local leisure news

Engineering entrepreneur, Matt Harford, has launched a new fitness, physical activity and community concept called Sostena, in Cornwall, Uk with plans to scale nationally. “If ... More

Welsh leisure operator, Denbighshire Leisure Ltd, is undertaking a management buyout from Denbighshire Council for £1.5 million, backed by private equity. The deal is subject ... More

Everyone Active has launched a golfing brand, Everyone Golf, after new contract wins made it the UK’s second-largest golf operator in the UK, with ten ... More

Physiotherapy patients are being offered treatment in leisure centres thanks to a tie-up between London hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’s and local operators, with the ... 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

Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to help operators manage the impact of rising energy prices. A ... More

Former Efteling COO, Coen Bertens, and former BRC Imagination Arts exec, Bart Dohmen, have partnered to set up a consultancy for the tourism and visitor ... More

One in three councils in England are expecting to close at least one of their leisure centres permanently during 2021. What more, up to 117 ... More

A total of £100m has been allocated to 266 local authorities across England, to support the recovery of publicly-owned leisure centres and health clubs. Facilities ... More

Gym and health club members in England have flocked back to fitness facilities in droves since the reopening of the sector on 2 December. Now, ... More

Boutique gyms and the rising trend of the pay as you go (PAYG) model is fantastic for the hectic city lifestyle. Today’s gym users can ... More

Work on a £3.5m redevelopment of Leiston Leisure Centre on the Suffolk coast is set to begin in September, after the works were given final ... More

Health club operators will benefit from the type of insights used by supermarkets to plan developments based on optimum location and size, following the launch ... More

Suffolk Coastal District Council is investing in fitness and sports infrastructure to engage people from inactive populations. Special facilities designed for the reconditioned market will ... More

Growing numbers of leisure centre members are swapping traditional activities like swimming for spin bikes and other group workouts, a ukactive report has revealed. Data ... More

Outdoor activities and budget gyms have possibly led to fewer people willing to use local leisure centres, according to the latest Health and Fitness Omnibus ... More

Sports and Leisure Management (SLM), which trades as Everyone Active, has won a 10-year contract to run leisure services in Slough after being named the ... More

Council and NHS workers in Fife, Scotland, are being encouraged to get more active as part of plans to cut sedentary behaviour in the workplace. ... More

Everyone Active will begin managing Westminster City Council’s prestigious leisure portfolio next month, following a major new contract win for the operator. Rio 2016 Team ... More

The managing director of the UK’s largest leisure operator has called for an investigation into ‘sham’ leisure trusts, which he says are abusing charitable status ... More

Offering personalised exercise programmes at local leisure centres could be the key to protecting young people suffering early psychosis from the statistical likelihood of an ... More

Broadening the reach of a business and diversifying into more sectors is essential for the survival of squeezed trusts in the UK’s highly-competitive leisure operations ... More

Fitness First has sold its Queen’s Park health club in Bournemouth – the site on which the gym chain’s 360-club global empire was founded. The ... More

Operator Places for People Leisure (PfPL) is working on an innovative partnership with a London university, gathering evidence to build the case for swimming to ... More

Local authority leisure centres, particularly those which are trust operated, are seeing remarkable improvements in financial efficiency, according to an annual report from Sport England’s ... More