CEO says Covid lockdown has come at worst possible time for business amid fears over future
The operator of the Olympic aquatic centre and hundreds of other leisure centres across the UK is being bailed out by cash-strapped local authorities in every area it operates as it struggles with the latest lockdown, the Guardian can reveal.
GLL, which trades under the name Better, runs 230 pools, gyms and sports halls in councils areas including Belfast, Manchester, Newcastle, Cardiff, Bath, Cumbria and Cornwall and several London boroughs.