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active-net 2017 promises to be bigger and better than ever, with only a handful of places remaining and a full four months
until kick off on 29 to 30 March at Eastwood Hall in Nottingham.
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01 Dec 2016
Pulse has won a 20-year contract to become Suffolk Coastal District Council’s (SCDC)
Strategic Leisure Development Partner in a deal potentially worth up to £45m.
news •
14 Apr 2015
Work has begun on a new leisure centre in Woodley, Berkshire, after plans for the £14m
facility
received final planning approval from Wokingham Borough Council (WBC).
news •
31 Jul 2018
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.
news •
23 May 2022
Active Nation has promoted Stuart Martin to become the leisure operator and charity’s
new managing director.
news •
16 Oct 2015
Mark Braithwaite is to join Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council as chief operating officer. Braithwaite,
formerly CEO of leisure management contracting firm 1Life, will start with Sandwell on 11 January.
news •
24 Nov 2022
The health and fitness industry’s finest came together in their hundreds last night (28 June)
to recognise the achievements of their peers, as the 2017 Flame Awards were handed out in
Telford.
news •
29 Jun 2017
Tim Hewett, former business development director of Places for People Leisure, has been
appointed to the board of leisure operator and charity Active Nation.
news •
24 Oct 2016
The £7m Thorncliffe Health and Leisure Centre in Sheffield – which forms part of the
National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM) – has opened to the public.
news •
26 Jul 2016
The UK government has given the go-ahead for one-to-one personal training outdoors, as
part of the first stage of plans to ease COVID-19 lockdown measures.
news •
11 May 2020
Archery GB has launched a ‘New Places for Target Faces’ initiative, encouraging leisure
centres and other community venues to offer archery as an activity.
news •
24 Sep 2015
The health and fitness sector is being presented with a once in a lifetime opportunity to create 'wellness cities', says Kate Cracknell
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Leisure marketing agency Bigwave Media has appointed David Johns business
development manager as the company bids to continue its period of growth.
news •
24 Sep 2015
The physical activity sector’s brightest and best
were honoured this evening (24 June) as
14 awards were presented at the highly-anticipated
Flame Awards 2015.
news •
24 Jun 2015
Everyone Active has signed a 20-year deal to provide sports and leisure facilities in the
East Hampshire area, which will involve almost £30million ($36.9m; €35m) of investment
in two new leisure centres and extensive redevelopment of another.
news •
02 Mar 2017
The finalists for this year's ukactive Awards have been revealed. The 2018 award categories have
been divided into three groups – business excellence, specialist impact and individual achievement –
and in total winners will be announced in 11 categories. Replacing the Flame Awards, this year's
edition will feature an expanded Leisure Centre Operator of the Year award, which covers any club or
centre – from independents, studios and boutiques to budget gyms, local authority centres and clubs
that are part of a nationwide chain.
news •
03 May 2018
Organised fitness, sports and other leisure activities (including swimming) can continue despite the
introduction of the new 'Rule of Six' on 14 September – providing that the activities have been
through COVID-19-secure protocols. It means that people can continue to use leisure facilities, such
as health clubs, gyms and pools – and exercise classes held within the venues.
news •
10 Sep 2020
The multi-million pound wellbeing centre Holt Park Active, which is based on
Holtdale Approach in Leeds has opened to the public.
news •
10 Oct 2013
Fusion Lifestyle has transformed a disused basement
underneath a swimming pool in
Southgate to create its first boutique fitness offering –
Intencity.
news •
23 May 2016
The top operators, suppliers and facilities from across the physical activity sector were
celebrated last night (26 October), as the winners of the prestigious ukactive Awards 2023
were announced at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.
news •
27 Oct 2023
As part of the ongoing push across the physical activity sector to engage
youngsters in exercise from an early age, leisure trust Freedom Leisure is to
train its staff in providing fitness classes and gym sessions tailored to teenagers.
news •
23 Dec 2014
Barnsley Premier Leisure, which operates 10 sports and facilities, is fighting back after the borough was rated eighth on a list of places in England with the highest obesity risk.
news •
07 Mar 2007
Dr Steve Mann, former research director at industry body, ukactive, has been appointed
director at sports and physical activity consultancy 4global.
news •
08 Oct 2020
Latest figures from Swim England show that 14.2 million adults – 31 per cent of those
aged 16 or older – cannot swim one length of a 25m pool.
news •
23 Oct 2019
The UK's gym operators could thrive in town centre locations, helping to bring life back to
places where retailing has retreated, says industry body, ukactive.
news •
23 Jul 2020
Welsh deputy minister for Skills, Jeff Cuthbert, has announced a further £5m funding for
additional
apprenticeship places for newly recruited young people aged 16-24.
news •
30 Oct 2012
Exeter City Council has published a new corporate strategy and 'emerging vision' for 2040, with a key
priority being the promotion of active and healthy lifestyles for residents.
news •
11 Oct 2018
Major operators such as Fitness First, Parkwood Leisure and Places for People Leisure have
signed up to offer free health and fitness sessions to members and non-members alike
across their sites as part of National Fitness Day.
news •
29 Jul 2015
An industry-wide coalition of physical activity advocates is urging Britons to lace
up their trainers and get moving on Friday 26 September as part of National
Fitness Day – the largest celebration of physical activity in the UK.
news •
08 Sep 2014
The MD of leisure, health and wellbeing at Places Leisure talks about the opportunities she sees in a post-COVID world
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CEO: Edinburgh Leisure“Edinburgh Council will have a £143m budget shortfall by 2028/29 and so must find ways to become more efficient”
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“We introduced good mood messaging, communicating the idea of exercise being ‘for the feeling’”
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Speaking on the LIFTS podcast recently, Xponential Fitness CEO Anthony Geisler said participation in studio cycling is down globally. Kath Hudson decided to investigate
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