Paul McPartlan has moved from Nuffield Health to take up the role of CEO of Places for People Leisure. McPartlan will take up the reins on Monday 3rd August 2020, replacing Sandra Dodd who retires in September, after 25 years with the company.

The senior management team at Places Leisure discuss commercial diversification and reveal a new launch

The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has appointed four new members to its board of trustees.

Places for People Leisure has expanded its low-cost offering with the purchase of three Simply Gym sites.

Social enterprise Places for People Leisure has been awarded a 12-year management contract for the new Dover District Leisure Centre.

Dr Steven Mann shares findings from a new report on leisure centre usage trends

A new £25m leisure centre, currently under construction in Eastleigh, Hampshire, is set to open to the public before the end of the year.

Places for People Leisure has a won a 20-year contract to run council-owned fitness facilities in Epping Forest, Essex.

There are changes at the top for Places for People Leisure (PfPL), with two mainstays retiring and another winning promotion.

Places for People Leisure has announced that Carolyn D’Costa has been appointed to the company’s board as finance director.

Operator Places for People Leisure (PfPL) is working on an innovative partnership with a London university, gathering evidence to build the case for swimming to be prescribed by GPs.

Places for People Leisure (PfPL) is scaling up its presence in the budget gym sector with the launch of its Places Gym in Corby.

Respected government health advisor Dame Carol Black has been announced as the latest member of ukactive’s new-look board.

We report on some of the pressing issues raised during ‘Question Time’ at this year’s SIBEC UK

Staff in gyms should broaden their knowledge of wearable technology so that they can keep pace with consumers and provide authoritative advice on which pieces of fitness technology are best suited to their individual needs.

ukactive has announced the high-profile shortlist of candidates aiming to join the new ukactive Board of Directors, to be helmed by recently-appointed chair Tanni Grey- Thompson.

The new CEO of Places for People Leisure talks to Kate Cracknell about the company becoming a social enterprise and rolling out a private community gym brand

Active Nation managing director John Oxley is to join rival operator Places for People Leisure (PPL) as operations director and will also sit on its main Board of Directors.

Places for People Leisure Management (PPLM) chief executive Steve Philpott is to retire next year after 11 years at the helm, with current finance director Sandra Dodd set to take up the reins.