on Central Bedfordshire Council’s £30 million leisure and community centre in Leighton
17 Jun 2025
Sport England has launched a £160 million fund to respond to the impact of climate
26 Oct 2021
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the UK government to invest £875m in
16 Feb 2021
Construction work has been completed on the £29m Sports Park project in Colchester. The new
12 Feb 2020
Sports pitches and facilities destroyed or damaged by Storm Ciara will be able to apply
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
16 Nov 2018
The University of Warwick has released an in-depth fly-through video of its soon-to-be-completed sports and
11 Oct 2018
Cardiff Council’s consultation on proposals to ban dogs from marked sports pitches has drawn concern
27 Jun 2018
University of Warwick will open a multi-million sport and wellness hub in early 2019. The
13 Mar 2018
Murfitts, a UK-based manufacturer of artificial sports pitches, has developed PRO-gran, a new infill for
08 Dec 2017
Pools, gyms, golf clubs and sports facilities across Edinburgh face an uncertain future following proposals
30 May 2017
Work is underway on a vast new riverside sports park in Cork, Ireland, which will
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
17 Jan 2017
Construction company Heron Bros has been appointed as the contractor to design and build three
04 Jan 2017
Several sport and leisure facilities in Manchester, such as the National Cycling Centre, Taekwondo Centre
21 Dec 2016
Sportswear giant Adidas has revealed its plans to transform its German headquarters into a huge
01 Jul 2016
Sheffield’s Olympic Legacy Park (OLP) – the largest London 2012 legacy project – has won
23 Feb 2016
Everyone Active has kicked off an 11-year leisure management contract with Hart District Council, which
11 Nov 2015
PItch expert CLS Sports is opening a new depot in the north of the UK
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
07 Oct 2015
This year’s Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) Industry Awards event is set to break all attendance
25 Aug 2015
A new £23m leisure centre in Hampshire has been given the green light by Hart
19 Jun 2015
Scunthorpe United Football Club (SUFC) has appointed stadium contractor Buckingham Group to build its new
13 Apr 2015
Wyre Council has invested more than £3m to rejuvenate Thornton Health and Fitness Centre in
12 Mar 2015
ISG has started work on the £11m Belle Vue Sports Village development in Manchester, which
21 Jan 2015
Building services firm ISG has been confirmed as the preferred construction partner for the £41m
15 Jan 2015
City of Edinburgh Council will consider committing to a £43m pound redevelopment of the city’s
10 Dec 2014
An independent study released by Liverpool City Council has said a stadium-led regeneration around Everton
05 Nov 2014
A new £9m leisure centre developed by Manchester City Council in partnership with Manchester City
26 Jun 2014
Sportscotland has invested £3.5m in creating seven new artificial playing pitches. A total of £1.8m
10 Apr 2014
A new scheme is looking to raise the standards of community sports pitches in England.
06 Feb 2014
Wyre Council in Lancashire has received planning permission for new health, fitness, sports and leisure
15 Jan 2014
Scunthorpe United Football Club (SUFC) has revealed plans for a new 12,000-capacity stadium in the
28 Nov 2013
Kingfisher Lighting has completed a new installation at Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park. The 22-acre
06 Nov 2013
Swindon Borough Council is looking to sell a portfolio of nine leisure and golf businesses
15 Aug 2013
The cricket pitch at Stamford School in Lincolnshire is being prepared with Limagrain seed for
05 Apr 2013
Sport England is making a splash in Taunton - by helping to fund a project
04 Mar 2013
Limagrain UK has added three new grass varieties to its catalogue of sports and amenity
18 Oct 2012
More than 165 playing fields will be created across the UK as Sport England rolls
25 Jun 2012
Image: How the new sports pavilion could look Harrow Council has resolved to commission the
19 Jun 2012
Image: A linear park will run through the market site Wandsworth Council has approved plans
18 May 2012
Image: The Queen officially opened Orford Park The Queen has officially unveiled a new £30m
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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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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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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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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BLK BOX has been reimagining elite performance
spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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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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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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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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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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New insight from Deloitte and Grant Thornton shows record growth, but the real shift is towards identity and perceived value, revealing opportunities to deepen engagement with members
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