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KA Leisure has appointed industry veteran Malcolm McPhail as its interim chief executive. McPhail, who was group CEO at Stockport Sports Trust/Life Leisure until October ... More

Malcolm McPhail, group CEO of social enterprise Life Leisure, has stepped down from the role after 14 years. An industry veteran with more than 35 ... More

Life Leisure is expanding its facility portfolio with the launch of an independent boutique fitness brand. Scheduled to open in early January, H1VE will offer ... 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

Jetts Fitness has opened a club in Skipton, Yorkshire, making it the fifth location the Australian gym chain has launched in the 12 months since ... More

Winners of the inaugural ukactive Awards were revealed at a gala dinner in Manchester last night (21 June), as part of the three-day Active Uprising ... More

Britain's rail network is currently in such a state, that even its Lego alternative has cancelled its services. A statement to operator Northern Rail, the ... 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

Danny Drayson has been on a journey from school drop-out to fitness and young person development ambassador at Life Leisure – and has now landed ... More

Life Leisure's actilife health programme has been adopted by two North West leisure trusts planning to tackle the issue of inactivity in the community. The ... More

Former Fitness First high-flyer David Perrin has launched a new class-based gym concept in Stockport which emphasises the importance of educating clients to help them ... More

Life Leisure is aiming for a national roll-out of its pioneering public health programme which uses web analytics, technology and specialist coaching to place inactive ... More

Manchester United Football Club’s (MUFC) groundskeeping team has been named among the winners of the annual Institute of Groundsmanship’s (IOG) annual awards. The awards ceremony, ... More

The key to rejuvenating ailing town centres across the UK is to look beyond retail to things such as culture, entertainment and leisure, according to ... More

Speaking at the awards ceremony for the third annual Members’ Choice Health Club Awards during Leisure Industry Week in Birmingham this week, Liz Terry, Editorial ... More

The winners of the Members' Choice Health Club Awards for 2013 were announced last night, during an awards event held at The Motorcycle Museum in ... More

Following on from the success of last year's inaugural Stockport Big Event Series, which welcomed mass participation events to Stockport, Life Leisure are delighted to ... More

British Swimming has axed Stockport's Metro Swimming Club from its network of intensive training centres (ITC). In a statement, the governing body said the decision ... More

Woodley Sports Centre in Stockport, Greater Manchester, has re-opened its doors as lifeLEISURE Stockport Sports Village following an £8m development and refurbishment. Facilities at the ... More

Thornton Sports’ new Classic Match surface has recently been installed at Bramall Queensgate Tennis Club in Stockport, UK. Designed to simulate the playing characteristics of ... More

Woodley Sports Centre re-opened its doors on Monday 10 September as lifeLEISURE Stockport Sports Village following an £8m development and refurbishment, creating many new local ... More

Image: Ray Hatton (far right), with Metro staff and son Matthew (centre) Ray Hatton, father of former world champion boxer Ricky Hatton, has opened his ... More

Pure Gym, the low-cost health club operator first launched in 2009, has announced its plans to unveil 14 new sites across the UK this year ... More