Leisure trust Edinburgh Leisure has signed a new five-year agreement for Gladstone Health and Leisure to deliver its membership, ePOS and bookings software solutions.

The trust manages 32 venues across the Scottish capital and the partnership will see the companies working together until at least 2016.

The contract follows the implementation of Gladstone's new Software for Life programme, which aims to reduce leisure operators' capital spending by providing an annual maintenance programme that eliminates the need to pay for upgrading software in the future.

Scott Mackenzie, head of ICT for Edinburgh Leisure, said: "The Software for Life model is very valuable to us and Gladstone's commitments to investing in the market, in technology and in its customers are key indicators of a successful future partnership."

Scott Saklad, Gladstone's managing director added: "Edinburgh Leisure has a long history with Gladstone and the trust's commitment for a further five years is testament to the great working partnership that we share and the business benefit the new Software for Life programme will provide."