Active Leisure news
08 Apr 2026
Managing director of awarding body, Active IQ, Jenny Patrickson, is leaving to focus on consultancy,
20 Mar 2026
Places Leisure has announced a new strategic partnership with COPA as the preferred apprenticeship delivery
02 Oct 2025
Mark Tweedie has joined the Devon-based Plymouth Active Leisure (PAL) board as a non-executive director
21 Sep 2025
Snozone, Europe’s largest indoor ski centre operator is seeking acquisition opportunities in the UK health
02 Jul 2025
North Herts Council in the UK is set to deliver one of the nation's largest
15 Jun 2024
More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
20 Apr 2024
Operator Circadian Trust has launched a five-year growth drive designed to support health and wellbeing
17 Apr 2024
Everyone Active has launched a golfing brand, Everyone Golf, after new contract wins made it
13 Nov 2023
The UK's Good Work Pledge – an employer commitment to workplace wellbeing for employees – has come
17 Mar 2023
Employers within the fitness and physical activity sector could do more when it comes to
22 Jul 2022
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts’ Luxury & Lifestyle Collection, has
More than 100 industry delegates met in person at the annual active-net event at Eastwood
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
Jamie Cartwright is a co-owner of Hatton Boxing and founder of BOX12. In 2021 Jamie
18 Feb 2022
In 2016, Bolsover District Council’s Go! Active leisure facility in Clowne, Derbyshire benefited from a
10 Feb 2022
Customer demand for health clubs and gyms in the UK was ‘back to normal' during
18 Jan 2022
The Workforce State of Mind Survey, now in its second year, has begun to gather
21 Sep 2021
VAT reform, adjustments in business rates and a fitness-led high street regeneration push could see
26 Aug 2021
A consultation has been launched to review the current provision of fitness and leisure facilities
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
08 Jun 2021
Active IQ has launched two new qualifications – the Level 2 Diploma in Health and
09 Apr 2021
Leisure centre operator Everyone Active has formed a partnership with WW (formerly called Weight Watchers),
24 Mar 2021
It is unlikely that the UK will see a Work Out to Help Out scheme
02 Mar 2021
The merger of two tech firms will result in the creation of a business software
26 Nov 2020
Playfinder has launched Bookteq, a booking system aimed at increasing revenue for operators of independent
04 Nov 2020
Physical activity body, ukactive, has revealed plans to create a new sector standard for active
27 Jul 2020
Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus
26 Nov 2019
Revenue management specialist Transaction Services Group (TSG) has acquired active leisure software and services provider
07 Oct 2019
EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise, has appointed Marcus Kingwell, the current
25 Jun 2019
Creating opportunities for older people to get physically active represents a major driver for growth
11 Mar 2019
active-net is supporting the work of blood cancer charity, DKMS, by encouraging greater awareness of
04 Mar 2019
Immersive VR group Frontgrid, creator of the Paradrop VR attraction, has secured £100k funding from
22 Feb 2019
The first ever Community Leisure UK Awards will be held at The Lowry hotel in
04 Jan 2019
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) is shuffling its top team heading into
15 Oct 2018
Water safety charity The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has named Jo Talbot
17 Jul 2018
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has introduced a new points system to record Continuing
10 Jul 2018
Indoor cycling has been identified as the most popular group workout in the UK –
17 May 2018
A huge majority – 87 per cent – of fitness professionals working in the physical
15 Feb 2018
Construction work has officially begun on the new £10m Ingleby Barwick Leisure Centre in Stockton-on-Tees.
26 Jan 2018
Data and the use of technology to enhance participation will be the theme of active-net
23 Nov 2017
One of Britain’s greatest swimmers, Olympic medallist, Steve Parry, has been confirmed as active-net 2018’s
21 Nov 2017
A third of fitness professionals are considering or have considered leaving the physical activity sector,
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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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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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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The industry is embracing consumer-facing tech. Now it’s time to
streamline back-of-house systems with Orbit4, says Daniel Jones
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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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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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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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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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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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Consolidation, specialisation and shifting consumer behaviours
are reshaping the sector, say Deloitte and EuropeActive
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Deena Gillan
Chair of UK Active’s Independent Council and GM at 3-1-5“There are so many dedicated people in the independent sector – they work hard because they’re passionate about changing lives”
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“Strength training has moved from the margins to the mainstream.”
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