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Sport England research shows sport and exercise contributes £123 billion to the UK economy each year
18 Nov 2025
Grassroots sport and exercise boost the UK economy by £36.2 billion every year, according to
18 Jul 2025
According to a new report by McKinsey Health Institute, the potential social and economic impacts
17 Jul 2025
The UK government has got behind Joe Wicks’ latest initiative – Activate – a new
25 Jun 2025
The Health and Fitness Association (formerly IHRSA) is calling on US club operators and members
20 Jun 2025
The UK's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced £900 million for major
06 Jun 2025
UK Active and Swim England are urging the government to provide support for swimming pools
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
27 Mar 2025
The UK government has announced £100 million of new funding to support grassroots sports and
27 Feb 2025
Sport England has announced investment into 53 areas highlighted in the top 10 per cent
16 Jan 2025
More than 700 world-class leaders across health, wellbeing, technology and business are set to gather
18 Nov 2024
UK Active has written to chancellor, Rachel Reeves, asking for measures to offset the cost
31 Oct 2024
Chanchellor, Rachel Reeves, talked about fixing the NHS and rebuilding Britain in the budget, but
02 Aug 2024
Lisa Nandy, secretary of state at the UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
15 Jul 2024
In a bid to get girls more active, Nuffield Health has launched a campaign, Move
26 Jun 2024
Thirty one per cent of adults worldwide – approximately 1.8 billion people – did not
19 Jun 2024
Global restaurant brand, Subway, has teamed up with GB Basketball, Breaking GB and Skateboard GB
14 Mar 2023
The UK government has declared that boys and girls should have equal access to sports
11 Jan 2023
The UK government has announced it will be scaling back financial support for businesses as
10 Jan 2023
A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Sport England
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
16 Dec 2022
Construction work has begun on a £13m community sports hub in Barking, East London. The
24 Nov 2022
A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due
02 Sep 2022
The Football Foundation is to invest 40 per cent of its total funding over the
10 May 2022
Hotel giant Accor has launched a new podcast series exploring hot topics in wellbeing with
07 Dec 2021
Sport England says it's introducing "new and innovative" ways to increase participation – by doing
18 Nov 2021
A "significant majority" of the UK's swimming teachers and aquatic professionals feel that swimming excludes
26 Oct 2021
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the UK government to invest £875m in
09 Aug 2021
The Labour Party has accused the Conservatives of slashing grassroots sport funding by nearly half
03 Aug 2021
A cross-party DCMS Committee in the UK has called on the government to launch a
30 Jun 2021
Former racing cyclist Chris Boardman has been appointed the new chair of grassroots body, Sport
28 May 2021
The US fitness industry is mobilising to support the Gym Mitigation and Survival (GYMs) Act,
24 May 2021
A new campaign will look to help disabled footballers return to the sport and 'reclaim
12 May 2021
There is "incredible resilience" in the sports and physical activity sector – but the industry
23 Mar 2021
A total of £100m has been allocated to 266 local authorities across England, to support
17 Mar 2021
The government has said it has no plans to fund a Work Out to Help
03 Mar 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled an additional £700m funding boost for sports and culture, as
12 Feb 2021
Destination wellness resort and spa brand Miraval Resorts has partnered with the National Alliance on
10 Feb 2021
A Parliamentary Petition calling for gyms to reopen first after the current national lockdown in
26 Jan 2021
Sport England has vowed to tackle inequality and create a nation of "more equal, inclusive
25 Jan 2021
Fitness instructors, personal trainers, coaches and other self-employed physical activity workers in Wales are being
09 Dec 2020
The House of Lords' National Plan for Sport and Recreation committee has invited sporting organisations
02 Dec 2020
Gyms, health clubs, leisure centres and fitness studios in England are back in business today
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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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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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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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BLK BOX has been reimagining elite performance
spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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With corporately-owned clubs,
franchise networks, investments
and proprietary tech, Viva Leisure’s
ecosystem is redefining how
gyms scale and generate revenue.
Its CEO speaks to Kate Cracknell
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New insight from Deloitte and Grant Thornton shows record growth, but the real shift is towards identity and perceived value, revealing opportunities to deepen engagement with members
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