Welsh freedoms arrive a week early thanks to fall in cases: Gyms, sports centres and swimming pools reopen and two households can meet indoors in latest lockdown-easing today Two households are being allowed to meet indoors as part of a ‘bubble’ system Organised children’s indoor activities and adult indoor fitness classes allowed Re-openings have been pushed … Read more
Industrial giant behind Bombardier trains plans to use film streaming and food ordering apps to lure passengers back to the railways By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 17:00 GMT, 7 March 2021 The industrial giant behind Bombardier trains plans to use film streaming and food ordering … Read more
A company’s share price does not normally rise after it places shares at a discount – quite the reverse – but Clear Leisure has pulled off this rare trick. Less than two weeks after raising £680,000 by placing shares at 0.6p each the investment company raised a further £1million by placing shares at a penny … Read more
Shares in hard-hit travel and leisure stocks bounced after Boris Johnson delivered his outline for lifting lockdown, stage by stage, across the whole of England. Under the plans, there will be little respite for non-essential businesses in March. And at every stage the dates that have been given are the very earliest re-openings and could … Read more
Progress in legal disputes was behind sharp share price rises for Clear Leisure and Ascent Resources this week. Investment company Clear Leisure, which has a penchant for investing in companies where court-led recoveries of misappropriated assets is a possibility, has seen its shares virtually double in February after a business update that read more like a … Read more
Gyms ARE Covid-safe: Experts say they pose a low risk of spreading the virus and keeping them open boosts health and wellbeing 487 positive cases were recorded following 62million visits to fitness centres The study collected data from leisure centres in 14 European countries Academics argued their results revealed that gyms should be kept open … Read more
Gyms ARE Covid-safe: Experts say they pose a low risk of spreading the virus and keeping them open boosts health and wellbeing 487 positive cases were recorded following 62million visits to fitness centres The study collected data from leisure centres in 14 European countries Academics argued their results revealed that gyms should be kept open … Read more
At the start of the coronavirus lockdown, an eerie sight appeared on London’s streets. Shoppers walking through Westfield shopping centre in White City on a Saturday night would have found the place virtually deserted. The place is now busy again, but overall footfall at Westfield’s sites in West London and Stratford had only recovered to … Read more
Ice hockey player proposes to his figure skater girlfriend on ice of the rink where they first met as leisure venues reopen in England Tony Shard met girlfriend Nadine Fontaine-Palmer at the Streatham ice rink So he decided he’d propose at the venue – but then the pandemic struck Yesterday ice rinks, along with casinos and … Read more
Casinos, sports centres and casinos have been given the green light to reopen in August. Boris Johnson today announced his blueprint for life in the UK to return to something close to normal by Christmas as he set out major relaxations of the lockdown. The news comes as a shot in the arm to the leisure industry … Read more