Dr Steve Mann, former research director at industry body, ukactive, has been appointed director at sports and physical activity consultancy 4global. Mann has been tasked ... More

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 ... More

On-demand fitness app Fiit has partnered with fitness marketplace Hussle, giving Hussle users access to its catalogue of workouts. Fiit offers on-demand classes across three ... More

Online fitness marketplace Hussle has signed a deal to begin offering Premier Inn customers access to its network of gyms. Hussle's deal with the budget ... More

The £26m Dover District Leisure Centre is set to open its doors on February 2019. Designed by GT3 Architects, the centre will include a competition-standard ... More

Next year's active-net conference will explore the benefits of having an inclusive and diverse workforce. The two-day conference will feature a panel session and a ... More

The people of Bulmershe are to get a new £14m leisure centre after Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) gave the final go-ahead for the scheme. It ... More

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 ... More

The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has appointed four new members to its board of trustees. Sandra Dodd, Manos ... More

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 ... More

Dr Steve Mann has been appointed to the newly created position of head of healthy communities at social enterprise Places for People Leisure. The research ... More

Places for People Leisure has expanded its low-cost offering with the purchase of three Simply Gym sites. The handover of the clubs, in Chesterfield, Hinckley ... More

A £28m leisure centre is set to open tomorrow (28 November) in Eastleigh, bearing the name of operators Places for People. The new centre, Places ... More

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. In ... More

Places for People Leisure has begun construction work on a £9.5m (US$12.5m, €10.7m) leisure centre in Waltham Abbey, Essex. Building partners Pellikaan Construction and architects ... More

Social enterprise Places for People Leisure has been awarded a 12-year management contract for the new Dover District Leisure Centre. The operator sealed the deal ... More

Social enterprise Places for People has secured the naming rights to a new £25m leisure centre in Hampshire. Places for People Leisure will operate the ... More

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 ... More

Everyone Active has signed a 20-year deal to provide sports and leisure facilities in the East Hampshire area, which will involve almost £30m (US$36.9m, €35m) ... More

Places for People Leisure has a won a 20-year contract to run council-owned fitness facilities in Epping Forest, Essex. The contract, which is due to ... More

A £15m leisure centre has won an award for best large non-residential building in Leicestershire. Hinckley Leisure Centre, which opened in the summer, won the ... More

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. ... More

Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has officially opened the £11.9m Wyre Forest Leisure Centre in Kidderminster. Designed by Roberts Limbrick Architects and built by Pellikaan ... More

Tim Hewett, former business development director of Places for People Leisure, has been appointed to the board of leisure operator and charity Active Nation. Chaired ... More

Graves Health & Sports Centre in Sheffield has reopened to the public following a £16m redevelopment, which will see it become part of the National ... More