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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Guildford’s new health and fitness facility, Horizon Guildford to sponsor local wellbeing festival

Horizon Guildford, a new charitable health, fitness and wellbeing facility due to open in Guildford’s former Sports Direct gym in May, will be sponsoring this years’ Burpham Wellfest, a local festival promoting wellbeing within the local community. Burpham Welfest, taking place on the 9th July at Sutherland Memorial Park, will focus on bringing health and fitness to the community, with a large number of local groups and health enterprises on site giving residents the chance to...

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Precor returns to FIBO 2023 showcasing new innovations

Precor is returning to FIBO for the first time since 2019, showcasing a host of new and exciting products.   At Stand #6B81, Precor will showcase the new StairClimber, designed to cater for exercisers of all shapes, sizes and fitness levels. The StairClimber features easy-to-negotiate step-on and step-off platforms, a trade-marked Dynamic Step Control™, which creates a consistent step for every exerciser’s size and speed, and an impressive range of between 20 and 165 steps per minute.   “Innovation...

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