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KAL to launch budget gym brand in May


offer monthly memberships from £14.95 and is the first low-cost club in the town. The gym will be fitted with Technogym health status of individuals


A centre promoting and researching health and wellbeing will be launched at Leeds Metropolitan University in November. The Institute for Health & Wellbeing will undertake research into the


equipment, with the 110 stations including and communities and will


theatre and strength machines. Situated at t men’s he a l th, he a l thy mmunities, health promotion and childhood obesity.


The Institute has six


a combination of cardio machines, cardio investigate issues including


he KAL-opera ed Huddersfield Sports Cen cotre, facili ies will also include a functional training area with TRX suspension machines and a free weights area.


KAL first announced its plans


to launch a budget gym concept in November 2010. Although KAL is looking to roll out the SMART Fitness concept, a spokesperson said that there were no concrete plans for the next site. Details: http://lei.sr?a=h9g8A


Technogym reveals “Our Greatest Team”


Kirklees Active Leisure (KAL) will launch its first budget gym in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, in May. The SMART Fitness-branded site will


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Nottingham City Council (NCC) has opened the new £9m Victoria Leisure Centre in Sneinton – part of its wider investment in local facilities. The council worked with


inspiredspaces – a company established by Carillion – to lead the project through a public-private venture, the Local Education Partnership. A 70-station gym fitted


distinct research themes: healthy communities; health promotion; men’s health; men, gender and wellbeing; nutrition and childhood obesity; and pain science and management. T e diff erent faculties will be housed in a


T e Institute for Health and Wellbeing will undertake a range of research


with Technogym and Power Plate equipment and a fitness studio are among the facilities at the new centre, which has been designed by London- based architects Levitate. Other facilities include a 25m, six-lane


single unit as part of promoting innovation and collaboration. The institute’s director, professor Richard Hogston, says: “One of our key strengths is that our research is rooted in


Technogym has launched its own legacy programme for the 2012 Games as part its role as official Games fitness equipment supplier. The Our Greatest Team campaign will be fronted by Technogym’s Olympic ambassador, Christine Ohuruogu, and will be run in partnership with the BOA. The initiative will include ‘I Pledge’,


which will call on members of the public to make a pledge – big or small – to improve their lifestyle by making a better choice or fulfilling a sporting goal. Technogym is opening this up to the UK fitness industry and aims to reach more than 5,000 clubs, schools, universities and local authority centres, with the vision of creating a network of I Pledge community hubs. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=C6z0H


swimming pool with separate teaching pool and a fun splash play area for children, as well as a health suite with sauna and steamrooms. NCC portfolio holder for leisure, culture and tourism David Trimble says: “The new


fi tness instructors offered ‘tax amnesty’


A new ‘tax amnesty’ has been launched by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in a bid to encourage private fi tness and dance instructors to come forward with any undeclared liabilities. T e Tax Catch Up Plan targets those who profi t from private tuition and instruction, either as a main or secondary income, on which correct tax has not been paid. T e crackdown will see private tutors and


coaches given until 31 March 2012 to declare any outstanding tax liabilities for the years to 5 April 2010 and to pay what they owe. HMRC said those who come forward ahead


of the deadline would receive the “best possible terms”, which is “unlikely” to amount to more than a fi ſt h of any outstanding tax debts.


NEWS New Nottingham centre opens


bc partners to sell fi tness fi rst australasia?


London-based private equity company BC Partners, which owns health club operator Fitness First, is rumoured to be considering selling the fi tness chain’s Australian and Asian arms. In the past year, Fitness First has already


sold all its clubs in the Benelux countries as well as in France, Spain and Italy. However, in an interview with Health Club Management (see October issue, p38), Fitness First CEO Colin Waggett said that Asia was a region that the company would look to expand in. A spokesperson for BC Partners declined


to comment. A 70-station gym is among the facilities at the £9m Nottingham centre


fi nding solutions that will have real impact on communities and businesses. “Creating the Institute will bring together


a range of related disciplines and make it easier for us all to work together, generate and apply our research to even higher levels of excellence.”


Victoria Leisure Centre will provide state of the art health and fitness facilities for all sections of the local community. “I firmly believe that the top quality facilities


will encourage more people to take part in and enjoy leisure activities.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=m7w5o


Support needed to get disabled more active T e centre was designed by Holder Mathias


The London Assembly has called for leisure operators and schools to improve efforts to help disabled Londoners stay physically active. A report by the Assembly’s Economy,


Culture and Sport (ECS) Committee claims that little progress has been made in increasing the number of disabled people taking part in physical activities across London in the past six years. The report, published this week, is a follow-up on the ‘A Sporting Legacy for People with Disabilities’ survey in 2006. Despite continued efforts of successive mayors and improvements to facilities, 90 per


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cent of disabled Londoners still fail to achieve the recommended level of physical activity. The report recognises that, in his Inclusive and Active strategy, former London Mayor Ken Livingstone set out (and current mayor Boris Johnston has since continued with) the right overall approach. However, the report also sets out a number of possible improvements. These include promoting active travel options aſt er the existing building was destroyed


afan lido demolition work now underway


Personal trainers are encouraged to declare liabilities teachers have the right skills to keep disabled children involved in school sports, and


does not come forward by 31 March 2012 will incur “much higher penalties”, while criminal proceedings could also be pursued.


Plans for the multi-million pound redevelopment of the Afan Lido complex in Port Talbot have moved forward aſt er contractors started demolition at the site. A £13.6m Holder Mathias Architects- designed facility is mooted for the site, through Transport for London, ensuring by a large fi re in December 2009.


However, HMRC warned that anyone who considering using London 2012 volunteers to encourage disabled people to stay active. Details: http://lei.sr?a=K9B9x


It is currently pr posed that the replacement facility will be comp eted in 2013, with the initial plans featuring the provision of a six-lane, 25m swimming pool, a four- court sports hall and a learner pool.


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