city council news

Edinburgh Leisure has appointed Jen Holland as chief executive. She will take over from June Peebles on 18 March. A qualified accountant, Holland has been ... More

David Lloyd Leisure has been fined more than £2.5m after pleading guilty to charges brought under the UK's Health and Safety at Work Act. The ... 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

English Premier league club, Manchester City, has submitted a planning application seeking to expand the capacity at its Etihad Stadium from 53,400 to 60,000. Designed ... More

A new type of multi-activity, outdoor exercise space – designed to get people moving by challenging them to think outside the box – is being ... 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

A £186m cultural centre, set to transform the arts and music scene globally, will open its doors in June this year. Factory International, based in ... 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

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

Andy King, chair of Manchester's GM Active, has taken the role of CEO at non-profit MCR Active. King brings more than twenty years of sports ... More

Plans to create a new Eden Project North attraction in Morecambe, UK, have been given a major boost after the central government pledged to support ... More

Easton Leisure Centre in the UK has announced a 100 per cent reduction in heating costs of its 25m swimming pool this summer. Leading a ... 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

Caterpillar, a new app that rewards healthy actions with redeemable points at entertainment and fitness outlets, will launch a pilot scheme on 6 June. Under ... More

Go Fit has been selected by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) as an example of best practice for public–private partnership collaboration (PPP). ... More

Active Nottingham, part of Nottingham City Council, has released a children’s book called Can We Splash? to encourage more parents to take children swimming. The ... More

The new £42m Moorways Sports Village will open its doors to the public on Saturday 21 May. The community-focused development is the result of a ... More

Clifford’s Tower in York, considered one of England’s most important buildings, has opened to the public following a £5m redevelopment. The structure is all that ... More

Plans to create a new Eden Project North attraction in Morecombe UK have been given the green light by planners. Lancaster City Council approved the ... More

The City of Madrid could become one of the healthiest in the world if plans by the council come to fruition. The local government has ... More

Global developer and operator of wellbeing destinations Therme Group has inked a deal with Peel L&P for a new location in Glasgow called Therme Scotland. ... More

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has thrown his weight behind plans to build an Eden Project North visitor attraction in the Lancashire seaside town of ... More

Patients treated for stress in the Belgian capital Brussels will be offered free visits to museums, as part of a three-month trial designed to rebuild ... More

People experiencing homelessness are being offered free access to leisure centres by Oxford City Council. A scheme launched this month (June 2021) will see the ... More

A £30m luxury leisure development scheme which has been more than a decade in the making has finally been given the green light by Newcastle ... More