Local authority news

According to the latest Moving Communities Impact Report visits to leisure centres are rising and there are encouraging signs of progress with tackling inequalities. The ... More

Everyone Active, Sarah Watts and Sandwell Leisure Trust were among those to be honoured at the UK Active Awards 2025 on 31 October. The Swimming ... More

On 2 August, the leisure industry lost one of its pioneers – a man who contributed to the creation of one of the largest and ... More

The UK government is briefing journalists that a major pivot to prevention can be expected when the 10 Year Plan for the National Health Service ... More

Freedom Leisure has been appointed by Southend-on-Sea City Council as provider for its leisure services. The new partnership covers the operation of three leisure centres: ... More

Go Fit has invested more than €20 million in its latest development, a 22,000 square metre sports and wellness hub in Tenerife, next to Heliodoro ... More

Energy costs have pushed Active Nation into liquidation, despite the charity reporting the strongest trading period in years. Annette Reeve of Beesley Corporate Recovery was ... More

Work is underway on a £38 million leisure and wellbeing hub in Caerphilly, Wales, transforming an area of disused scrubland into a vibrant community hub. ... More

Sport England has announced investment into 53 areas highlighted in the top 10 per cent of the UK in terms of inactivity, social need, deprivation ... More

Unprecedented financial challenges are pressing Caerphilly County Borough Council to accelerate its consolidation strategy which has been designed to modernise its leisure facility portfolio. Caerphilly ... More

A new £17m wellness and health centre in Leek, UK, will be funded by a creative mix of financing from the UK government’s regional Levelling ... More

Leisure development specialist, Alliance Leisure, has appointed industry veteran, David Stalker, as advisor to the board, as the company aims for £150 million turnover next ... More

Social enterprise, Places Leisure, which is part of the Places for People Group, has appointed Belinda Steward as MD. Steward was previously MD at Derwent ... More

Iberian operator, Go fit, has confirmed its plans to move into the Italian market next year, following the release of strong year-end results for 2023. ... More

Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis on people's physical activity levels and there have been calls ... More

A proposed change to the way councils organise the operation of their leisure facilities – including gyms and health clubs – could see not-for-profit leisure trusts ... More

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is everyone’s responsibility, especially given the industry’s ambition to broaden its reach and benefit more people and to this end, ... More

Councils in the UK will benefit from hundreds of thousands of pounds of extra revenue due to a change in VAT legislation. Prior to March ... More

Go Fit has started work on a new wellness hub in Tenerife. It will open in Q4 of 2024 and be fully operational by the ... More

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 ... More

A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due to rising energy costs, with 40 per cent saying leisure ... More

Merlin Entertainments has secured a contract to operate Blackpool Sandcastle, the UK's largest indoor waterpark. The visitor attractions giant will take over the day-to-day management ... More

Eleven local authority areas in England are sharing £12.7m as part of a multi-year funding programme to deliver social prescriptions for walking and cycling. The ... More

Community benefit society Leisure in the Community (LITC) and 1Life Leisure Management Solutions (1Life) have agreed to go their separate ways after a long-standing 20-year ... More