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Steven Ward news
08 Feb 2024
Iberian operator, Go fit, has confirmed its plans to move into the Italian market next
30 Mar 2023
World Active has finalised its charter, which it plans to adopt at its first-ever general
10 Feb 2023
Go Fit has started work on a new wellness hub in Tenerife. It will open
24 May 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a webinar series to explore the future of
30 Mar 2020
The physical activity sector is adapting to the difficult circumstances caused by COVID-19 (Coronavirus), according
30 Jul 2019
The ukactive board has named Huw Edwards as the not-for-profit body's permanent chief executive. Edwards,
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02 Apr 2019
Ukactive has named Huw Edwards, director of public affairs and research, as acting CEO until
28 Mar 2019
Shapewatch's 3D body visualisation system has been recognised as one of the leading start-ups in
04 Mar 2019
ukactive has partnered with the Pearson Business School to deliver a chartered manager degree apprenticeship
25 Feb 2019
ukactive has revealed a shake-up of its annual awards by adding a raft of new
21 Feb 2019
Steven Ward will step down from his role as ukactive CEO in April 2019, after
19 Feb 2019
ukactive has signed a three-year partnership with physical activity trade show Elevate. The "strategic alignment"
PerformX Live, the premier business of fitness event, has announced Dr Jonathan Leary, founder and
01 Feb 2019
ukactive has called for the physical activity sector to increase the amount of evidence it
22 Jan 2019
The prospect of the current boutique fitness boom reaching a "breaking point" will be among
07 Jan 2019
Prime Minister Theresa May has revealed a new long-term plan for the NHS, saying that
20 Dec 2018
A record number of international startups have entered the ActiveLab accelerator programme – strengthening the
28 Nov 2018
A study by research institute RAND Europe has suggested that there is a guaranteed way
16 Nov 2018
Legend Club Management Systems will enable all of its customers to have the ability to
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
05 Nov 2018
Health secretary Matt Hancock has revealed a new preventative vision for the NHS, which includes
13 Sep 2018
A new report has called for a "major culture shift" in order to get older
31 Aug 2018
This year's National Fitness Day will kick off with a mass dance workout in the
08 Aug 2018
Alex Smith, founder of Cares Family and a fellow at the Obama Foundation, will give
10 Jul 2018
Indoor cycling has been identified as the most popular group workout in the UK –
22 Jun 2018
Winners of the inaugural ukactive Awards were revealed at a gala dinner in Manchester last
21 Jun 2018
Leaders from across the physical activity industry have gathered for the first ever Active Uprising
21 May 2018
The UK government is encouraging businesses to get their staff more physically active, as part
15 May 2018
This year's National Fitness Day (NFD) will look to find and celebrate the most inspiring
08 May 2018
Having GPs based in gyms and health clubs – where they could work together with
03 May 2018
The finalists for this year's ukactive Awards have been revealed. The 2018 award categories have
19 Apr 2018
Emerging fitness technologies could be the "cradle to grave game-changer" for public health in the
13 Apr 2018
The rapid growth of the UK's boutique fitness sector is being driven by strong demand
13 Apr 2018
Britain’s most successful female Olympian, Laura Kenny, has been announced as one of the keynote
03 Apr 2018
Ukactive has named the 11 fitness tech disruptors that have made it to the industry
22 Mar 2018
Sport England has published its latest Active Lives Adult Survey (ALAS), which shows that 27.7
26 Feb 2018
Daniel Macaulay, CEO of sports marketing group Brandwave, has been revealed as the keynote speaker
22 Feb 2018
A new guide document on swimming pool safety – which all UK pool operators will
15 Feb 2018
ukactive has named Dr James Steele as its new principal investigator – a role which
13 Feb 2018
A new four-day “celebration of physical activity” – combining a conference, awards night and a
30 Jan 2018
Health club operators will benefit from the type of insights used by supermarkets to plan
26 Jan 2018
Leaders from the sport, fitness and technology sectors have unveiled a dynamic collaboration to stimulate
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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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Dr Paul Bedford talks
to Jak Phillips about
the double-edged
sword of the strength
training trend and his
ambitions for the sector
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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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Liz Terry looks at which operators
are most recognised by consumers,
using Kantar’s latest brand insight
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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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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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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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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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Esther Fairfax
Founder, The Lotte Berk Foundation“My mother was the first person to take dance and create an exercise programme out of it”
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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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