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19th March 2024

In Magna Vitae, Quest, Sport England

The Quest for Excellence

Magna Vitae has been on a 14 year journey with Sport England’s quality benchmarking scheme, Quest, to achieve a rating of Excellent at its flagship facility, Meridian Leisure Centre, putting it in the top 6% of all Quest facilities, whilst Skegness Pool & Fitness Suite and Horncastle Pool & Fitness Suite both achieved Very Good. The trust uses its sites’ individual Quest assessments to lead continuous improvement across all the venues. Director of Operations, Naomi Wilkinson-Baker...

14th March 2024

In BC SoftWear

BC SoftWear bolsters its business development team

Leading hotel and spa textiles supplier, BC SoftWear, has further strengthened its business development team with the addition of three new staff members. The new team will help BC SoftWear continue its focus on developing customer relationships as well as pursuing growth globally. Melanie Sanderson joins BC SoftWear as Business Development Manager for the North of England. Previously a Senior Spa Operations Associate with ESPA, Sanderson brings with her more than 20 years of experience in...

11th March 2024

In CoverMe

Group exercise complaints a thing of the past for Reynolds Group

Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group thanks to a partnership with CoverMe, a digital platform that simplifies group exercise and PT management for clubs and instructors. Running more than 200 group exercise classes across three sites every week presented challenges for the Reynolds Group, especially when their instructors fell ill or took a holiday. Stephen Turner, Director for the Reynolds Group, explains: “Finding cover was a daily issue;...

8th March 2024

In Pentathlon GB

Double award success for Pentathlon GB’s World Championships

The national governing body for the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon, Pentathlon GB has won two prestigious awards for its World Championships held at the University of Bath in August 2023. Pentathlon GB scooped the Best Event category at this year’s Bath Awards 2024, and won the UIPM’s (The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne) Event of the Year. The World Championships were an international qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympics, showcasing approximately 700 elite athletes, including...

26th February 2024

In Mytime Active

The Spa at Beckenham gym to undergo £400,000 facelift

The gym at Bromley’s The Spa at Beckenham is to benefit from a £400,000 facelift as part of a long-term, multi-phase investment plan by Mytime Active to maintain its status as a state-of-the-art, high-end health and wellness facility over the coming years. Work on phase one, a total refurbishment of the main gym floor including new fitness equipment, will start in March and is expected to take around five weeks to complete. The new look gym...

7th February 2024

In Oldham Community Leisure

Oldham Active in Greater Manchester launch new look gyms following a £750k investment

Oldham Active (Oldham Community Leisure), the charitable trust that operates leisure facilities in the borough, has launched its ‘new look’ gyms following a £750,000 investment. The refurbishments of Chadderton Wellbeing Centre, Failsworth Sports Centre, Oldham Leisure Centre and Royton Leisure Centre were successfully completed on schedule at the end of 2023. The works included a substantial upgrade to the gym space at all four of the leisure centres, including a total replacement of the cardiovascular equipment by...

7th February 2024

In Trafford Leisure

Partington Sports Village in Greater Manchester unveils new ‘all weather’ artificial grass pitch

A new artificial grass pitch (AGP) at Partington Sports Village in Trafford has officially launched with an opening ceremony attended by special guests, including Cllr Dolores O’Sullivan, Mayor of Trafford, Cllr Tom Ross, Leader of the Council, Cllr Catherine Hynes, Deputy Leader of the Council, Andy Worthington, Chair, Trafford Leisure, John Lamb, Chair of Governors for the West Trafford Learning Partnership (WTLP) and Broadoak School’s headteacher, John Knowles. The facilities at Partington Sports Village, based at...

30th January 2024

In Uncategorised

Mytime Active to open two new Changing Places Toilets

Independent charity, Mytime Active, has begun work on two Changing Places Toilets in the Borough of Bromley. Changing Places are fully accessible toilets, primarily designed for people with physical disabilities, which can also benefit people with learning disabilities who need support with their personal care. The new facilities will be at Mytime Active’s Pavilion Leisure Centre and Biggin Hill Pool and Library and are scheduled to open in March. Changing Places give disabled people and their...

24th January 2024

In Mytime Active

Mytime Active launches Musculoskeletal Health Hubs to help people living with chronic joint pain

Charitable leisure trust, Mytime Active, has launched its Musculoskeletal (MSK) Health Hubs to support people living with chronic joint pain. The MSK health hubs will provide exercise, rehabilitation and wellbeing support to help people maintain mobility and reduce pain, as well as improve the health of patients before and after surgery. The hubs will operate in Bromley at the Spa at Beckenham and Walnuts Leisure Centre in Orpington, and at Hatchford Brook Golf Centre and Gym in...

10th January 2024

In ReferAll

ReferAll announces price cuts to help leisure operators struggling with budgets

The UK’s leading exercise referral and wellbeing services platform, ReferAll, is reducing its pricing this year, in a bid to help leisure operator customers who are finding it difficult to cope with spiralling costs. With the physical activity industry under immense pressure and budgets particularly tight, ReferAll has adapted its pricing structure for 2024 to ensure its exercise referral software is accessible to anyone who wants to use the system. It has introduced a new tiered...