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16 May 2008
Badminton Championship brings in big money
The World Team Badminton Championships, held in Glasgow last summer, generated £6.69m in additional expenditure for the city, with £3.5m of the money coming from visitors from outside Scotland. more
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15 May 2008
FIA makes cash pledge
Fred Turok, chair of the Fitness Industry Association (FIA), has pledged that the health and fitness industry would double any investment made by the government to improve the nation’s health. more
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15 May 2008
£135m funding package for grassroots football
The government has agreed a new three-year funding deal with the Premier League and Football Association, which will see a total of £135m of grants being ploughed into grass roots football. more
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15 May 2008
Findings on UK fitness industry revealed
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has revealed initial findings from ground-breaking research carried out on its behalf by Leisure-net Solutions on the size of the UK fitness industry. more
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15 May 2008
EREPS gets underway
The European Register of Exercise Professionals was officially launched in Hilversum, Netherlands, on 7/8 May at the EHFA North European Fitness Forum. more
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13 May 2008
Innovative theatre and hotel complex planned for Soho
Millionaire property developer Laurence Kirschel has submitted radical plans to convert the north side of Great Newport Street in Soho, London, into a six-storey boutique hotel, restaurant and cutting edge theatre. more
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13 May 2008
Etwall gets dual use leisure centre
Work is underway on a £7m dual-use sports complex at John Port School in Etwall, South Derbyshire. It will replace the existing Etwall Leisure Centre which is located next to the school, and will be used by students during the day and by the public during the evenings and at weekends. more
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13 May 2008
Sportsmatch goes online
Sport England has made changes to Sportsmatch, the government-funded incentive scheme matching sponsorships of grass roots sport. more
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13 May 2008
Funding for Scottish Hockey
Sportscotland has earmarked grants totalling £645,000 to develop the sport of hockey across Scotland. The funding, of which £432,384 is from the sportscotland Lottery Fund, will support the development of the sport at every level. more
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12 May 2008
Go London gets underway
Instructors at David Lloyd Leisure, Virgin Active and Fitness First are currently working with some 1,000 teenagers from four schools in Brent, London, as part of the FIA’s Go programme. more
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12 May 2008
Scotland is getting active at work
Think Fitness, in Hawick, on the Scottish Borders, has become the first gym in Scotland to deliver the FIA’s Active at Work programme, designed to improve employees’ wellbeing. more
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09 May 2008
Work starts on 2012 Olympic watersports facilities
Construction work has begun on the £6.5m, Olympic facilities at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) at Osprey Quay in Dorset. The Academy will host both the Olympic and Paralympic Sailing events during the London 2012 Olympics. more
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09 May 2008
Darwen Leisure Centre gets the green light
Plans for a new £12.7m leisure centre in Darwen, Lancashire, have been approved by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. The centre will be built on the existing site of the old Darwen Leisure Centre – which has now been demolished. more
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09 May 2008
Energy savings fund gym overhau
The Galleon Centre in Kilmarnock, Scotland has reopened its Excells fitness suite following a £100,000 refurbishment which saw the addition of 87 pieces of cardiovascular and resistance equipment from Life Fitness.
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09 May 2008
YES! project gets new partners
Property developer Oak Holdings has been granted a 250-year lease by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC) for a 327-acre (132-hectare) site in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The land will be developed to create the £350m YES! Entertainment complex. more
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08 May 2008
Britain losing out on major sport events
The UK could be losing out in the race to host major sports events due to the heavy tax regime. According to Brigid Simmonds, chair of the Central Council of Physical recreation (CCPR), the British tax system is likely to put international sports bodies off the idea of hosting games in the UK. more
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08 May 2008
Spa and Wellness Skillnet launches training initiative
A new government-funded training initiative has been launched by the Spa and Wellness Skillnet in Ireland, in partnership with the Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management and tourism development board Fáilte Ireland. more
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