Award winning training company launches new beauty qualification

Lifetime Training, the multi-award winning training provider, is launching a new range of accredited qualifications for Beauty Therapists. Initially their Level 2 and 3 Beauty Therapy Diploma will be offered through three new Lifetime Beauty Academies in Birmingham, Manchester and Brentwood, with a wider roll out...

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New MD for Gladstone amid internal moves

Tom Withers has been promoted to Gladstone Health and Leisure’s Managing Director. Withers, previously Gladstone’s Sales and Marketing Director, has worked for the market leading software provider for 17 years. The shift comes as Arthur Morris, Gladstone’s previous Managing Director for the past four years, moves up...

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Hertfordshire Sports Partnership introduces new Exercise on Referral scheme

Award-winning Herts Sports Partnership (HSP) has introduced an exciting new Exercise on Referral scheme using ReferAll’s online software solution. The scheme known as Active Herts project is coordinated by HSP and made possible with funding from Sport England, Herts Public Health and local Clinical Commissioning Groups...

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Right Directions expands following Quest contract win

Quality and health and safety specialist Right Directions has further expanded its team after retaining the contract to deliver Sport England’s Quest, the UK quality scheme for sport and leisure, and the National Benchmarking Service (NBS) for another three years. Paul Brivio, 57, an experienced coach,...

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OCL’s 2106 Milltown Race events open for entries

Back for its second year, the popular Sprint Triathlon will take place on 4 April at Saddleworth Pool and Leisure Centre, where athletes will swim 400m, cycle 20k and complete a 5k run through Uppermill, Diggle, Delph, Scouthead, Austerlands, Lees, Grotton, Lydgate, and Grasscroft. Why...

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IQL UK endorses STITCH accident benchmarking tool

New figures have been released for accidents in swimming pools as IQL UK, the trading subsidiary of the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK), puts its weight behind Right Directions’ accident benchmarking platform STITCH. The first annual report for the online tool, developed by the...

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ReferAll launches 2016 Foundation Award

Exercise Referral Schemes across the country have just six weeks to get their entries ready for ReferAll’s Foundation Award, which has just been launched for 2016. ReferAll, which specialises in software solutions to enhance the efficiency of exercise referrals from GP to leisure provider, created the...

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Lifetime Appoints Head of Commercial Training for Fitness

Lifetime Training has appointed Sam Kenward as its new Head of Commercial Training for Fitness. In his new role, Sam’s focus will be on achieving the highest possible success rates and engagement levels amongst Lifetime’s self-funded Fitness learners. Kenward joined Lifetime Training as a Senior Course...

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Quest and NBS launch joint conference with CIMSPA

Sport England’s leading quality scheme for sport and leisure is joining forces with the industry’s top professional development body to launch a two-day conference. The annual conference of the Quest quality scheme and its sister initiative the National Benchmarking Service (NBS) has been highly successful since...

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Inverclyde Leisure teams up with Bigwave to boost figures

Inverclyde Leisure has boosted swimming lesson participation by more than 44% and related income by a staggering 82% at its Port Glasgow pool. The impressive increases are part of a company expansion plan by CEO, Kieron Vango, who brought in Bigwave media soon after his appointment...

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