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23 Feb 2024
The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data
27 Oct 2023
The top operators, suppliers and facilities from across the physical activity sector were celebrated last
25 May 2023
Serco Leisure is taking over the management of a health club previously operated by David
14 Jul 2022
UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) is backing research to investigate the lack of older adults
01 Jul 2022
The best in the business from across the physical activity sector were honoured last night
13 Aug 2021
OnePT Rochdale has been named as club of the year at this year's ukactive Awards,
Elevate, the premier event in the physical activity, fitness, sports therapy and performance sector, is
08 Mar 2021
As health clubs prepare for reopening, some are introducing programmes designed to help people recovering
16 Dec 2020
A third (32 per cent) of US health club members remain unable to attend their
17 Nov 2020
The iconic Midtown Athletic Club in Chicago is among the city's fitness facilities which have
19 Oct 2020
Globally, gyms have, on average, seen nearly 70 per cent of their pre-lockdown members return
09 Mar 2020
Lilleshall National Sports Centre in Shropshire has opened the doors to a new artistic gym
04 Mar 2020
Karl Dietrich, the former global development officer at easyGym, has been named chief development officer
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
06 Nov 2019
Since installing its new Wattbike indoor cycling studio last year, Holme Pierrepont Country Park, a
23 Oct 2019
Latest figures from Swim England show that 14.2 million adults – 31 per cent of
15 Aug 2019
An £8.5m leisure centre has opened its doors to the public in Birmingham. The Ladywood
07 Jun 2019
Leisure operators Everyone Active and GLL each picked up three gongs at the ukactive Awards
11 Feb 2019
Services giant Serco Group has appointed Simon Bailey as the new managing director of its
30 Nov 2018
Serco Leisure's fitness staff will be offered a new training initiative focusing on the use
Panatta will consolidate its global presence throughout 2024 by attending a host of major industry
26 Oct 2018
Wattbike Studio doubles usage at Holme Pierrepont, home of the National Water Sports Centre Since
22 Jun 2018
Winners of the inaugural ukactive Awards were revealed at a gala dinner in Manchester last
04 May 2018
Serco Leisure has named Simon Pittman as its new national membership sales manager. Pittman, a
03 May 2018
The finalists for this year's ukactive Awards have been revealed. The 2018 award categories have
23 Feb 2018
More Leisure Community Trust and its managing agent Serco Leisure have been awarded a 10-year
24 Jan 2018
Serco Leisure is entering the obstacle course market as it looks to diversify its fitness
08 Jan 2018
As a retail supplier operating in front of house areas, technology advancements within our industry
28 Dec 2017
Elite sports centres Lilleshall, Bisham Abbey and the National Water Sports Centre have announced plans
21 Nov 2017
Women-only swimming sessions could hold the key to improving numbers, according to an initiative by
22 Sep 2017
Serco Leisure has secured a five-year contract extension to manage three leisure sites in Hampshire.
08 Sep 2017
A North Shields waterpark which underwent a major redevelopment in 2014 has new owners following
04 Sep 2017
Erdington Leisure Centre in Birmingham will open to the public today (4 September) as part
11 Jul 2017
Lifetime Training has signed a deal to provide level 2 and 3 apprenticeship programmes across
21 Jun 2017
Serco Leisure, which operates more than 60 facilities across the UK, has become an employer
15 Dec 2015
Serco has ditched plans to offload its leisure business, with the services giant reluctant to
05 Oct 2015
Services giant Serco’s plans to offload its leisure arm as part of CEO Rupert Soames’
27 Mar 2015
Serco Leisure has won a 15-year contract with Birmingham City Council to manage nine leisure
15 Jan 2015
Leisure operator Serco is to roll out a mentoring programme aimed at tackling chronic inactivity
25 Nov 2014
Up to 70 UK leisure and sports facilities face an uncertain future after operator Serco
04 Nov 2014
Life Fitness’ multi-site contract with Serco has been extended for a further five years under
19 Aug 2014
A recently opened waterpark in North Shields, Tyneside, was forced to temporarily close after reports
07 Jul 2014
Sport England’s National Sport Centre at Bisham Abbey has benefitted from a £7m facelift of
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Liz Terry looks at which operators
are most recognised by consumers,
using Kantar’s latest brand insight
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You might be tempted to skip a service, but
experts say it will cost you in the long run.
Providers tell Steph Eaves why they their work
is important to the management of assets
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Absenteeism and presenteeism is
taking a huge economic toll, with
musculoskeletal problems and poor
mental health the biggest issues.
Can workplace wellness make
a difference? Kath Hudson investigates
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New laws are about to come into force that will oblige health club operators to offer consumers better membership terms. It will be disruptive, but tackled well, will change the sector for the better
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Property experts say it’s a golden moment for health and fitness operators
to secure leases, as the sector has come through the pandemic with its
reputation largely intact and clubs are seen as desirable anchor tenants.
Kath Hudson finds out why landlords want to talk
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Remember when there was mass hostility about London hosting the 2012 Olympics? Huw Edwards, CEO of UK Active, was there. He talks to Kath Hudson about the lessons he learned
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A new study from researchers at Yale shows HIIT can reverse nerve damage caused by Parkinson’s
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Founder, Physique 57“Our ‘why?’ is to improve the lives of our clients, not to make them feel defeated”
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Although there’s much talk about working with
health services, research from SLC suggests
there’s much work to do before the sector is
ready for the challenge. Kath Hudson asks the
experts to identify barriers and solutions
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