A Story Worth Telling

“The secret of success is to find a need and fill it, to find a hurt and heal it, to find somebody with a problem and offer to help solve it.” – Robert H. Schuller

Dive into the History of Gladstone

You'll never guess how it all started...

The year...1981

The year...1981

A pioneer with a love for Squash is where it all began. Creating a league system for his squash team, a membership system for the leisure centre, our humble Norman Guiver was at the forefront of technology in the Leisure industry with his company Microcache.

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The year...1981
1980s - 1990s

1980s - 1990s

Industry

With the rise of the private clubs, there was a growing need to manage club memberships. The public grew more concerned with health and fitness to the point where Leisure centres were becoming a commercial proposition and computers were driving efficiencies.

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1980s - 1990s
1999

1999

MicroCache sold out to Gladstone MRM Ltd

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1999
2000

2000

Gladstone MRM Ltd purchases Membertrack

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2000
2001

2001

The Membertrack product was combined with the Gladstone ClubmanNT and formed the industry-leading product PLUS2 which dominated the market. 

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2001
2010

2010

Gladstone was bought out by Jonas and set out to release a broad set of products and solutions. 

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2010
2015

2015

Industry

Gladstone Signs a 3 year sponsorship with Sporta. Working with industry leaders to design and develop solutions that meet the demands of the marketplace.

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2015
2016

2016

Gladstone360 is born, the ground-breaking product is launched and Gladstone is rebranded.

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2016
2017

2017

Industry

Gladstone is recognised as an industry leading Leisure software supplier and is a finalist in the UKactive Flame Awards.

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2017
2017

2017

Gladstone works with Impact to identify the opportunity for Health intervention software and a new solution called Health is launched.

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2017
2017

2017

Gladstone and SDA merge. SDA developed leading private gym software; LeisurePoint and Clubcentric for David Lloyd. LeisurePoint is rebranded to GladstoneOne and is designed to meet the demands of smaller clubs who require a robust hosted solution.

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2017
2018

2018

Industry

Gladstone releases 'GDPR Ready' versions across all their product range to make it easier for customers to respond to the new regulations and partners with ClearComm. 

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2018
2018

2018

Gladstone releases its new module 'Prospects', developed to help operators with finding and securing new customers. Allowing staff to interact with customers using a tablet.

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2018
2018

2018

Gladstone begins its plans to reinvent Leisure Software. Its vision for 2021 a new SaaS platform! Focusing on the development of Gladstone360 and GladstoneOne.

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2018
2021 & Beyond

2021 & Beyond

GladstoneGo is launched. The first full-service, cloud-native leisure management solution. Built on a single API for maximum scalability and secured by the Azure cloud.

Join us on our quest and experience the Gladstone difference!

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2021 & Beyond