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    LTA strikes deal with Slinger Bag’s distributor

    2021-01-20T16:41:00Z

    The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the governing body for tennis in the U.K., has reached a three-year deal with Framework Sports & Marketing, the exclusive distributor in the country of Slinger Bag. Framework will be supplying the LTA with 20 of Slinger Bags’ combination trolley bag and ball launchers every ...

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    U.K., Canada to restrict business with Xinjiang, China

    2021-01-13T16:57:00Z

    The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the U.K. is seeking to separate British organizations from the extra-judicial detentions and forced labor that Uyghur Muslims and other minorities are undergoing at the hands of the ruling Chinese Communist Party in the province of Xinjiang. Citing “proof from the Chinese authorities’ ...

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    Sports & outdoor retail rose by 7.2% in the U.K. in 2020

    2021-01-04T18:17:00Z

    Sports and outdoor retailers survived the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.K. last year. Spending on their products rose by 7.2 percent, according to Barclaycard, which noted in particular the boom in home fitness while gyms were closed. Home improvement items and furniture scored similar increases. In contrast, general clothing contracted ...

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    U.K. still hungry for golf, despite Coronavirus

    2020-11-23T18:24:00Z

    The provisional results of a review by Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) of 80 golf courses in the U.K. suggest that rounds played in England, Scotland and Wales during October were up by 65 percent year-on-year. The research firm, which covers some 200 golf courses in the region, will be releasing ...

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    Call for a Covid-19 sports recovery fund in the U.K.

    2020-09-28T08:37:00Z

    The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) reports that leaders of more than a hundred sports and exercise institutions in the U.K. have sent a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging him to reserve funds for the rehabilitation of the sports and physical activity sector - or risk fueling lack of ...

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    New face masks regulations in the U.K. and France

    2020-07-15T17:39:00Z

    The British government has requested that people wear face masks in stores as of July 24, and the French government is considering making masks mandatory in stores and all other public places by Aug. 1 at the latest. The British Retail Consortium has said that retailers should not be required ...