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Leisure Connection Ltd
Leisure Connection is the market leader of outsourced quality leisure, cultural and fitness services to Local Authorities, national bodies such as Sport England and Wheelpower, and private fitness clubs.

Harpers Health & Fitness is the fitness brand for Leisure Connection, dedicated to helping more communities and people become more active more often


Address
Potton House, Wyboston Lakes, Great North Road, Wyboston, Bedfordshire, MK44 3BA, UK

Telephone
+44 (0)1480 401300
(Please mention leisure-kit.net)

Website
www.leisureconnection.co.uk
Leisure Connection Ltd news

02 Aug 2012
New fitness equipment worth £50,000 for Stoke Mandeville Stadium

Stoke Mandeville Stadium, which is hosting training camps for the London 2012 Paralympic Games, and WheelPower, the national charity for wheelchair sport, will be investing £50,000 in new fitness equipment.
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  New fitness equipment worth £50,000 for Stoke Mandeville Stadium
26 Jul 2012
Leisure Connection and Pure World Technologies in energy reduction link-up

Leisure Connection has teamed up with energy saving management company, Pure World Technologies in a £1m energy reduction plan.
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  Leisure Connection and Pure World Technologies in energy reduction link-up

Leisure Connection Ltd features

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1Life’s brand transformation has helped it overcome adversity and win back business in the challenging Milton Keynes market

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Neil King, managing director of 1Life, explains the leisure operator’s root and branch transformation since 2013

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New opening
1Rebel is a newly-launched premium lifestyle microgym which has set out to be a ‘fitness market disruptor’. Julie Cramer speaks to the founders

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Interview
CEO of ukactive, the trade association for the active leisure sector, speaks about the importance of becoming the government's delivery partner of health and wellbeing

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SIBEC review
Katie Lewis reports on discussions at November's SIBEC Europe event, from functional training to price-cutting, and from centralised ad campaigns to 'exercise is medicine'

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Disability fitness
Becca Douglas takes a look at some of the initiatives aiming to deliver a legacy from last year's London Paralympic Games

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Social strategy
Operators increasingly need to demonstrate social value. Julie Cramer reports on the progress being made

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Sport Specific
How to offer training opportunities to budding triathletes. By Nicola Joyce

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Mytime Active calls a halt to dumping 432,000 pairs of plastic overshoes into landfill each year
Mytime Active calls a halt to dumping 432,000 pairs of plastic overshoes into landfill each year   21 Apr 2024

Charitable trust, Mytime Active, has removed all single-use plastic overshoes from its swimming pools and leisure centres, as part of ongoing .... more>>
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Community Leisure UK is helping the drive to Net Zero with the launch of a bespoke carbon literacy course. Offered in partnership with the Workers' .... more>>
Circadian Trust invests in wellness to support its NHS partnerships
Circadian Trust invests in wellness to support its NHS partnerships   20 Apr 2024

Operator Circadian Trust has launched a five-year growth drive designed to support health and wellbeing across South Gloucestershire, UK. The .... more>>
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Andy King launches The Conveners podcast to champion the pivot to wellbeing
Andy King launches The Conveners podcast to champion the pivot to wellbeing   18 Apr 2024

The fitness sector’s pivot to active wellbeing is being discussed in a new weekly podcast, called The Conveners, and hosted by chair of GM Active and .... more>>
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Everyone Active launches Everyone Golf – plans to link health and fitness and sport portfolios   17 Apr 2024

Everyone Active has launched a golfing brand, Everyone Golf, after new contract wins made it the UK’s second-largest golf operator in the UK, with ten .... more>>
UK Active Awards for excellence open for nominations
UK Active Awards for excellence open for nominations   16 Apr 2024

UK Active has announced details of its annual health and fitness industry awards ceremony, which will take place in Birmingham on the evening of .... more>>
Hospitality veteran Belinda Steward takes the helm at Places Leisure
Hospitality veteran Belinda Steward takes the helm at Places Leisure   16 Apr 2024

Social enterprise, Places Leisure, which is part of the Places for People Group, has appointed Belinda Steward as MD. Steward was previously MD at .... more>>
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