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Social enterprise, Places Leisure, which is part of the Places for People Group, has appointed
Belinda Steward as MD.
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16 Apr 2024
While critical for business success, the challenges of ESG can be overwhelming. Operators tell us how they’re tackling it
HCM issue 10 2023
As leisure provider GLL celebrates its 30th year of operations, its CEO and founder share their five-year vision
HCM issue 7 2023
The founder of GLL reflects on the challenges he faced setting up the UK’s first charitable trust for leisure services
HCM issue 7 2023
Ray Algar has researched the impact of exercise on longevity and explains how the findings can help the industry, while GLL is heading for net zero carbon
HCM issue 5 2023
The second phase of the UK’s MSK (musculoskeletal) health hub pilot will see the service rolled
out to an additional 85 swimming pools and leisure centres this month.
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02 Feb 2023
Another year of challenges lies ahead. Kath Hudson asks key players how they intend to optimise the opportunities presented by the market
HCM issue 1 2023
Mark Sesnan, co-founder and CEO of GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited), has announced that he
will be standing down as chief executive at the end of this year after 30 years.
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21 Dec 2022
We hear from DLL’s Russell Barnes, Andrew Power from Swim England and GLL’s Gareth Kirk
HCM issue 10 2022
UK Active and the Churchill Fellowship – the operating name of the Winston Churchill Memorial
Trust – are searching for innovative exercise-inspired projects that could transform people’s
mental and physical health.
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17 Sep 2022
Mark Sesnan, CEO of GLL, has pushed back on Tower Hamlet Council’s decision to take the
operation of its leisure services back in-house when GLL’s contract ends in April 2024.
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09 Aug 2022
A two-year research project will look to find ways to transform the UK's
physical activity facilities
into musculoskeletal (MSK) hubs that could be used by the National Health
Service (NHS).
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04 Jul 2022
David Minton argues that planetary health and our personal health are inextricably linked. As we move forward in the build-back, we shouldn’t look to return to the status quo, but should use the same creativity and tenacity shown in the lockdowns to tackle climate change and inactivity
HCM Handbook 2022
A new physical activity programme called Big Sister has been launched in the UK to help girls
embrace activity during puberty and reduce the rising numbers who turn away from exercise at
secondary school.
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23 May 2022
BH Live has overhauled its Pyramids Centre
in Portsmouth with support from Technogym,
creating the area’s most cutting edge venue
HCM issue 2 2022
Mark Sesnan, co-founder and CEO of GLL, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours
List 2022.
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12 Jan 2022
Marg Mayne will stand down as CEO of Mytime Active next year, after more than seven years in the
role.
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07 Oct 2021
The GLL Sports Foundation, which supports athletes in their bid for Olympic Gold, had its best Games ever in Tokyo
HCM issue 8 2021
There are no official numbers indicating how operators are faring after lockdown. In the first part of this special report, HCM talks to big box operators. Next issue we talk to the boutiques
HCM issue 8 2021
As the world grapples with climate change and prepares for COP26 in Glasgow, David Minton says it’s time for the fitness industry to step up and make its own contribution to saving the planet
HCM issue 8 2021
The new Britannia Leisure Centre in Hackney, London, has opened its doors to the public.
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09 Jul 2021
Move Consulting’s director on the challenges and opportunities for operators looking to appeal to a diverse membership
HCM issue 2 2021
Despite the pandemic, BPL has pushed on with ambitious rebranding plans. We speak to its head of corporate fitness
HCM issue 2 2021
The Cabinet Office has chosen leisure operator GLL as the "face" of England's COVID-secure physical
activity facilities.
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12 Feb 2021
GLL is the latest operator to throw its support behind a parliamentary petition calling for gyms to
reopen first after the current national lockdown. GLL, which manages more than 258 facilities under
its Better brand, is urging all its customers to sign the petition, which also calls for a Work Out to
Help Out scheme similar to last summer’s successful scheme in the hospitality sector.
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28 Jan 2021
Malcolm McPhail, group CEO of social enterprise Life Leisure, has stepped down from the
role after 14 years. An industry veteran with more than 35 years’ experience in the industry, McPhail
has been replaced by current operations director, Michaela Pennington.
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06 Oct 2020
Leisure providers are facing crisis point without access to emergency government funding
or support, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.
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08 May 2020
Leisure operator GLL has partnered with digital fitness expert Wexer to launch an ‘any time,
anywhere’ virtual group exercise offering for its members across the UK.
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20 Apr 2020
Inspiring better health and
wellbeing for Suffolk communities
HCM issue 2 2020
Life Leisure is expanding its facility portfolio with the launch of an independent boutique fitness
brand.
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06 Dec 2019
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D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with
business growth. MD, John Lofting and operations
director, Matt Aynsley, explain the rationale
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Operators, prepare to revolutionise the way members connect with personal
trainers in your club, with the ground-breaking Brawn platform.
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New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
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Members are telling us they need support with their mental and spiritual health and the industry is starting to see this need. Now’s the time to fast-track our response
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“The goal is for all new centres to be Net Zero. Sustainability is something we’re investing heavily in across the business”
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Imposter syndrome about a promotion taught the
CEO of SATS that behaving authentically is the most
important part of leadership. He talks to Kath Hudson
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