Cloud-based business management software provider GramercyOne has launched GoSuite, a free booking and marketing tool aimed at small and medium-sized service businesses. Unveiled at the Street Fight Summit in New York City yesterday, GoSuite includes two products - GoBook and GoPromote - which have been designed to cater for a number of service providers from dance studios to personal trainers and tutors. The cloud-based software allows companies to book appointments

A cutting-edge medical complex is to be built at The Greenbrier – a luxury health-focused resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, US. It is proposed that the Greenbrier Medical Institute will be developed in phases in the 6,750-acre (2,732-hectare) grounds. The initial stage, expected to cost US$250m (EUR187m, £161m), will include a sports medicine centre; a cosmetic surgery and lifestyle enhancement academy; a sports performance and training facility; and

The Pods, a Scunthorpe leisure complex designed by Andrew Wright, has been named most sustainable building/development of the year at the Property Industry Awards Yorkshire. Opened in July, the facility was build by Bowmer and Kirkland. S&P Architects worked on the scheme as delivery architects, while Buro Happold and Arcadis were also involved. Comprising five timber and glazed geodesic domes, The Pods features an 85-station, split-level fitness suite; an eight-lane

Willmott Dixon is to start work on a £6.45m revamp of Aqua Vale Swimming and Fitness Centre in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, as part of wider local authority regeneration plans. Aylesbury Vale District Council (AVDC) is to undertake the improvement programme in a bid to complement its multi-million pound vision for the town centre. Work on the FaulknerBrowns Architects-designed scheme are scheduled for completion in September 2012, with the facility to remain

Ealing Council has announced that Acton Baths will close to the public on 4 December until spring 2014 as part of its plans for a major redevelopment of Acton Town Hall, London. The local authority said it will assist existing members and user groups in finding alternative facilities to use during the closure, with some activities set to move to nearby leisure venues. A 25m swimming pool; a teaching pool;

Plans for the multi-million pound redevelopment of the Afan Lido leisure complex in South Wales have taken a step forward after contractors started demolition work at the site. A £13.6m multi-purpose facility is being earmarked for the Afan Lido site, after the existing building suffered severe damage following a large fire in December 2009. It is currently hoped that the replacement facility will be completed in 2013, with initial plans

A new Hartwell Architects-designed leisure facility has opened its doors to the public on the Spinney Lane sports ground site in Aylesham, near Canterbury, Kent. Freedom Leisure will operate the new Aylesham Welfare Leisure Centre in partnership with the Aylesham and Snowdon Social Welfare Scheme. Facilities at the WW Martin-built venue include a 26-station Life Fitness suite incorporating cardiovascular, resistance and free weights equipment, along with 10 outdoor grass sports

Plans for a £31m leisure, business support and community facility in Redcar have received final approval from planners at the local authority Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is to develop the facility on a site between Kirkleatham Street and Coatham Road, which will include a six-lane, 25m swimming pool, a training pool and a learner pool; a fitness suite; and a junior gym. Other facilities at the complex - designed

Knowsley Council has opened its new £16.1m, Broadway Malyan-designed leisure, spa and cultural complex on the former site of the St Thomas Becket School in Huyton, Merseyside. Among the facilities at 6,600sq m (71,042sq ft) Knowsley Leisure and Cultural Park is a wet spa area with a steamroom, sauna and whirlpool, as well as treatment rooms. The complex also includes two swimming pools; a six-court sports hall; and a gym

Construction work on a new £17.5m swimming pool in Worthing, West Sussex, has moved forward with rigs now on-site to start piling for the Wilkinson Eyre-designed building. Morgan Sindall has been appointed by Worthing Borough Council (WBC) to build the new facility, which will replace the town's current 1960s Aquarena pool. Facilities will include a six-lane, 25m competition pool; a combined learning/diving pool; and an indoor leisure pool with flume,

The construction of a new £8.75m leisure centre in Witham, Essex, has moved a step closer after Braintree District Council (BDC) approved planning permission for the scheme. Five companies have been shortlisted as part of a search to secure a contractor to deliver the Scott Brownrigg Architects-designed facility, with work due to start later this year. Located adjacent to the Maltings Academy, the new centre will include a six-lane, 25m

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (RCBC) has confirmed that demolition work at the site of a planned £31m leisure, business support and community hub has been completed. Detailed proposals for the S&P Architects and Plus3 Architects-designed project have been submitted for consideration already, with councillors set to reach a decision by late 2011. The area between Kirkleatham Street and Coatham Road will house a complex including a 25m, six-lane swimming

Six shortlisted designs for the new Kensington Aldridge Academy and Kensington Leisure Centre, West London, have been put on display by the local authority. Earlier this year, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) published a brief to guide the development of the Kensington Academy and Leisure Centre (KALC) project. Aedas; AStudio; de Rijke Marsh Morgan (DRMM); Hawkins Brown; Seymour Harris; and Studio E are the six firms to

