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14th October 2025

BC SoftWear reveals new SilkSoft™ range

BC SoftWear has unveiled its newest range of spa linens, specifically developed for high-turnover spas and those in warmer climates. SilkSoft™ is a lightweight range of treatment bed linens designed to deliver both elegance and efficiency. Crafted from a smooth synthetic blend, allowing creases to be removed easily, the brushed top surface has a soft, matte appearance while the underside feels cool and silky against clients’ skin. Unlike 100% cotton linens, which are often used in...

7th October 2025

Get parenthood off to a healthy start with Oldham Active

Oldham Active has launched a special discounted programme, Active Start, offering pregnant and postnatal women a monthly, no-contract membership for just £9.99 a month – a significant saving from the usual £36 monthly fee. Active Start is available at Oldham Active’s five leisure centres in Oldham, Failsworth, Chadderton, Saddleworth and Royton, providing access to 150+ group exercise classes, state-of-the-art gyms, swimming pools, sauna facilities and racket sports. The Active Start programme is designed to support women...

6th October 2025

Everybody Health and Leisure tackles swim teacher absences with CoverMe

Everybody Health and Leisure has partnered with CoverMe to streamline staffing processes across their nine pools in Cheshire East. The sheer scale of Everybody Health and Leisure’s Learn to Swim programme - 1,833 swimming classes per week delivered by 159 regular swimming teachers across its pools - meant even a minor disruption due to staff absence had a major ripple effect. Following some process changes, including the implementation of CoverMe, the leisure trust’s 11,000 weekly learners...

19th September 2025

Royton Leisure Centre swimming pool to reopen with major improvements following £114,000 upgrade

The swimming pool at Oldham Active’s Royton Leisure Centre will officially reopen on 22nd September 2025 following a comprehensive refurbishment programme that includes significant improvements to water quality, safety features and environmental sustainability. The pool closed in August for essential maintenance after the existing pool tank lining began to fail, causing ongoing water loss. Oldham Active seized the opportunity to bring forward planned improvement works, investing £114,000 in upgrades that will benefit the community for years...

18th September 2025

Sport England’s Quest to support North Yorkshire Council in consistency drive across leisure facilities

Sport England’s Quest scheme is assessing all 22 of North Yorkshire Council’s leisure facilities as they come under direct council control during a phased transition in a drive to unify and enhance service standards across the county’s leisure centres. The move follows the formation of the new North Yorkshire Council unitary authority, which came into force on 1 April 2023, bringing together the former North Yorkshire County Council and seven district and borough councils. Under the banner...

8th September 2025

move Altrincham opens with unique public sector spa, The Cove

Trafford Leisure’s new £20m wellbeing facility, move Altrincham, has opened complete with a unique new spa proposition, The Cove. The 500sqm Cove spa is one of only a handful of public sector spa offerings in the UK. Operating in a community leisure setting, the spa is striving to democratise access to wellness for all local residents. Facilities include four treatment rooms, offering ELEMIS facials and body treatments, as well as Mii manicures and pedicures at three...

2nd September 2025

Right Directions acquires management information platform StaffMIS gaining control of new development direction

Right Directions, the sector’s health and safety and quality management expert, has acquired the staff and operational management platform, StaffMIS, in a move to further its ongoing development and direction. Founded in 2016, StaffMIS is a staff and operations management platform, which acts as a single place to document, monitor and manage operations records, with accessibility and time-saving functionality at its core. The platform consists of five modules; Information Management, Tasks and Check, Training Management, Time...

26th August 2025

move Altrincham opens after £20 million transformation

The new state-of-the-art wellbeing facility, move Altrincham, opened its doors on Tuesday 26 August following a major refurbishment. In a special morning ceremony, distinguished guests gathered to celebrate this exciting milestone for the community. Leader of Trafford Council, Cllr Tom Ross, delivered some inspiring words before officially cutting the ribbon alongside Executive Lead for Leisure, Arts, Culture and Heritage, Cllr Eve Parker, CEO of Trafford Council, Sara Todd, Chair of Trafford Leisure, Eamonn O’Rourke, CEO of...

22nd August 2025

Olympic gold medalist James Guy returns to where it began for exclusive preview of move Altrincham

Olympic gold medalist James Guy MBE returned to where his remarkable swimming journey began, visiting the newly transformed move Altrincham wellbeing centre for an exclusive preview ahead of its public opening on 26th August. The three-time Olympic gold medalist, who first learned to swim at the former Altrincham Leisure Centre as a child, was given a special tour of the state-of-the-art facilities on the 18th August. Members of Altrincham Swimming Club, along with swimmers from other...

13th August 2025

Oldham Active celebrates new Precor gym equipment at Royton and Oldham Leisure Centres with exclusive master coach training sessions

Oldham Active (Oldham Community Leisure), the charitable trust that operates leisure facilities on behalf of Oldham Council, has launched ‘new look’ gyms at Royton and Oldham Leisure Centres following a £250,000 investment. The investment includes a substantial upgrade to the gym equipment, including the total replacement of its strength equipment with Oldham Active’s new partner Precor, a leading supplier to the wellness industry. Lauren Connis, Head of Health and Wellbeing at Oldham Active says: “We are delighted...