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UK OPERATORS ONE LEISURE


ADDRESS ONE LEISURE HEAD OFFICE, ONE LEISURE ST IVES, WESTWOOD ROAD, ST IVES, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PE27 6WU TEL +44 (0)01480 388 500 WEB WWW.ONELEISURE.NET


PARKWOOD


ADDRESS ATTWOOD HOUSE, PERDISWELL PARK, DROITWICH ROAD, WORCESTER, WR3 7NW TEL +44 (0)1299 253 400 WEB WWW.LEISURECENTRE.COM


COMPANY PROFILE One Leisure was launched 2009 as the in-house leisure arm of Huntingdonshire District Council. We offer a wide variety of value-for-money, quality activities, but specialise in gym (Impressions Fitness Suites), spa (Pure), kids' play zones and, in the near future, bowling. We are creative, innovative and customer-focused and have made significant investments in our facilities and technology. NUMBER OF SITES Six. PLANS FOR 2013 Expansion of our operating base and targeted investment in our facilities.


MD: SIMON BELL


PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Globetrotter with previous management experience in supermarkets (Newcastle), hotels (North Yorkshire) and building societies (Doncaster) before parachuting, not literally, into leisure (Hull) in the 1990s. Assistant and centre manager (Holderness) and now MD (One Leisure). BEST PIECE OF ADVICE YOU’VE EVER BEEN GIVEN Do not judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes. Then you are a mile away and you have his shoes. PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT... I have been on The Krypton Factor and Countdown.


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COMPANY PROFILE Parkwood Leisure is one of the leading private leisure management companies in the UK, employing 4,400 staff. The company manages a diverse range of facilities, including leisure centres, theatres, conference centres, watersports centres, school facilities and health clubs. NUMBER OF SITES 84 facilities throughout the UK. PLANS FOR 2013 We will look to grow organically and take on new leisure and culture contracts to ensure our history of stability and reliability continues. Our focus will remain on providing a quality service to each community we serve.


CEO: ANDREW HOLT


PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND After leaving university in Cardiff with a BEd degree, I enjoyed 10 years working in the public sector before starting up a private leisure management company in 1989. I joined Parkwood in 1995 to start Parkwood Leisure, and in January 2012 I took up the post of group CEO. BEST PIECE OF ADVICE YOU’VE EVER BEEN GIVEN Pay attention to the detail and listen. PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT... Our new chair Duncan Goodhew has never beaten me over 100m... Butterfly that is!


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