UPDATE
Council approves leisure centre for Preston, Surrey
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council has approved plans for an £8.7m leisure, community and youth centre in Preston, Surrey. The development would include a 25m six-lane swimming pool, teaching pool, 50-station gym, dance and exercise studios, four-court sports hall, football pitches, café, crèche, and wet and dry changing studios. Construction is expected to start in
autumn and be complete within a year. Banstead Leisure Centre will remain open until replacement facilities are completed.
Two physical act ivity indicators have been added to the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) – a voluntar y
reward and
incentive programme used by GPs across the UK. The indicators, effective
from 1 April, set thresholds for increasing physical activity for patients with hypertension – which affects 7.3 million people in England and Wales – and delivering lifestyle advice on physical activity. A Hous e
of Lords
UK NEWS Exercise makes it onto the QOF
Hypertension affects 7.3 million people across England and Wales
committee report on Olympic health legacy last year recommended including physical activity in QOF, as did the Royal College of Physicians ‘Exercise for Life’ report. Including physical activity in the QOF has been one of the primary policy objectives of ukactive, as part of a wider aim to establish physical activity as a core business of the NHS.
The planned facility for Coleshill School
North Warwickshire council backs sports centre
Planning approval has been granted for a community sports centre to be built at Coleshill School in North Warwickshire. The facility will replace the ageing
Coleshill Leisure Centre, which according to planning documents would have been too costly and time-consuming to refurbish. Despite attracting 100,000 visits a year,
the leisure facility’s popularity had dropped 14.5 per cent between 2008/09 and 2010/11. The new facility will have a four-court sports hall, two squash courts, a 40-station gym and dance studio.
Islington delivers tennis to get residents more active
Islington Council is offering free tennis for the over-60s in an effort to help more residents get active and encourage people to try the sport. The council has also appointed Karen
Dawson its new tennis development officer, funded with help from sports trust Aquaterra and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA). Dawson will work with local communities to get more people to try the sport, including free sessions for children and young people, as well as older residents.
8 KSL Capital mulls David Lloyd purchase
KSL Capital Partners is repor tedly looking to purchase gym chain David Lloyd Leisure, thought to be worth around £900m. The Sunday Times said the
US-based private equity firm, which recently bought UK hotel chains Malmaison and Hotel du Vin, is one of several potential buyers; US investment house Blackstone is also thought to be mulling a bid. Investment bank UBS was reportedly hired to look at funding options for the business’s planned expansion, which include possible new clubs in Europe. The Hatfield-based gym group has 80 clubs
ukactive CEO David Stalker says: “We hope
that these new indicators for hypertensive patients are just the beginning of an opportunity to embed physical activity across a wider range of indicators for the management of chronic conditions, saving the NHS millions of pounds in the process.”
David Lloyd Leisure has a reported price tag of around £900m David Lloyd clubs – a full-service offering
across the UK and is named after former English tennis professional David Lloyd, who founded the business in 1980. His son, Scott, now runs the business.
targeting families – have a focus on racquet sports with around 700 tennis courts, 180 badminton courts and 140 squash courts. It has around 450,000 members and employs 6,000 staff across its estate.
Lancaster London develops new £1m hotel gym
Lancaster London, part of the Preferred Hotel Group, has announced it will open its new £1m, 24-hour gym in June, on the second floor of the 18-storey hotel. The 94sq m (1,012sq ft) gymnasium will include the latest equipment from Technogym.
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Other features include high-impact flooring and white non-glare lighting. For guests interested in outdoor exercise,
the hotel can arrange bicycles, horse riding and outdoor swimming in the Serpentine, as well as jogging maps for adjacent Hyde Park.
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