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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
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.
news •
23 Feb 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
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
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
Former Places for People Leisure CEO Steve Philpott has taken up a position as non-executive chair of Mosaic Spa and Health Clubs.
news •
04 Feb 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
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
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
The senior management team at
Places Leisure discuss commercial
diversification and reveal a new launch
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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
Suffolk Coastal District Council is investing in fitness and sports infrastructure to engage people from
inactive populations.
news •
20 Oct 2017
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has officially opened the £11.9m Wyre Forest
Leisure Centre in Kidderminster.
news •
28 Oct 2016
Construction work is expected to begin next year on the new £12.3m Broadbridge Heath
Leisure
Centre near Horsham in West Sussex – with the centre scheduled to open to the public in
2018.
news •
06 Sep 2016
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
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A newly built £11m leisure centre in West Bromwich has officially opened to the
public, after local MP Tom Watson cut the ribbon last week.
news •
11 Jun 2014
Finalists for the new-look 2014 Flame Awards were announced yesterday
afternoon by ukactive CEO David Stalker during a live webinar.
news •
23 May 2014
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
After acquiring DC Leisure, housing giant Places for People became a new player in the leisure arena. Julie Cramer talks to both company chiefs
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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
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
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
Amber Valley Borough Council (AVBC) has acquired 0.8-acres (0.3-hectares) of
land off Field Lane, Belper, to progress the development of a new leisure centre
for the town.
news •
05 Dec 2011
An ambitious initiative to track the progress and development of the UK sports & leisure
centre over the last six decades has won support from a number of key industry bodies
ahead of a key consulting session next month.
news •
12 Jun 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
Both ends of the private gym market will be represented when budget brand Xercise4Less
takes on country club fitness provider The Club Company to win ukactive’s Flame award
for Health Club Operator of the Year.
news •
28 Apr 2017
Leisure operators have joined a new scheme to give disabled people and those with long-
term health conditions better access to physical activity opportunities.
news •
09 Nov 2017
A coalition of leading leisure employers and industry organisations have today
(23 October) launched a government-backed programme to revolutionise
apprenticeships for the physical activity sector.
news •
24 Oct 2014
Data and the use of technology to enhance
participation will be the theme of active-net 2018.
product innovation •
26 Jan 2018
Alive Leisure is a charitable company, commissioned in 2014, to manage sport and culture
facilities and activities within West Norfolk.
product innovation •
28 Jun 2018
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MD of leisure, health and wellbeing, Places Leisure Places Leisure“We need to make it automatic that when people go to their doctor, they’re offered exercise rather than medication where appropriate”
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