Inactivity news
03 May 2026
Activity levels are still rising among English adults according to Sport England’s new Active Lives
11 Feb 2026
Bolton Middlebrook Leisure Trust has scooped the contract to run five leisure sites as an
19 Jan 2026
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released two global reports calling on governments around the
04 Dec 2025
Sport England has released the latest Active Lives Children & Young People Report for the
28 Nov 2025
Unless urgent action is taken to increase physical activity this generation of children will face
27 Nov 2025
Sport England has announced 27 new partnerships that will benefit from its place-based approach, which
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
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
04 Nov 2025
Myzone launches a new category today, called Motivation Technology (Mo-Tech), that transforms the science of
29 Oct 2025
The UK’s chief medical officer, Sir Chris Whitty, has given evidence to the Health and
08 Oct 2025
European operator, Go Fit has announced record profits and the investment of €150 million in
10 Sep 2025
India presents one of the world’s most exciting growth opportunities for the fitness sector, says
08 Sep 2025
Head of health and wellbeing development at UK Active, Kenny Butler, has announced he is
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
29 Aug 2025
The UK’s Health and Social Care Committee is actively looking at how physical activity can
20 Aug 2025
The 2025 HFA Global Report, which looked at almost 30 markets, shows that around the
30 Jul 2025
EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise, has announced the appointment of Dan
29 Jul 2025
Strategic advisor, Andy Reed, founder of SajeImpact, has called for a fresh approach to physical
17 Jul 2025
The UK government has got behind Joe Wicks’ latest initiative – Activate – a new
13 Jun 2025
The much-anticipated UK government’s Spending Review (SR) 2025 was delivered yesterday (11 June), which sets
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
31 Mar 2025
NHS England has released a report, Harnessing the benefits of physical activity that suggests it
25 Mar 2025
The national governing body for group exercise in the UK – EMD UK (Exercise, Movement
27 Feb 2025
Sport England has announced investment into 53 areas highlighted in the top 10 per cent
26 Feb 2025
Improvements in life expectancy in Europe have slowed according to a study published in The
06 Feb 2025
Sport England has announced that Tim Hollingsworth will stand down as CEO at the end
28 Jan 2025
Research by the Global Health and Fitness Alliance (GHFA) and the Health and Fitness Association
10 Jan 2025
UK chartered institute, CIMSPA, has teamed up with the UK government's Department for Work and
18 Nov 2024
CIMSPA is preparing a submission in response to the government announcement of a 10-year health
31 Oct 2024
Chanchellor, Rachel Reeves, talked about fixing the NHS and rebuilding Britain in the budget, but
27 Sep 2024
Edinburgh Leisure has launched its first impact report since 2015, which shows progress in the
18 Sep 2024
Myzone has appointed Vahid Zadeh, as its new chief technology officer to lead the company’s
02 Aug 2024
Lisa Nandy, secretary of state at the UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport
Walking 10,000 steps daily confirmed to reduce health risks of inactivity, say Australian scientists
26 Jun 2024
A new study by the University of Sydney is one of the first to objectively
26 Jun 2024
Thirty one per cent of adults worldwide – approximately 1.8 billion people – did not
02 May 2024
Active Oxfordshire has received £1.3 million to tackle inactivity and inequality and launch a new
25 Apr 2024
Nuffield Health’s fourth annual survey, the Healthier Nation Index, has found people moved slightly more
10 Apr 2024
Jason Worthy has been appointed group CEO of Myzone to lead the 'next stage of
11 Mar 2024
The UK government acknowledged in its recent budget that economic recovery depends on the health
09 Jan 2024
Solving the UK's social care problem is the key to overcoming the financial challenges facing
07 Dec 2023
Physical activity levels among children and young people have improved compared to five years ago,
03 Dec 2023
New insight from UK quango, Sport England has found that healthy life expectancy in England
22 Nov 2023
The Exercise for Health Summit (EfHS), organised by EuropeActive, kicked off today at the Melia
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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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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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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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Designing multi-functional
spaces can lead to
fewer bottlenecks at
peak times. Julie Cramer
investigates the latest kit
and inspiring installations
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