Leisure Opportunities 21St March 2017 Issue
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Find great staffTM leisure opportunities 21 MARCH - 4 APRIL 2017 ISSUE 706 Daily news & jobs: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk Gym Group profits up as estate grows The Gym Group turned around Its main low-cost rival, Pure losses of £12.7m for 2015 to post a Gym, attempted to float on profit of £6.9m in 2016 following the stock market last year, but its move onto the stock market. abandoned the move due to Revenue increased year-on- “challenging conditions”. year by 22.6 per cent, from Around 35-40 per cent of £60m to £73.5m, while the The Gym Group’s sites are number of members shot up in London and the South by 19.1 per cent to 448,000. East, but Treharne caveated This was in part due that the company plans to to 15 new gyms opening continue to spread its reach in 2016, increasing The “far and wide across the UK”. Gym Group’s total estate to 89. In fact, he highlighted As well as increased extensive growth in university quantity, Gym Group chief towns, with students now executive John Treharne told making up 35 per cent of the Leisure Opportunities that as organisation’s membership base. a result of the IPO reducing Treharne said the IPO had made it easier for the company to secure better sites Treharne explained that the debt in the organisation’s low-cost membership and 24/7 balance sheet, the company had been able commented that the IPO also helped The nature of the offer was driving this growth. to “secure the very best sites going forward”. Gym Group secure the best covenant While he said that opening sites within The Gym Group has already exchanged compared to all the equivalent operators as university campuses was a “possibility”, it would on 17 sites for 2017, with the possibility of “landlords do ascribe a superior convenance need to be something city centre-based to be that number increasing to its upper target of to a PLC company”. The Gym Group “readily accessible to the local population.” 20. Chief financial officer Richard Darwin floated on the stock market in late-2015. Details: http://lei.sr?a=e7n6A_O British Cycling public 2017 ticket offer funding safe – for now to ‘inspire youth’ The public funding which elite sport quango UK Sport distributes to British Cycling is not under An offer which allows school children to watch immediate threat – despite the the World Para Athletics Championships assertion that the governing in London for £3 will inspire them to body’s credibility is in “tatters”. get involved in sporting participation, Triple Rio 2016 gold medallist Hannah Cockroft is It was described as such by according to sports minister Tracey Crouch. expected to be competing at the Championships Culture Media and Sport Committee Around 90,000 pupils will receive chair Damian Collins following discounted entry for the event at the London we enable people to see world-class para an explosive hearing into the Stadium (formerly the Olympic Stadium) – sport. It will go on to inspire many people controversial medical package flown which takes place from 14 to 23 July 2017. to get involved in sport, whether it’s out from British Cycling’s Manchester Accompanying teachers, parent para sport or another type of sport. headquarters to Sir Bradley Wiggins and adults will be granted free admission. “I think it’s a real opportunity for school at the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine. Crouch said: “It is an absolutely fantastic children to see their heroes from Rio Continued on back cover offer and a real opportunity for people last year and engage in sport in general.” to see heroes. 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Subscriptions According to chief [email protected] executive Alison Oliver, physical literacy and the love Editor of movement should be at the Liz Terry 01462 431385 heart of primary school PE, Head of News with leadership skills and Matthew Campelli 01462 471912 health and wellbeing the focus on secondary school sport. Journalists Delivering a keynote Tom Anstey 01462 471916 speech at the conference, Jane Kitchen 01462 471929 Oliver told delegates: “This Kim Megson 01462 471915 would put physical education Oliver said PE needed to be at the ‘heart of the educational agenda’ Products Editor at the heart of the educational agenda for schools – ensuring young revolves around the “power of leadership”, Kate Corney 01462 471927 people are well enough to learn and have with Young Health Ambassadors leading Design developed a range of personal competencies projects to address wellbeing in schools. 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Details: http://lei.sr?a=n4d3A_O 2 Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital Twitter: @leisureopps © CYBERTREK 2017 SPORT ‘Quick action’ needed on boards Andy Burnham: ‘Football can sooth mental health ‘ Sports national governing The NHS should prescribe sporting bodies with low female activities, such as football, to people with representation on their mental health conditions rather than “just boards should make changes hand out anti-depressants”, according to immediately and not wait former health minister Andy Burnham. for vacancies to arise, Talking at an event in parliament according to Women in Sport. recognising the work of the Mental The equality charity Health Football Association – of which published its latest report, he is a patron – Burnham said that which highlighted a continual sport and physical activity “should have lack of powerful female voices a much greater role to play in helping in the sport sector, and said people regain a sense of themselves”.