Leisure centres are saved after operator goes bust

A COMPANY which received hundreds of thousands of pounds from West Devon and South Hams councils to keep leisure centres running in recent years has gone into administration.

- by ALISON STEPHENSON Local Democracy Reporter

Fusion Lifestyle, which operated centres in Tavistock, Okehampton, Kingsbridge, Dartmouth, Ivybridge and Totnes on behalf of the councils, has gone bust, blaming “sustained financial pressures due to rising operational costs, a lack of government funding and post-pandemic recovery challenges”.

To prevent the immediate closure of the South Hams and West Devon sites the councils have awarded a short-term contract to national operator Parkwood Leisure, which runs facilities in Torbay and North Devon.