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Last week saw the official opening of Hinckley Leisure Centre – a new £15m facility
designed to serve as a hub of health and wellbeing for the local community.
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17 Jun 2016
Leisure operator Places for People is to harness the ubiquitous popularity of
Peppa Pig in a bid to banish inactivity among children under five.
news •
16 Sep 2014
A brand new leisure centre has opened in Wycombe, making physical activity a central
part of the district’s new £150m Handy X Hub mixed-use development.
news •
12 Jan 2016
The £26m Dover District Leisure Centre is set to open its doors on February 2019.
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04 Jan 2019
Places for People Leisure (PfPL) has overseen a £3.5m investment programme across five
of its seven sites in Wandsworth, having recently landed a new seven-year management
contract from Wandsworth Council to continue operating the portfolio.
news •
10 Dec 2015
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.
news •
16 Nov 2015
Riccardo Marini, director at urban quality consultants Gehl Architects, talks about his work to prioritise pedestrians and healthy movement on city streets around the world
HCM issue 4 2015
The senior management team at
Places Leisure discuss commercial
diversification and reveal a new launch
HCM issue 10 2019
Sir Hugh Robertson, chairman of the British Olympic Association and a Deputy Lieutenant
of Kent, attended Dover’s new £26m district leisure centre on 4 March 2019 to formally
unveil a plaque marking the opening of the centre in late February.
news •
07 Mar 2019
Leisure centres across the South West of England will dim their lights and turn down the
music for an hour in October as part of a nationwide campaign to highlight the difficulties
that many autistic people experience in public places.
news •
29 Sep 2017
They’re one of the main reasons people
join [and leave] a gym. We give a run
down on the latest changing room design
HCM issue 5 2018
Members will no longer put up with tatty changing rooms. Abigail Harris looks at how premium installations are helping to sell the health club experience to new clients
HCM issue 1 2013
We look at some recent, brand-enhancing changing room projects
HCM issue 4 2014
Abigail Harris talks to operators about designing changing room facilities that wow customers
HCM issue 5 2015
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
HCM issue 3 2015
Wattbike Cycling Zones will increasingly become a feature at gyms and leisure centres across the country, with Rotherham Leisure Complex one of the first to experience the benefits
HCM issue 9 2017
Graves Health & Sports Centre in Sheffield has reopened to the public following a £16m
redevelopment, which will see it become part of the National Centre for Sport and Exercise
Medicine (NCSEM) initiative – a London 2012 legacy project.
news •
14 Oct 2016
Ageing sports facilities in the North East of England are set to receive a £1.3m funding boost thanks to a
National Lottery award.
news •
20 Jul 2012
Suffolk Coastal District Council is investing in fitness and sports infrastructure to engage people from
inactive populations.
news •
20 Oct 2017
Fitness equipment supplier Technogym is one of the best places to work in Europe, according to the American magazine, Fortune.
news •
11 Feb 2005
Sport England and Hugh Robertson, the minister for sport and the Olympics, have unveiled plans to establish a 'mass participation legacy' from the London 2012 Games.
news •
15 Nov 2010
Gyms are right near the bottom of the list in terms of places people have visited before a
positive COVID-19 test, according to UK government statistics.
news •
22 Nov 2020
Middleton Pool and Fitness Centre in Newport Pagnell is undergoing a £1m makeover,
including the addition of a brand new low cost gym, as part of a major regeneration of the
historic facility.
news •
09 Apr 2015
Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington will officially open an £11.9m (US$15.1m,
€13.5m) sport and leisure centre in Kidderminster this month.
news •
05 Oct 2016
Lincolnshire Sports Partnership and local leisure providers have teamed up with the Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) and NHS Lincolnshire to improve and increase the provision of inclusive fitness, sports and physical activity opportunities for disabled people.
news •
06 Jan 2010
New insight from UK quango, Sport England has found that healthy life expectancy in England
– ie, the number of years people live without debilitating disease – can vary by up to 17 years,
depending on where they live.
news •
03 Dec 2023
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has officially opened the £11.9m Wyre Forest
Leisure Centre in Kidderminster.
news •
28 Oct 2016
Tewkesbury Borough Council has announced that it hopes the new £7.5m Tewkesbury
leisure centre will be open by July 2016, with Places for People Leisure set to operate the
site.
news •
29 Jan 2015
Work on a £3.5m redevelopment of Leiston Leisure Centre on the Suffolk coast is set to
begin in September, after the works were given final approval by Suffolk Coastal District
Council (SCDC).
news •
13 Jun 2018
The £7m Thorncliffe Health and Leisure Centre in High Green, Sheffield is set to include
specialist health and research facilities as part of the National Centre for Sport and
Exercise Medicine (NCSEM) when it opens in June.
news •
31 Mar 2016
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“Actually most people go to the gym to feel better and that’s far easier to achieve than losing 5kg”
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When a hefty round of investment
coincided with the pandemic, the
CEO of Midtown Athletic Clubs
feared the company – founded by
his grandfather – would go down
on his watch. He talks to Kath
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What needs to happen to integrate physical activity with
healthcare? Leaders in the sector share their thoughts
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