Leisure Business News - 2020 will go down in the history books as the year we stayed home Between lockdown restrictions and furlough pay, our time has been stretched to its limits looking for new hobbies and activities to end our new-found nine-to-five sofa routine. But while we ve been confined to our own homes, for many the desire to fix-up and mop-up our living spaces has been overwhelming.

Leisure Business News - Bannatyne Health Clubs across England, Scotland and Wales are celebrating the return of indoor group exercise classes, alongside the reopening of sauna and steam rooms when lockdown restrictions ease further on May 17th.

Leisure Business News - The Mayor of Preston is opening a new permanent indoor inflatable park next week which is the biggest attraction of its kind in the North West. Jump Maniax is a 250,000 COVID-secure arena, off Mercer Street near the city centre, which is set to open next Monday 17th when the latest phase of government restrictions are lifted.

Leisure Business News - Here, we decided to look into which decade different regions in the UK are missing the most in terms of music and fashion with Google search data from 1st February 2020 to 31st January 2021. Fashion is forever Fashion is always being recycled.

Leisure Business News - At the height of the pandemic, many Hackney drivers, who are self employed, were unable to continue trading as fare bookings plummeted to an all time low. Now, there is a sudden surge in bookings since the shops have reopened, with operators reporting bookings up to 60 higher than pre-covid.

Leisure Business News - A comedy entertainer proficient in three languages is using an additional verbal means of communication to engage with his audience laughter Glasgow based Tonino Scalia is a French-Italian performer who has successfully converted his one-man circus show into an online mime and theatre experience for young audiences.

Leisure Business News - The North West s biggest permanent indoor inflatable park is coming to Lancashire next month. Jump Maniax first arena in the UK is a 20,000 sq. ft Covid-secure attraction in Preston where all the inflatables in the park are joined together to create a huge bouncy playground.

Leisure Business News - One black cab firm is bouncing back from the pandemic with an increase in bookings. The uplift in new customers means that ComCab, based in Liverpool, is now busier than it was before the pandemic. The firm has issued an urgent appeal for black cab drivers to sign up with them and not miss out on the boom in trade.

Leisure Business News - Boris Johnson s exit strategy to ease us out of lockdown is potentially good news for caravan and camping lovers, as visiting self-contained accommodation is set to be allowed from 12 April providing the scientific data around COVID cases doesn t put a halt on proceedings.

Leisure Business News - A Bury-headquartered business sales specialist has hailed the sale of three food and drink businesses in the borough since mid-February as a vote of confidence in the town s economic future. Blacks Business Brokers, which is based in St Mary s Place, was able to complete all three sales in February despite the ongoing national lockdown.

Leisure Business News - Budding entrepreneurs across the North East are being encouraged to celebrate their achievements and prepare to scale-up their businesses with the support of a new business network.

Leisure Business News - Angelic Diamonds, a retailer of luxury engagement ring, crunched the numbers to find out the impact an engagement posts on different celebrity s Instagram success. By analysing 37 of the most high-profile engagements on Instagram, the data revealed that when it comes to celeb engagements, on the most part, we love to see it.

Leisure Business News - social media platforms have jumped on the bandwagon and have created numerous ways to facilitate our longing for times-gone-by. Although it s sometimes tough to be reminded of holidays or nights out with friends, there s something about a nostalgic social media post that we just can t resist.

Leisure Business News - Since 23rd March 2020, we ve experienced a dramatic change in our social and working situations. Being asked to stay at home as much as possible means that many workers have found themselves moved from office blocks to kitchen tables setups.