Greater Manchester news
22 Jun 2026
With Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, announcing his resignation this morning and Andy Burnham as a
16 Jun 2026
Freedom Leisure and Ebbsfleet Garden City Trust have opened the £13 million Weldon Wellbeing Pavilion
28 May 2026
Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions that measure 65,000sq m, will
07 Apr 2026
Therme Manchester has signed up to the Circularity in Practice pledge, which is a UK-wide
10 Mar 2026
Trafford Leisure has launched a 12-month pilot of Hydrohex – the Finnish virtual aqua fitness
17 Dec 2025
Everlast Gyms+ will be opening a site at shopping and leisure destination, Trafford Palazzo, early
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
15 Dec 2025
Be Well Wigan Council has introduced a new evidence-based, healthy ageing programme that aligns with
27 Nov 2025
Sport England has announced 27 new partnerships that will benefit from its place-based approach, which
04 Nov 2025
Nuffield Health is set to roll out its new Long-Term Conditions Rehabilitation Programme, aiming to
11 Sep 2025
Construction management company Sir Robert McAlpine has been appointed to lead the development of the
01 Sep 2025
Trafford, in Greater Manchester, UK, has a new wellbeing facility following a £20 million upgrade
25 Jul 2025
According to a study commissioned by GM Active, health intervention programmes provide more than £20,000
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
17 Jul 2025
In a win for the UK health and fitness industry, health secretary, Wes Streeting, has
24 Jun 2025
Oldham Active has created the new role of head of health and wellbeing to tackle
04 Mar 2025
Greater Manchester’s Prehab4Cancer programme is continuing to report outstanding results, with a recent evaluation showing
20 Oct 2024
Following the announcement of a study into the long-term effects of weight loss medications, UK
22 Sep 2023
Therme Group has received planning permission to build the UK’s first city-based wellbeing resort, Therme
03 Feb 2023
Andy King, chair of Manchester's GM Active, has taken the role of CEO at non-profit
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
19 Jan 2023
In his first speech as chair at UK Active, Mike Farrar said the physical activity
01 Aug 2022
A £22m refurbishment of Altrincham Leisure Centre has been given the go ahead by Trafford
29 Mar 2022
A new cancer prehabilitation programme is achieving groundbreaking results by bringing the health and fitness
21 Mar 2022
Nuffield Health will use the power of sport to tackle the stark health inequalities across
30 Jun 2021
Former racing cyclist Chris Boardman has been appointed the new chair of grassroots body, Sport
04 Jun 2021
New images have been released of what will become the first new public park in
21 May 2021
A new programme addressing young people's wellbeing and mental health will launch in Q3 2021
09 May 2021
A new themed attraction, based on the popular I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
19 Dec 2020
Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part
11 Nov 2020
Andy Burnham and shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens have joined Paralympic legend Tanni Grey-Thompson in
04 Nov 2020
Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for the
16 Oct 2020
A UK government U-turn – just announced – will see gyms and leisure centres staying open
14 Oct 2020
The UK government is likely to face legal challenges from gym operators following the revelation
07 Aug 2020
Industry body, ukactive, has questioned the decision to close gyms and health clubs as part
11 May 2020
The government's pledge to invest £2bn in improving the UK's cycling and walking infrastructure has
27 Feb 2020
Manchester United has launched a new initiative to increase its engagement with local schools and
12 Feb 2020
The Bee Network initiative, a joined-up cycling and walking network planned for Greater Manchester, could
09 Dec 2019
Representatives from the three main political parties have backed the view that physical activity has
05 Feb 2019
Worsley Leisure Centre in Salford has opened following a £1.4m redevelopment of its fitness facilities.
08 Jan 2019
Zoologist Johnpaul Houston is in advanced talks with a local council to create a zoo
06 Dec 2018
US-based boutique fitness operator Orangetheory Fitness is preparing to open its first club in the
13 Nov 2018
Sustrans has called for the transformation and improvement of the UK-wide National Cycle Network, which
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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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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
has a new CEO, with an ambitious vision for the company
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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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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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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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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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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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Vicci Wells shares insights from the
recent Class of 2035 report into
physical activity in Generation Alpha
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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
globally, yet with 100 per cent of people seeing benefits when they
exercise, how high could it go? Kath Hudson asks the experts…
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