The London Borough of Sutton has given the green light for the redevelopment of Westcroft Leisure Centre to go ahead. The £11.3m plans will see the existing centre in Carshalton closed from 23 October this year ready for it to be demolished to make way for the new-look facility. When it reopens late next year the new Hoca Practice-designed Westcroft Leisure Centre will boast a 25m competition pool, a large

Leeds City Council (LCC) is to increase its financial contribution towards a flagship health, community and sport complex after private finance initiative (PFI) funding was reduced. More than £30.5m worth of PFI 'credits' were allocated to the Holt Park Wellbeing Centre project in April, but has now been revealed that the figure is set to be revised to £28.9m. LCC's contribution to the scheme under the PFI system will now

A reserved matters planning application has been submitted for Camden Council's planned new multi-service complex in King's Cross, London, which is to include a sports centre. Earlier this month, it was revealed that King's Cross Central Limited Partnership (KCCLP) and the local authority had agreed terms for the lease and development management. LA Architects are behind the design of the Three Pancras Square development, which is set to house a

The start of work on a new multi-million pound swimming pool in Blackbird Leys, Oxford, is to be delayed after a group of local residents submitted a Town Green application. Oxford City Council (OCC) has confirmed that it has earmarked an additional £350,000 in contingency funding for the delay, with work initially due to start in early September. Willmott Dixon has already been selected to build the FaulknerBrowns Architects-designed venue,

Derby City Council (DCC) has revealed that Mace has been named as the successful design team that will now go forward to work on the city's proposed new multi-sport arena. Councillors selected the group following a tender process, with the specification of the venue to be finalised after local residents and sports clubs are given the chance to have their say. It is thought that a 12 badminton court indoor

Detailed proposals for a major new £31m leisure, business support and community facility in the heart of Redcar have been submitted to the local planning authority for consideration. Outline plans drawn up by S&P Architects and Plus3 Architects were given the green light by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (RCBC) earlier this summer. Middlesbrough-based Buckler Demolition has already commenced work to clear the site at Kirkleatham Street and Coatham Road,

A new sports centre is among the facilities to be developed in King's Cross, London as part of a wider scheme by Camden Council to provide a range of public services in one location. Three Pancras Square is poised to house local authority-run operations - including a library and a customer contact centre - under LA Architects-designed proposals for the building. Initial plans for the two-floor sports facility include a

Bath and North East Somerset Council (BANES) has submitted a new planning application for the construction of a £3m dual-use sports hall at the city's Wellsway School. Cardiff-based Boyes Rees Architects are behind the design of the facility, which forms part of the council's strategy to improve school buildings across the area. A site next to an existing synthetic turf pitch will house the 1,878sq m (20,215sq ft) facility, which

Derbyshire Dales District Council (DDDC) has revealed that Arc Leisure Matlock - a new £12m complex designed by Dyer - is to open to the public for the first time on 24 August. Built by Morgan Sindall and project managed by Drivers Jonas Deloitte, the facility is to be handed over the council in mid-August ahead of the scheduled opening date. The existing Matlock Lido will close on 14 August

The opening of Plymouth's new £46.5m Life Centre leisure complex has been pushed back to February 2012, after the project incurred delays due to inclement weather in late 2010. A spokesperson for Plymouth City Council confirmed that main building works on the new Archial-designed facility remain on track to be completed in November. The construction process was extended by five weeks earlier this year due to issues caused by the

Morgan Sindall has secured an £8.1m contract to deliver the new Mayesbrook Park Sports Arena in London, which will become one of the largest facilities of its kind in the UK. The LRK Associates-designed complex is to include a 5,000sq m (53,820sq ft) sports hall; a 1,000sq m (10,764sq ft) gymnasium; and changing facilities. Due to be completed in February 2012, the new facility will be first used as a

A decision to expand swimming provision at a new £24m leisure complex being developed in St Albans, Hertfordshire, has been called in for further scrutiny by the local authority. St Albans City and District Council's (SACDC) overview and scrutiny committee will meet on 26 July to examine into the cabinet's decision to increase the size of the main pool to 10 lanes. According to committee chair Robert Donald, the need

Rugby Borough Council (RBC) has revealed that work could start "within months" on a new leisure centre in the Warwickshire town after plans were submitted for consideration. The B3 Architects-designed facility will cater for a range of sports and leisure uses and is to replace the current Ken Marriott Leisure Centre, which is around 40 years old. Located on the car park of the existing venue, the new leisure centre

North Lincolnshire Council (NLC) has announced that all leisure facilities at The Pods - a £21m complex designed by Andrew Wright - have now fully opened in Scunthorpe. S&P Architects worked on the scheme as delivery architects, while Bowmer and Kirkland built the facility. Buro Happold and ARCADIS were also involved with the development. Comprising five timber and glazed geodesic domes, The Pods features an 85-station, split-level fitness suite; an