North West news

Construction management company Sir Robert McAlpine has been appointed to lead the development of the Therme Manchester project in the UK, which is slated to ... More

In a win for the UK health and fitness industry, health secretary, Wes Streeting, has said GPs should refer people to health clubs and gyms ... More

Nuffield Health is partnering with the UK government to offer 4,000 health workers who live with chronic joint conditions a free rehabilitation programme to get ... More

Mike Farrar is stepping down as chair of UK Active, after being appointed interim Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health in Northern Ireland. Farrar ... More

The Good Spa Guide has announced the winners of its 2024 Good Spa Guide Regional Awards, honouring nine standout spas across the UK. The winners ... More

Global developer and wellbeing destination operator Therme Group is one step closer to breaking ground on its flagship thermal wellbeing and leisure resort development in ... More

The recently-transformed Bamford Wellness Spa in Gloucestershire has been recognised as the UK’s Best New Spa at the sixth annual Good Spa Guide Awards ceremony. ... More

The growth of budget health club chain JD Gyms has been accelerated by "at least three years" thanks to the company's acquisition of Xercise4Less during ... More

Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part of new restrictions announced during an emergency press this evening ... More

Lifestyle Fitness and V1BE are partnering to open a new, £1m health club in Manchester. Scheduled to open in early 2021, the club is part ... More

Gyms in Liverpool,UK, have been given the go-ahead to reopen, following a dramatic week of negotiations. The city had originally been excluded from the UK ... More

"Dozens" of gyms in Liverpool, UK, have defied the government and stayed open for business – despite being ordered to shut their doors – with ... More

Manchester United has launched a new initiative to increase its engagement with local schools and grassroots clubs across Manchester and the North West of England. ... More

A planning application has been submitted for a £23m leisure centre in Coalville, Leicestershire. The plans include replacing the ageing Hermitage Leisure Centre with a ... More

Leisure operator Everyone Active has secured management deals for 11 new sites. The new contracts will take the number of facilities in the company's managed ... More

Andy Tee, co-founder of boutique fitness studio V1BE, has revealed plans to expand the concept from a single site in Manchester using a combination of ... More

US-based boutique fitness operator Orangetheory Fitness is preparing to open its first club in the North West of England. The £1m studio is set to ... More

Life Leisure has become a facility owner after acquiring the Stockport Sports Village (SSV). The charitable trust – which manages sports and leisure facilities in ... More

Winners of this year's Good Spa Guide Awards were announced last night (13 November) at a gala dinner at the SpaLife Conference in Birmingham, UK. ... More

Spa operator Champneys has appointed Darling Associates to provide the designs for a £10m redevelopment of the historic Mottram Hall, which it acquired in September ... More

Leading spa group Champneys has expanded its property portfolio with the acquisition of Mottram Hall in Cheshire. Purchased from real-estate investment company Aprirose, Mottram Hall ... More

Plans have been lodged by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) to build a vertical gallery and bird hide in a 19th-century botanical garden in ... More

VisitEngland has named 11 regional tourism projects which will each receive up to £250,000 of funding from the Discover England Fund. The initiatives to receive ... More

Architecture firm Purcell will create an extension to the historic home of the University of Manchester - Manchester Museum, after winning planning and listed building ... More

Offering free access to gyms and leisure centres – and promoting them heavily – could have dramatic results on the health of communities. That is ... More