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Operations Manager - Brentwood School Enterprises
Salary: £32,000 - £34,000pa + pension + benefits
Location: Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom
Company: Brentwood School Sports Centre


General Manager
Location: Sheffield
Company: Everyone Active
General Manager
Location: Sheffield
Company: Everyone Active
Membership Advisor
Salary: Competitive salary plus commission & benefits
Location: Harborough
Company: Everyone Active
Team Leader
Salary: Competitive salary, excellent benefits
Location: Rochford
Company: Everyone Active
Fitness Motivator and Personal Trainer
Location: Aldershot
Company: Everyone Active
Group Exercise Instructor - Aqua
Salary: Competitive
Location: Aldershot
Company: Everyone Active
Membership Advisor
Salary: Competitive salary plus commission & benefits
Location: Aldershot
Company: Everyone Active
Swim Teacher
Salary: Competitive
Location: Bristol
Company: Everyone Active
Swim Teacher
Salary: Competitive
Location: Stratford-upon-Avon
Company: Everyone Active
Activity and Wellbeing Instructor
Salary: Competitive
Location: Stratford-upon-Avon
Company: Everyone Active
Swim Teacher
Salary: Competitive
Location: Fareham
Company: Everyone Active
GP Exercise Referral Instructor
Salary: £33,000pa + benefits
Location: Harrow
Company: Everyone Active

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Property & tenders
Padel Tennis Lease Opportunity
Location: Stratford, East London. Company: Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
Greenwood Family Theme Park for sale
Location: Y Felinheli, LL56 4QN Company: Newmark
South Coast Beach Restaurant To Let
Location: Newhaven, Sussex Company: EiA Real Estate
Expressions of interest to lease Tutbury Castle
Location: Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire Company: Savills
Invite to Tender for Leisure Management Systems
Location: Oxford Company: University of Oxford
Historical Significance meets Unique Investment Opportunity
Location: Jersey Company: Jersey War Tunnels
Partnership Opportunity at Cleveland Lakes in the Cotswold Water Park
Location: Cleveland Lakes, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Company: Cotswold Lakes Trust
Tender: retail units at The Engine Yard, Belvoir Castle
Location: Grantham, Leicestershire Company: Belvoir Castle
Tender: Open Day at Hall Place, Bexley to discuss commercial opportunities
Location: Hall Place House, Bexley, DA5 1PQ Company: London Borough of Bexley
Tender: Forestry Commission - Forest Nets Concession Opportunity
Location: 15 Concessions across the nation's forests Company: Forestry England
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News headlines
UK updates physical activity guidelines with focus on daily movement  
UK updates physical activity guidelines with focus on daily movement

By Liz Terry

The UK's four Chief Medical Officers have published a refreshed edition of Physical activity guidelines: UK Chief Medical Officers' report, updating the evidence that underpins the nation's physical activity recommendations and placing greater emphasis on strength, balance, reducing sedentary behaviour .... more>>

Places Leisure is working with Roberts Limbrick to build £60m wellness flagship in Basingstoke  
Places Leisure is working with Roberts Limbrick to build £60m wellness flagship in Basingstoke

By Kath Hudson

Places Leisure has exchanged contracts to build and operate a flagship £60m water and wellness destination on behalf of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. This will be the biggest investment in wellbeing the borough has seen for decades.

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PureGym announces expansion into Ireland  
By Kath Hudson

The Republic of Ireland will become the latest market in PureGym’s expanding international portfolio, with the first launch planned for Dublin in 2027.

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Total Fitness CEO Sophie Lawler launches leadership coaching venture  
By Kath Hudson

Sophie Lawler, CEO of Total Fitness, has launched a leadership coaching business aimed at helping women realise their professional potential.

