Places Leisure news

The HCM team were busy at the recent FIBO Global Fitness event in Cologne, Germany, distributing a special FIBO edition of HCM in support of ... More

UK Active has announced details of its annual health and fitness industry awards ceremony, which will take place in Birmingham on the evening of Thursday ... 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

The top operators, suppliers and facilities from across the physical activity sector were celebrated last night (26 October), as the winners of the prestigious ukactive ... More

Residents of Wolverhampton, UK can earn gym discounts and food vouchers for exercising and eating healthily through the new Better Health: Rewards app. The 20-week ... More

The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end on 31 March leaving thousands set for closure or service ... 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

The best in the business from across the physical activity sector were honoured last night (30 June) as the winners of the ukactive Awards 2022 ... More

A special task force has been established to boost physical activity opportunities for people with disabilities. Part of UK Active’s inclusivity-focused Everyone Can programme, the ... More

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 ... More

A new physical activity programme called Big Sister has been launched in the UK to help girls embrace activity during puberty and reduce the rising ... More

Places Leisure has opened the doors to its new £22m leisure centre in Camberley following an 18-month construction project. Facilities at the centre include a ... More

Les Mills has launched a new digital content solution to support health and fitness operators in engaging their members outside the four walls of their ... More

A new national campaign aims to bridge the physical activity gender gap between women and men by empowering daughters and mums to get active together. ... More

More than 100 sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to give the sector a ... 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

Leisure operator, Places Leisure, has revealed the results of a survey which sought to gauge the attitudes of its members towards reopening. The Re-Opening Survey ... More

Latest figures from Swim England show that 14.2 million adults – 31 per cent of those aged 16 or older – cannot swim one length ... More

Industry veteran Richard Millard has joined the senior team of leisure consultancy Max Associates. Millard, who takes up the role of associate director later this ... More

Industry veteran Richard Millard has joined Future Fit Training as non-executive ambassador, a new consulting role created to enable the training organisation respond to sector ... More

The £16m Andover Leisure Centre has opened its doors to the public, after more than two years in the works. Facilities at the centre include ... More

Sir Hugh Robertson, chairman of the British Olympic Association and a deputy lieutenant of Kent, attended Dover’s new £26m district leisure centre on 4 March ... More

Construction work is set to begin later this spring on a £38m leisure centre and 50m swimming pool in Winchester. Designed by LA Architects, the ... 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

A specialised gymnastics facility has opened at the Elmbridge Xcel Leisure Centre in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. The purpose-built, £300,000 facility was officially opened by Commonwealth Games ... More