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10 Dec 2025
The UK government has announced a National Youth Strategy, backed by £500 million, to rebuild
18 Aug 2025
The three-year Opening School Facilities initiative smashed all targets according to a report into its
17 Jul 2025
The UK government has got behind Joe Wicks’ latest initiative – Activate – a new
30 Jun 2025
The UK government is briefing journalists that a major pivot to prevention can be expected
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
Strength training has never been more important for member retention, facility differentiation and long-term commercial
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
20 Feb 2024
CIMSPA has published its 2024-2030 strategy Releasing the Power of Our Profession, which sets out
25 Aug 2023
Alliance Leisure has been awarded funding of £13m to develop a new sports hub at
10 Feb 2023
Lucy Frazer has replaced Michelle Donelan as culture secretary at the UK's newly-named Department for
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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
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
22 Mar 2021
The FA Cup final in May could be played in front of 20,000 football fans,
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
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Social fitness the missing link to member engagement, according to a new Myzone report
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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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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Would you stop selling memberships to prevent your club getting overcrowded?
How do you strike the balance between maximising profits and prioritising
the member experience? Kath Hudson talks to the experts
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After decades of focusing on adult audiences, operators are starting to engage young people – unlocking growth opportunities while supporting the health and wellbeing of future generations
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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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The fitness industry is mourning the passing of Les Mills,
a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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The new CEO of UK Active talks to HCM about the gym-curious and
why he believes the sector can double in size by the end of the next decade
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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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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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