Essex news
15 Jun 2026
Barons Eden, the UK parent company that operates luxury destination properties in England, has rebranded
01 Jun 2026
Tewinbury Farm Hotel in Hertfordshire, UK is expanding its premium leisure proposition with the launch
09 Dec 2025
Gold’s Gym UK is being investigated about hidden online costs by the UK's Competition
13 Nov 2025
Premium health and wellness group, David Lloyd Clubs, is set to open three new UK
10 Apr 2025
Sport for Confidence and Everyone Active have launched a community-focused delivery model in Westminster, London
28 Jan 2025
The Club Company, has kicked off 2025 with the acquisition of The Nottinghamshire Golf and
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
23 Sep 2024
Essex County Council has appointed Sport for Confidence CIC to deliver a physical activity model
15 Jul 2024
Sport for Confidence CIC has received a national award for its pioneering work hardwiring occupational
15 Dec 2023
Horizon Leisure is upgrading and investing in its new shopping-centre health hub – The Wellbeing
Double Olympic rinks, gym and dance studio will drive physical activity at new Lee Valley Ice Centre
06 Jun 2023
London has a new double Olympic skating centre following a £30m investment by the Lee
16 Feb 2023
As the physical activity sector works to deepen its relationship with the health sector, a
02 Aug 2022
Lanserhof at The Arts Club, Mayfair, London has appointed Dr Ursula Levine as the new
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
17 Dec 2021
Launching into Electric Gamebox’s London, Manchester and Lakeside Essex attractions, the Shaun the Sheep: Championsheeps
19 Dec 2020
Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part
15 Dec 2020
Industry body ukactive has intensified its challenge to overturn the government's decision to ban group
05 Oct 2020
The pandemic’s outbreak caused many people to use time in nature as a coping mechanism
10 Feb 2020
The Northern Gateway Sports Park project in Colchester, Essex, is set to open to the
12 Dec 2019
The Glass House Retreat, a new eco-friendly health and wellness retreat, has opened in Bulphan,
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
01 Oct 2019
Every museum would like to know more about what goes through its visitors minds as
30 Sep 2019
Sports and culture secretary Nicky Morgan has appointed three members to the board of grassroots
28 Jun 2019
Luxury skincare brand, Elemis, has been named as the new product partner for the Lifehouse
28 Jun 2019
A new £40m leisure centre built to include a number of sustainable innovations has opened
24 May 2019
DEM Sports, a company specialising in cricket equipment, has partnered with Essex based engineering firm
01 Feb 2019
Latest figures from the County Council Network (CCN), which represents all county councils in England,
Roslin Retreat partners with Jennifer Young to create specialist treatment menu for cancer sufferers
10 Jan 2019
The Roslin Retreat spa at Roslin Beach Hotel in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, has introduced a new
07 Jan 2019
Feeling unwell? A cure might be closer than you think. Doctors in the UK now
03 Jan 2019
Sport For Confidence is to deliver a series of physical activity sessions to carers, following
14 Sep 2018
Bright Hospitality Group (BHG) has acquired the boutique The Chichester Hotel in Wickford, Essex, as
25 Jan 2018
Organisations have pledged to back a programme aimed at encouraging more people with disabilities to
05 Dec 2017
Twelve areas across England will take part in a groundbreaking pilot to reach physically inactive
24 Nov 2017
Sarah Leiter, of the Goalball Women’s GB Team, has been lauded at the Woman of
18 Oct 2017
Places for People Leisure has begun construction work on a £9.5m (US$12.5m, €10.7m) leisure centre
04 Oct 2017
The Bannatyne Group is continuing with its aggressive investment programme, pumping £1m (US$1.3m, €1.1m) into
06 Sep 2017
A health programme that prescribes exercise as medicine has helped more than 1,700 patients in
16 Aug 2017
One of the UK's biggest destination spas, the Lifehouse Spa and Hotel in the village
20 Jul 2017
A trio of leisure projects have made the shortlist for the prestigious 2017 Stirling Prize
29 Jun 2017
Active Essex – part of the County Sports Partnership network – has launched a four-year
25 May 2017
Two of the 16 health clubs which David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) intended to acquire from
17 Mar 2017
Registered charity Fusion Lifestyle is investing £14m (UA$17.3m, €16.1m) to upgrade facilities across its estate.
10 Feb 2017
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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Record market penetration in the UK
fitness sector masks a deeper shift
around consumer engagement, according
to a report from Grant Thornton and
UK Active, as Liz Terry reports
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