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Anytime Fitness targets Europe after opening a club a day in 2025  
By Kath Hudson

Anytime Fitness opened more than one club a day in 2025 and is on track to maintain this rate of growth this year, as parent company Purpose Brands targets further international .... more>>

Everyone Active opens £33.9 million next-generation leisure and wellbeing hub  
By Kath Hudson

The £33.9 million Leighton Leisure and Community Centre has opened in Leighton Buzzard, UK, creating a next-generation public leisure, health and wellbeing hub for the local .... more>>

YogaSix responds to Pilates boom with launch of strength-focused Y6 Core class  
By Kath Hudson

YogaSix, the yoga brand owned by Xponential Fitness, has launched a heated, Pilates-inspired class called Y6 Core, as demand for strength-based, low-impact workouts continues to reshape .... more>>

Bromley’s £17m Walnuts revamp adds EGYM, rehab and recovery  
By Kath Hudson

Walnuts Leisure Centre in Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley, has reopened following a £17m transformation designed to secure the long-term future of the public leisure asset and .... more>>

The Gym Group breaks the million members mark for the first time  
By Kath Hudson

The Gym Group, has announced that it's sustained positive trading momentum has continued through the first half of 2026 and the company remains confident about the .... more>>

Hyrox offers charity spots in sold-out races  
By Kath Hudson

Hyrox has announced it will be working with a second charity in the upcoming season and offering charity spots in sold-out races.

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Amped Fitness debuts Amped Universe flagship  
By Kath Hudson

US low-cost operator, Amped Fitness, has launched a flagship location in Texas, debuting its multi-sensory Amped Universe design architecture.

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X-Club gears up to open its flagship site in central London  
By Kath Hudson

Luxury boutique Pilates and wellness studio, X-Club, officially launches a 4,000sq ft flagship at Marylebone on 16 July.

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LifeFit Group expands in southern Germany with Fitness Sigmaringen acquisition  
By Kath Hudson

The LifeFit Group continues its buy and build strategy with the acquisition of the Fitness Sigmaringen club in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. 

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Industry veterans partner to launch women-only strength brand, LiftHer  
By Kath Hudson

An ambitious women’s only strength and lifting studio concept is set to launch in Dallas this September, with a wider US rollout already in active development.

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Omnigym collaborates on an outdoor gym for homeless people  
By Kath Hudson

Finnish outdoor fitness equipment specialist, Omnigym, has partnered with charity, Emmaüs Solidarité, to launch an outdoor gym installation at a homeless shelter in .... more>>


Features
Evolving position

Data:
Evolving position


HCM reports on findings from the 20th State of the Industry report as Leisure DB rebrands to Evolve
Deals, developments, insights and appointments

HCM News:
Deals, developments, insights and appointments


Viva Leisure launches budget brand Zoo Fit, Fitness First adds red light therapy, Orangetheory goes to Italy and global trade associations join forces to drive new GLP-1 initiative.
Everyone's talking about ... waitlists

Opinion:
Everyone's talking about ... waitlists


Would you stop selling memberships to prevent club overcrowding? Kath Hudson asks the experts
Ramping up healthy ageing

Healthspan:
Ramping up healthy ageing


A new report puts physical activity at the heart of healthcare, reports Muir Gray
Seb Coe

Profile:
Seb Coe


The World Athletics president talks to Liz Terry about the launch of Run X, the World Treadmill Championships, in partnership with Technogym
Shaun Grove

HCM People:
Shaun Grove


HCM talks to the owner of Stride Fitness about the takeover and reimagining of the coach-led, multi-fitness class brand
Latest news from the public sector

Public sector news:
Latest news from the public sector



Myzone – Power of community

Sponsored:
Myzone – Power of community


Social fitness the missing link to member engagement, according to a new Myzone report
Product news
Living Earth Crafts launches the Ultima Reset Lounger

Living Earth Crafts launches the Ultima Reset Lounger

FROM FITNESS-KIT.NET

Living Earth Crafts, a member of the new parent company, Intentional Wellness Brands, has launched a bio-stacking recovery system called Ultima Reset Lounger.
 
Ishga becomes an official partner for Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games 2026

Ishga becomes an official partner for Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games 2026

FROM FITNESS-KIT.NET

Organic Hebridean skincare brand Ishga, which harvests its seaweed on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, has become an official partner for Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games 2026.
 
HPO Tech introduces hyperbaric chamber, Oyster

HPO Tech introduces hyperbaric chamber, Oyster

FROM FITNESS-KIT.NET

HPO Tech has created a single-seat hyperbaric chamber, called Oyster, with an acrylic domed lid that opens upwards like a shell.
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