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05 Aug 2023
UK Active has published the latest update to its Vision 2030 strategy – the blueprint
Launching a career as a personal trainer can be incredibly rewarding for those passionate about
04 Mar 2021
The Budget announcement has left the UK's physical activity sector with "unanswered questions" and vowing
03 Feb 2021
EuropeActive and ukactive have today (3 February) secured a new partnership agreement which will see
03 Nov 2020
The sport and physical activity sector is mounting a challenge to government plans to shut
06 Oct 2020
The UK and Scottish governments should classify gyms, health clubs, swimming pools and leisure centres
Panatta will consolidate its global presence throughout 2024 by attending a host of major industry
02 Oct 2020
Up to 48 per cent of public leisure facilities could close by the end of
12 May 2020
Allowing limited personal training to resume in outdoor settings will offer "some relief" to those
26 Mar 2020
Leading organisations in the physical activity sector have urged chancellor Rishi Sunak to provide urgent
20 Mar 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered all UK gyms, health clubs, leisure centres and restaurants
18 Mar 2020
Leading trade bodies representing the physical activity sector have called on the government to introduce
28 Feb 2020
A new Sports Governance Academy (SGA), designed to support, develop and connect people working in
Elevate, the premier event in the physical activity, fitness, sports therapy and performance sector, is
20 May 2019
A survey of UK gym users has found that a third (34 per cent) of
07 Mar 2019
A new Leisure Team Member apprenticeship is now available for funded delivery, giving the sports
16 Nov 2018
Winners of this year's Active Training Awards have been revealed at a gala event in
18 May 2018
The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has appointed four
08 May 2018
Having GPs based in gyms and health clubs – where they could work together with
26 Feb 2018
The government has confirmed that a new Diploma in Sporting Excellence will be made available
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15 Jan 2018
Community sports organisations have urged the government to introduce an independent ombudsman to help them
28 Nov 2017
Paralympic gold medallist and BBC commentator Marc Woods has been named as chair of the
13 Oct 2017
British Rowing is taking its masterclasses around the country following increasing demand from fitness professionals
15 Sep 2017
The physical activity sector's chartered professional body has received £1.2m (US$1.6m, €1.3m) from Sport England
26 Jul 2017
Health and fitness educator Premier Global NASM has joined the physical activity sector’s professional body
21 Jun 2017
Serco Leisure, which operates more than 60 facilities across the UK, has become an employer
13 Jun 2017
CIMSPA – the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity – has
26 May 2017
A happy workforce and the impact this has on health club member retention was the
19 May 2017
The sport and physical activity sector's professional development body has increased its network in the
27 Jan 2017
Sports Coach UK has poured cold water on the prospect of merging its Register of
01 Dec 2016
Leisure industry organisations including GLL, Future Fit Training and Les Mills UK were some of
30 Nov 2016
Nuffield Health has become the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity
16 Nov 2016
The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) is partnering UK
31 Aug 2016
As many as 131 million workdays are lost each year through sickness absence nationwide in
30 Aug 2016
CIMSPA, the professional body for the UK sport and physical activity sector, has kicked off
24 Aug 2016
A new path for school leavers to enter the leisure industry has been developed after
10 Aug 2016
GLL (Greenwich Leisure Ltd) has signed a partnership agreement with a professional body to help
12 Jul 2016
Government plans for a major shake-up of Post-16 vocational education have been met with disappointment
27 Apr 2016
The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has launched a
07 Apr 2016
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has issued a defiant rebuttal to online rumours that
26 Jan 2016
The national body for sport and physical activity in colleges has refreshed its standards as
18 Dec 2015
The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has won a
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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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Dr Paul Bedford talks
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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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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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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
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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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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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“Looking at Orangetheory 10–20 years down the road, international markets will be three to five times the size of the US. At that point, we’ll be talking 10,000 units globally”
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