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09 Dec 2019
Representatives from the three main political parties have backed the view that physical activity has
21 Nov 2019
The Sport and Recreation Alliance and ukactive will host sport and physical activity hustings with
19 Nov 2019
Huw Edwards, CEO of ukactive, has written to Boris Johnson, requesting that the Prime Minister's
08 Nov 2019
A study assessing the impact of physical inactivity on national economies has suggested that if
18 Oct 2019
Physical activity bodies ukactive and EuropeActive have agreed to strengthen their partnership in the event
17 Oct 2019
The number of UK adults classed as physically active has increased by 1 million in
26 Nov 2019
It’s just months away until active-net 2020, the two-day educational, networking and business meetings event,
23 Sep 2019
The average UK adult spends more than twice as long making tea as they do
16 Sep 2019
Disability organisation Purple has claimed that health club operators and gyms are losing "millions of
07 Sep 2019
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) has said that "even a few minutes of exercise is
24 Aug 2019
Former Cabinet Secretary Lord Gus O’Donnell and professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, the chair of the Royal
30 Jul 2019
The ukactive board has named Huw Edwards as the not-for-profit body's permanent chief executive. Edwards,
26 Jul 2019
Huw Edwards, acting CEO of ukactive, has called on the new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson,
06 Nov 2019
Since installing its new Wattbike indoor cycling studio last year, Holme Pierrepont Country Park, a
02 Jul 2019
A Labour Government of the future would put wellbeing at the heart of all future
25 Jun 2019
Creating opportunities for older people to get physically active represents a major driver for growth
21 Jun 2019
Ukactive has set out on a membership consultation, asking for views on how the not-for-profit
13 Jun 2019
CoachAi, a virtual companion that interacts with members through their smartphones, has been declared the
07 Jun 2019
Leisure operators Everyone Active and GLL each picked up three gongs at the ukactive Awards
06 Jun 2019
Huw Edwards, acting CEO of ukactive, has called for a "cultural shift" across government, in
13 Nov 2019
Who does your brand belong to? There used to be only one answer to this
06 Jun 2019
A new leadership learning initiative aims to transform knowledge sharing in the physical activity sector.
21 May 2019
Sports psychologist Jeremy Snape and Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams are among the keynote speakers
20 May 2019
A survey of UK gym users has found that a third (34 per cent) of
09 May 2019
Physical activity body ukactive has partnered with developer Barking Riverside Limited (BRL) to help create
30 Apr 2019
Sport England CEO Tim Hollingsworth has called on sport and physical activity providers to follow
18 Apr 2019
Ukactive has revealed the finalists for its annual industry awards. This year's edition is set
02 Apr 2019
Ukactive has named Huw Edwards, director of public affairs and research, as acting CEO until
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The 2019 Moving Communities report highlighted that the silver pound could drive
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they agreed instructors play a crucial part in the overall class experience. Now we’re asking the
experts on the frontline for their thoughts on what makes indoor cycling such a phenomenon
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A partnership between Pure Gym and BLK BOX is challenging the low-cost model
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SC Fitness, Portugal: head of customer experience“People often assume that those who pay more stay longer, but we don’t see this. What we see is that if you have PT you stay longer because you use more, not because you pay more”
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“I was seeing a lot of bad pad work and poor teaching in gyms, which broke my heart but spurred me on to develop a dedicated course for boxing technique”
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“Jimmy had the brilliant idea to put the logos of all of the current cycling brands in and around NYC onto a piece of paper and we handed it to the investor at the end of our presentation. Then we handed a blank piece of paper and referenced that this was the current number of cool fitness concepts in the world and how we would like the investor to help us fill that page. A day later he wrote us a cheque”
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