Bournemouth news

Social enterprise, BH Live, has teamed up with Parkinson’s UK to offer classes aimed at getting people living with the neurodegenerative condition active in a ... More

Fitness First has filed a Court Order for restructuring at Companies House in the UK – the document is currently being processed, with details due ... More

Fitness First UK has confirmed to HCM that it's in the process of restructuring, citing rising costs and working from home which has undermined some ... More

Luxury beachfront hotel The Nici in Bournemouth, UK, is planning to unveil the coastal town's first destination spa in April 2023. The West Cliff destination ... More

Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part of new restrictions announced during an emergency press this evening ... More

A proposed £75m (US$91.3m, €82.7m) waterpark and spa near Bournemouth will be the biggest in the UK, if it's able to gain approval and raise ... More

Architectural icon, Peter Cook, and his business partner, Gavin Robotham, co-founders of Cook Robotham Architectural Bureau (CRAB), have revealed they're working on an innovative leisure ... More

More than half of the clubs in the English Premier League (EPL) could make pre-tax profits even if they played at empty stadiums – without ... More

Cancer survivors will be able to take part in health referral programmes at BH Live Active’s Queen’s Park leisure centre in Bournemouth, as the operator ... More

South coast leisure operator BH Live and Bournemouth Borough Council have invested £1m ($1.3m, €1.1m) on revamping Stokewood Leisure Centre. A new floor has been ... More

Australian fitness franchise F45 has sold 50 franchises in the UK with 15 studios expected to be up and running in the country by the ... More

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has earmarked a September date for a formal investigation of Premier League clubs that haven’t sufficiently improved the ... More

League One football club Gillingham has called on its local council to support its aspirations of reaching the Premier League by allowing it to build ... More

As part of a campaign to promote its spa offering, Bournemouth, the UK’s original spa resort, is pitching itself as a leading wellness destination. Acclaimed ... More

A new national fitness lifestyle event - FitLiving UK - will hit Bournemouth Beach and the town's international centre, with more than 50 classes, speakers ... More

Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has grown its network of Better gyms with the purchase of FitSpace - strengthening its position in the low-cost market. The ... More

Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from a ski slope on a ski slope in France to Zaha Hadid's ... More

English Premier League football club AFC Bournemouth is seeking a new home in a new location, its chief executive has announced. Neill Blake said the ... More

AFC Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium has become the first Premier League football ground to install a part artificial pitch. The club has installed the SISGrass hybrid ... More

The head of policy at the Premier League has revealed that clubs which don’t comply with requirements to accommodate disabled supporters could face sanctions – ... More

The future of an 86-year-old public leisure centre has been secured after the local council pledged to invest £1m in upgrading the facility’s fitness offering. ... More

The capacity of the Olympic Stadium has been increased to 57,000 for West Ham United home games – but the club is still intent on ... More

If Britain decides to leave the European Union on 23 June, the move could cost the UK’s tourism industry as much as £4.1bn a year ... More

Much of CLAD’s coverage this week was unsurprisingly centred around the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale. The event is the biggest in the industry’s calendar, and ... More

Zaha Hadid Architects have been appointed to design a landmark cultural quarter overlooking the seafront in Bournemouth, England. Initial proposals for the site, which is ... More