DCMS news
20 Jun 2025
The UK's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced £900 million for major
13 Jun 2025
The much-anticipated UK government’s Spending Review (SR) 2025 was delivered yesterday (11 June), which sets
10 May 2025
Commentators are speculating that the Labour government is considering disbanding the Department of Culture, Media
02 Aug 2024
Lisa Nandy, secretary of state at the UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport
09 Jul 2024
The UK's National Sector Partners Group (NSP) has called on the new government to pledge
25 Aug 2023
Alliance Leisure has been awarded funding of £13m to develop a new sports hub at
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
10 Feb 2023
Lucy Frazer has replaced Michelle Donelan as culture secretary at the UK's newly-named Department for
10 Jan 2023
A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Sport England
24 Nov 2022
A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due
06 Jul 2022
The Rugby League World Cup's social impact programme has resulted in £25.8m of investment in
28 Feb 2022
The UK government must offer greater clarity on how it plans to support the health
20 Dec 2021
UK Active has sent letters to three government departments, asking for them to provide the
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
03 Nov 2021
Nigel Huddleston, the UK's minister for tourism, will give a keynote speech at the 2021
15 Oct 2021
Nadine Dorries, the recently appointed secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport at
03 Aug 2021
A cross-party DCMS Committee in the UK has called on the government to launch a
30 Jul 2021
Industry body ukactive has joined the chorus of organisations across a number of sectors calling
16 Jun 2021
Discount rail and bus travel and £10m in vouchers to key attractions – funded by
17 May 2021
Indoor group exercise can recommence in England and Scotland today (17 May), as part of
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
10 Mar 2021
The UK government has announced an independent review to assess the way destination management organisations
10 Feb 2021
A Parliamentary Petition calling for gyms to reopen first after the current national lockdown in
19 Jan 2021
Broadcaster and natural historian, Sir David Attenborough, will front a new virtual app which will
12 Jan 2021
The government needs to provide the fitness and physical activity sector with a plan which
24 Nov 2020
To the relief of the sector, the UK government confirmed yesterday (23 November) that gyms,
29 Oct 2020
The UK government has provided a lengthy response to a petition which demanded that gyms
22 Oct 2020
The government has pledged to invest £100m in supporting public leisure centres this winter, as
06 Oct 2020
The UK and Scottish governments should classify gyms, health clubs, swimming pools and leisure centres
05 Oct 2020
UK tourism and heritage minister, Nigel Huddleston, delivered the keynote speech during this year's Annual
01 Oct 2020
The UK Spa Association (UKSA) has announced the government has given the green light for
24 Sep 2020
The UK government's 'Rule of Six' has come into force in physical activity facilities today
09 Aug 2020
A significant proportion of leisure facilities in England have not reopened since lockdown measures were
28 Jul 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is having “a profound effect” on community sports projects and organisations in
13 Jul 2020
Publicly listed operator, The Gym Group (TGG) says it has retained 80 per cent of
09 Jul 2020
The UK's fitness industry can finally get back to business on Saturday 25 July, following
25 Jun 2020
Tanni Grey-Thompson, Chair of ukactive, Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of Pure Gym and ukactive board member
24 Jun 2020
Momentum is gathering pace in the push for a U-turn on the government's decision to
17 Jun 2020
The UK government has given its clearest signal yet it may be about to announce
21 May 2020
Baroness Martha Lane-Fox, Sir Nicholas Serota and former BBC and ITV chief Lord Grade are
06 May 2020
Leaders of major English sports have told MPs that they are set to lose more
01 May 2020
The UK government has begun stepping up its plans for the return of sport, according
30 Apr 2020
Sports minister Nigel Huddleston has said the DCMS is working closely with Sport England to
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
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health and behaviour change
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Strength training is evolving,
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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Stephen Price
Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
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