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23 Aug 2023
New research from Flinders University in Australia has found that breast reduction surgery can change
16 Aug 2023
Entrepreneur Steven Bartlett, perhaps most famous for his role in BBC's Dragon's Den, has invested
05 Jul 2022
Coopah, an AI-enabled community-focused training app for runners, has just completed its first RunStart Academy.
21 Sep 2021
A new high-end workspace, designed for the use of personal trainers, coaches and other health
11 May 2021
A report commissioned by Parkrun has estimated that allowing mass-participation outdoor events carries an "exceptionally
23 Nov 2020
Closing gyms and leisure facilities during any possible future lockdown would be "unthinkable", according to
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
16 Apr 2020
Organisers of some of the UK's largest mass participation sports events – including the London
19 Mar 2020
Fitness and physical activity operators in the UK have begun closing facilities and cancelling events,
23 Jan 2020
Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) will officially open on 24 January. The
24 Sep 2019
A medical practice is opening its very own fitness club, as part of plans to
18 Feb 2019
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) has named professor Rob Copeland as the first director of the
21 Jan 2019
The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) will open its doors at Sheffield Hallam University later
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21 Dec 2018
American broadcaster HBO plans Game of Thrones attraction in Northern Ireland, Leisure Media becomes the
13 Dec 2018
Sport England is to invest £3m in the popular Parkrun movement, with a focus on
22 Nov 2017
The value of Olympic and Paralympic sports to the UK now stands at £19bn (€21.42bn,
24 Jul 2017
A day of mass participation running is being organised by UK Sport and parkrun to
29 Jun 2017
The health and fitness industry’s finest came together in their hundreds last night (28 June)
22 May 2017
PayAsUGym receives industry recognition for its work increasing participation at more than 2,500 gyms and
05 May 2017
Physical activity advocate Dr Zoe Williams has called for support and funding for new initiatives
24 Apr 2017
With just two weeks to go until Elevate 2017, a number of expert industry professionals
29 Mar 2017
Elevate, the UK’s largest cross-sector event focused on tackling physical inactivity, aims to directly address
26 Oct 2016
The threat to the existence of public parks is a threat to the nation’s physical
05 Sep 2016
More than 300 sporting events will be held across Ireland from 10 September as part
10 Jun 2016
As the physical activity sector continues to refine its offering and extend services beyond the
03 Jun 2016
Parkrun has closed down its operations in Bristol’s Little Stoke park following a dispute with
19 May 2016
As Sport England reveals its vision for sport and physical activity over the next five
06 May 2016
The row between parkrun and Stoke Gifford Parish Council about maintenance charges for local facilities
22 Apr 2016
Acting sports minister David Evennett has urged Stoke Gifford Parish Council to “reconsider” its proposal
14 Apr 2016
When it comes to behaviour change and inspiring the nation to be more active, attitude
13 Apr 2016
Parkrun – the body which organises free 5km runs for the public – has criticised
18 Jan 2016
A consortium headed up by the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) has bagged a
04 Jan 2016
Chrissie Wellington, the head of participation at parkrun and four-time Ironman World Champion, has been
18 Nov 2015
Business secretary Sajid Javid has called on companies in the private sector to play a
30 Oct 2015
Researchers at the University of Nottingham are recruiting thousands of parkrun participants to assess whether
12 Oct 2015
An impressive line-up of leading public health figures will take to the stage at the
08 Oct 2015
Jubilee Hall Trust has pioneered a new programme to get the feet of inactive Londoners
08 Sep 2015
With National Fitness Day less than 24 hours away, event organiser ukactive has released a
04 Aug 2015
A public consultation has been launched to mark the start of a new strategy for
27 Jul 2015
The first ever European Week of Sport will be held next month as part of
16 Mar 2015
Walking groups have good adherence and can reduce blood pressure, risk of depression, cholesterol and
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D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with
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University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship
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Epassi, a provider of workplace wellness benefits, is creating a fitter
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Nuffield Health has worked with ServiceSport UK for more than ten
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The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based
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new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
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Industry suppliers are responding to the exponential increase in
consumer demand for strength training with a raft of new and
innovative launches and concepts, as Steph Eaves reports
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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
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“We are the new youth club, a social space for young people to connect”
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As health club operators move to incorporate recovery into their
offerings to meet growing consumer demand, Steph Eaves takes a
look at what cryotherapy and ice bathing can add to the equation
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New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
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As more people join clubs to support their mental
health, fitness professionals need to be empowered to
take a holistic approach. Kath Hudson shares useful
tools discussed at the ACE summit on mental health
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Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a
health club, do fitness professionals need a grounding in counselling
to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
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Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
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