Right Directions has welcomed two new members to its team. The industry’s quality management and health and safety expert core team, which delivers Sport England’s Quest quality scheme, ukactive’s Code of Practice and accreditation for the ASA’s Learn to Swim Pathway, has now hit 24. Quality...
Read MoreFemale school leavers about to enter the world of work should consider a career in IT, according to IT Apprentice Hannah Kelly. With many IT firms looking to young people of both sexes to fill their digital skills gaps, now is the time for women to...
Read MoreA new tool has been launched to tackle the issue of communicating with large staff numbers. Our Leisure People is a team communication tool aimed at team members that don't work from a desk. Currently piloting with two large leisure operators, the smartphone-driven tool, has completely...
Read MoreBeeZee Bodies, which runs weight management programmes, has adopted a new specialist software solution from ReferAll in a bid to improve efficiency for staff and clients. Established in 2012 BeeZee Bodies previously used a basic spreadsheet to input client data, but having won a new contract...
Read MoreLifetime Training has expanded its Curriculum Team with two new Design Managers. As Curriculum Design Managers, Chris Beck and Vicky Tester are now responsible for the vital management and development of teaching and learning resources for the active leisure sector. Chris Beck ran his own health...
Read MoreWorkforce development has been announced as the theme for active-net 2017, with bookings already being taken for the fourth annual two-day conference. The 2017 event will take place on 29-30 March at Eastwood Hall in Nottingham, a beautiful period property set in 26 acres of spectacular...
Read MoreA new accreditation designed to help agencies involved in sport for development work to demonstrate their impact is being launched across the UK, following a successful pilot with three organisations. The growing sport for development (S4D) sector is made up of organisations that use sport to...
Read MoreThe world’s largest 24-hour fitness club chain, Anytime Fitness, has opened in Ruislip Manor. The gym is located near the tube station, in a thriving regenerated area that was relaunched by Boris Johnson back in 2014. Franchisee Matthew Capp was looking for a new challenge having...
Read MoreGymWorks in Chorley, Lancashire is the first club in the UK to introduce Precor’s new Spinner® Rally bikes to its Spinning studio. The independent gym has replaced its existing 26 cycles with 31 new Spinner Rally bikes, with extremely positive feedback since the upgrade. With bike...
Read MoreGladstone has released a groundbreaking new signature software application called Gladstone360, which is not only mobile-responsive but also fully customisable. “The technology we’ve used is genuinely game-changing,” says Gladstone’s managing director, Tom Withers. “In short, it’s an off-the-shelf application that allows operators to design their perfect...
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