Scott’s Hillington gym

Hillington Park’s new community gymnasium, which opened for business at the end of September, is run by a martial arts champion who hopes to inspire thousands of estate workers to keep fit.

Scott McLaughlin has been based at the Park since 2007, when he opened his own martial arts school, Kuk Sool Won Glasgow. In those five years, he has had to increase the number of classes he offers and take on additional instructors to meet demand.

So when MEPC, the majority site owner and developer of Hillington Park, conducted a customer survey earlier this year and identified a desire for a gym as part of the Park’s developing amenity, they approached Scott with the idea of launching a new fitness centre for people who work here.

Now the father-of-two from Paisley has moved into bigger premises within the estate, in Earl Haig Road, where he has set up an operation offering a range of exercise classes and traditional personal training facilities, as well as the Korean martial art Kuk Sool Won.