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5th July 2023
In Mytime Active

Mytime Active invests in community wellness with new golf buggies

Local social enterprise, Mytime Active has invested £650,000 in 85 new golf buggies for eight of its community golf courses.   The state-of-the-art electric buggies by Clubcar will offer members considerably improved reliability and efficiently, as well as being more environmentally friendly than the previous diesel models.   The new buggies have arrived in the southeast at Orpington Golf Centre, Bromley Golf Centre, High Elms Golf Course and Cobtree Manor Park Golf Course. In Birmingham, new buggies have arrived...

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27th June 2023
In Horizon Leisure

Charitable trust open Health, Fitness and Wellbeing Facility in Guildford’s old Sports Direct gym following £1million pound refurbishment

Horizon Leisure, which currently manages Havant and Waterlooville Leisure Centres in Hampshire, has opened its new wellbeing facility, following its first acquisition of a private gym; the former Sports Direct site in Guilford. The move forms part of the charitable group’s long-term strategy to improve the health and wellbeing of people in the South of England through acquisitions and expansion.  The charity opened Horizon Guildford on the 24th June after a massive £1,000,000 redevelopment. The launch was...

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22nd June 2023
In Precor

Precor reaffirms itself in premium sector with all-new executive team

Premium fitness equipment manufacturer and supplier, Precor, has made a series of appointments to its executive team, including a new UK Sales Leader.   Following the appointment of Dustin Grosz as Chief Executive Officer and Frank O’Rourke as Senior Vice President of Global Sales earlier this year, the leading fitness equipment supplier has now appointed Simon Overing as its new UK Sales Leader.   A seasoned industry professional, Simon began his fitness career as a PT in the armed...

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13th June 2023
In Horizon Leisure

Horizon Leisure opens first-of-a-kind Wellbeing Drop-in Centre at Meridian Shopping Centre

Horizon Leisure, a charitable health and wellbeing provider in Havant, has opened a Wellbeing Drop-in Centre for local residents at Meridian Shopping Centre. The Horizon Wellbeing Hub opened on the 12th June 2023 and is located on the ground floor of the shopping mall. The drop-in centre will offer the local community: free health checks health interventions, such as weight management programmes exercise orientation through its ‘Foundations Programme’, which has been designed as a supportive route...

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9th June 2023
In BC SoftWear

BC SoftWear bolsters business development team

Leading hotel and spa textiles supplier, BC SoftWear, has strengthened its business development team with two new staff members. The new team members with help continue BC SoftWear’s focus on developing customer relationships as well as pursuing growth across the UK.   Rupert Sellers joins BC SoftWear as Business Development Manager from a successful career in the luxury hotel market, both in London and internationally. After beginning his career in operations at The Berkeley, Claridge’s and The...

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26th May 2023
In Horizon Leisure

GP and breastfeeding expert to join ‘Baby and Parent’ group at Waterlooville Leisure Centre

Direct access to advice from a GP and a breastfeeding expert will be part of Horizon Leisure’s new Baby and Parent Group, which has launched at Waterlooville Leisure Centre in Havant.   The weekly drop-in sessions will run on Friday mornings during term times, where local GP, Rosemary Dudson from the Vine Medical Group, and Ginny Dupont from the Breastfeeding Network UK, will attend on alternate weeks. There will be an opportunity for new parents to weigh...

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24th May 2023
In Oldham Community Leisure

Diving Commonwealth Gold Medalist and Olympic hopeful, Anthony Harding, unveils legacy plaque at Oldham Leisure Centre

Local lad and Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Gold Medalist, Anthony Harding, 22, has unveiled a plaque from Golden Gateways at Oldham Leisure Centre to recognise his success as an athlete and to celebrate the part the leisure centre played in kickstarting his impressive diving career.   Anthony, originally from Ashton, brought home Gold at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in the Men’s 3m Synchro with Jack Laugher and is currently training to secure a spot in Team GB for...

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18th May 2023
In BC SoftWear

BC SoftWear reveals new enhanced luxury range

Leading hotel and spa textiles supplier, BC SoftWear, has announced it is launching a brand-new luxury range of spa linens and robes.   The SupremeSoft Deluxe and Pure Spa Deluxe ranges will include premium extra-large treatment towels with or without head holes, an Oxford pillowcase and an extra-large spa duvet. There will also be a more luxury robe, with or without a wider collar for added comfort. The robes will feature streamlined ‘trouser pockets’, rather than the...

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21st April 2023
In BC SoftWear

BC SoftWear helps create rustic luxury at Manor House Alsager

Family-owned independent hotel Manor House Alsager completed its English Country spa garden last autumn. An ambitious development, it expanded the spa offering to combine modern wellness experiences with quintessential country garden planting.   Spa facilities include a spa pool, open-air vitality pool, sunken table-top hydrotherapy tub, steam room and a heated outdoor sensory seating area. New for 2023 and a UK first, the hotel added a swim-up bar in the dual-aspect orangery-style pool house.   The 2,000 sqm garden...

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19th April 2023
In Oldham Community Leisure

Boom in Oldham Active’s young members

Oldham Active’s Young Person's Memberships are booming, with 27% of new members signing up each month now Young Person’s Memberships and 15% of total members aged 11 – 18.   Oldham Active (Oldham Community Leisure), a charitable trust operating leisure facilities in the borough, first introduced its Young Person’s Membership in October 2021.  Since launching, its popularity has grown and Oldham Active currently has 1500 young members across its five facilities in the borough.   Simon Blair, Head of...

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