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09 Apr 2026
The newly published The UK Health & Fitness Market Report 2026 shows penetration has reached
18 Dec 2025
Sport England’s continuous improvement tool, Quest, is being updated for 2026 with two new products
13 Nov 2025
According to the latest Moving Communities Impact Report visits to leisure centres are rising and
28 Jul 2025
Focusing on super-users – the Most Valuable Participants (MVPs) – is the key to fuelling
13 May 2025
The Moving Communities social value dashboard has been updated to enable more powerful reporting around
09 Apr 2025
Memberships of health clubs in Europe increased by almost four million in 2024 and revenues
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
09 Apr 2025
Sport England has renewed the contract for its Moving Communities study for another four years.
03 Apr 2025
The UK health and fitness industry is growing exponentially, with revenue up by 8.8 per
18 Nov 2024
Moving Communities, the data platform which tracks participation at public leisure centres, has teamed up
09 Sep 2024
UK Active is calling on the government for support to scale up its MSK Hubs
15 Aug 2024
The latest Moving Communities Impact Report from Sport England is out today (16 August) and
15 Jun 2024
More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
28 Mar 2024
The first annual Private Sector Benchmarking report was released today (27 March). A collaboration between
26 Mar 2024
Total Fitness has released results for its most recent financial year (to June 23), which
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
24 May 2023
Jack Shakespeare, UK Active's director of research, policy and communications, is leaving the organisation to
14 Apr 2023
European fitness operators have seen a strong return to growth, with member numbers and income
07 Sep 2022
4 Global has expanded its Data Hub (DataHub) platform into Europe. The announcement was made
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
29 Mar 2022
Sports data analysis and consultancy firm 4Global has appointed Kerstin Obenauer as chief customer officer
18 Mar 2022
The Gym Group has published its full-year results for 2021 and announced plans to open
29 Apr 2021
Independent gyms in the UK have fared better during the pandemic than larger corporate operators
17 Mar 2021
Budget fitness operator The Gym Group has generated £1.8bn in social value since 2016. Pre-pandemic,
07 Jan 2021
The closing of gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools under COVID-19 restrictions is costing the
08 Oct 2020
Dr Steve Mann, former research director at industry body, ukactive, has been appointed director at
24 Aug 2020
Almost a quarter of public swimming pools across the country remain closed – nearly a
09 Jul 2020
The UK's fitness industry can finally get back to business on Saturday 25 July, following
29 Jun 2020
Almost 60 per cent of UK parents plan to resume their children’s swimming lessons –
03 Jun 2020
DataHub has launched a contact tracking app, specifically designed for the fitness and physical activity
02 Jun 2020
In a major headline figure for operators, nearly 90 per cent of consumers say they
28 May 2020
A new report has revealed the likely timescales and shape of the UK fitness market's
07 May 2020
How will customers engage with gyms and health clubs after lockdown? What will their new
26 Jan 2018
Data and the use of technology to enhance participation will be the theme of active-net
29 Jun 2017
The health and fitness industry’s finest came together in their hundreds last night (28 June)
25 Jun 2014
Sport England’s National Benchmarking Service (NBS) is to receive a shake-up in its back-room operations,
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Social fitness the missing link to member engagement, according to a new Myzone report
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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A new report puts physical activity
at the heart of healthcare, says Muir Gray
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As the 20th State of the Industry Report is released,
LeisureDB has rebranded to Evolve, as Kath Hudson reports
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Owner, Stride Fitness“My goal was to invest in where fitness is going, not where it’s already been”
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World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe talks to Liz Terry
about the launch of Run X in partnership with Technogym
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The fitness industry is mourning the passing of Les Mills,
a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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Matt Parker
MD, Brio“We’ve reduced the level of council investment over the last three years by 40 per cent and increased our turnover by 9 per cent”
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New legislation is exposing weakness
and potential liabilities in the
management of customer data in
health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
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People on weight loss drugs reduce their activity levels, according to a team at St John’s Hospital Illinois
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why he believes the sector can double in size by the end of the next decade
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