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Property management and development group Places for People has acquired management contractor DC
Leisure.
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13 Dec 2012
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.
news •
23 Jul 2020
Places for People Leisure has expanded its low-cost offering with the purchase of three
Simply Gym sites.
news •
07 Dec 2017
Leisure operator and developer DC Leisure has rebranded as a social enterprise
called Places for People after being acquired by the property management and
development group of the same name.
news •
02 Apr 2014
Places for People Leisure has announced that Carolyn D’Costa has been appointed to the
company’s board as finance director.
news •
04 Mar 2016
A new £25m leisure centre, currently under construction in Eastleigh, Hampshire, is set to open to
the public before the end of the year.
news •
11 Sep 2017
Places for People Leisure (PfPL) is scaling up its presence in the budget gym sector with
the launch of its Places Gym in Corby.
news •
28 Jul 2015
Places for People Leisure has a won a 20-year contract to run council-owned fitness
facilities in Epping Forest, Essex.
news •
01 Feb 2017
Dr Steve Mann has been appointed to the newly created position of head of healthy
communities at social enterprise Places for People Leisure.
news •
16 Jan 2018
Oliver Lee OBE will be taking the position of CEO at Places Leisure from July. He will replace
Paul McPartlan, who announced in April that he would be leaving the organisation.
news •
15 Jun 2022
A £28m leisure centre is set to open tomorrow (28 November) in Eastleigh, bearing the
name of operators Places for People.
news •
27 Nov 2017
Social enterprise, Places Leisure, which is part of the Places for People Group, has appointed
Belinda Steward as MD.
news •
16 Apr 2024
Social enterprise Places for People Leisure has been awarded a 12-year management
contract for the new Dover District Leisure Centre.
news •
11 Oct 2017
Places for People Leisure – formerly DC Leisure – has acquired two 15 year
contracts to manage and transform leisure facilities on behalf of Mid Sussex
District Council and Wycombe District Council.
news •
23 Apr 2014
Following a competitive procurement exercise in March,
Wattbike, creator of the world’s most advanced indoor
bike, has been appointed as the preferred, and exclusive
supplier of specialist Indoor Cycling equipment for
Places for People Leisure, effective from April 2016 as a
three-year contract.
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01 Jun 2016
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.
news •
04 Dec 2014
Places Leisure has opened the doors to its new £22m leisure centre in Camberley following an 18-
month construction project.
news •
02 Jul 2021
Pool equipment from the London 2012 Olympics has found a new home following the opening of a
£7.5m (US$9.8m, €8.4m) leisure centre in Birmingham.
news •
14 Nov 2017
Taylor Made Designs UK (TMD) has renewed its uniform and merchandise contract with Places for People Leisure Management (PFP Leisure) for another two years.
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12 Apr 2017
Places for People Leisure (PPL) has been appointed by Sheffield City Council to manage
and operate two new sites which represent the council’s biggest investment into the city’s
leisure facilities for 20 years.
news •
21 Apr 2015
The topping out ceremony of Birmingham’s new £7.5m Sparkhill Pool and Fitness Centre,
due to open in Summer 2017, has taken place.
news •
28 Sep 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
The brand new £7.5m Tewkesbury Leisure Centre has opened to the public, with Places for
People Leisure operating the site on a 10-year contract.
news •
15 Jun 2016
Test Valley Borough Council has appointed Places for People Leisure (PPL) to manage its
leisure centres on a 30-year contract starting on 1 April 2017.
news •
24 Nov 2016
A £12m (US$15.6m, €13.7m) leisure centre that has been open for less than 18 months
requires improvement works, including a bigger gym, because of high demand with
membership numbers almost reaching capacity.
news •
07 Jul 2017
Graves Tennis and Leisure Centre is set to open its doors to the public next week
(1 September, 2016).
news •
24 Aug 2016
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
A £15m leisure centre has won an award for best large non-residential building in
Leicestershire.
news •
06 Dec 2016
There are changes at the top for Places for People Leisure (PfPL), with two mainstays
retiring and another winning promotion.
news •
22 Jun 2016
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.
news •
17 Jun 2016
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