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13 Mar 2024
Edinburgh Leisure has appointed Jen Holland as chief executive. She will take over from June
13 Mar 2024
North Herts District Council has entered into a ten-year partnership with Everyone Active to run
23 Feb 2024
The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data
Farrer tells government the physical activity sector is critical to fixing the UK’s sluggish economy
01 Feb 2024
Mike Farrar, chair of UK Active, has called on the UK government to deploy the
17 Jan 2024
Physiotherapy patients are being offered treatment in leisure centres thanks to a tie-up between London
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
PerformX Live, the premier business of fitness event, has announced Dr Jonathan Leary, founder and
19 Dec 2023
With between 18 and 30 per cent of the populations of developed countries living in
08 Dec 2023
A proposed change to the way councils organise the operation of their leisure facilities – including
21 Sep 2023
Improved mental health is now a stronger motivation for Brits to exercise than staying in
14 Aug 2023
Parkwood Leisure, in partnership with its subsidiary companies Legacy Leisure and Lex Leisure, has launched
26 Jul 2023
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
12 Jul 2023
Charitable leisure trust, Horizon Leisure, has acquired a former Sports Direct gym in Guildford and
Panatta will consolidate its global presence throughout 2024 by attending a host of major industry
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Fisikal and Keepme join forces to turbocharge revenue-generating opportunities for operators
Fittech brands Fisikal and Keepme have announced an official integration. The new partnership will provide
21 Apr 2023
Overall physical activity levels among adults in England have returned to pre-pandemic levels, being in
15 Mar 2023
In an announcement made today in advance of tomorrow's Spring Budget (15 March), the UK
23 Feb 2023
The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end
16 Feb 2023
As the physical activity sector works to deepen its relationship with the health sector, a
10 Feb 2023
Lucy Frazer has replaced Michelle Donelan as culture secretary at the UK's newly-named Department for
Introducing Sprung Gym-Flooring, where innovation meets excellence in the world of flooring and sports solutions.
02 Feb 2023
The second phase of the UK’s MSK (musculoskeletal) health hub pilot will see the service
24 Jan 2023
The damaging effect of the energy crisis due to government inaction and the impact on
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
21 Dec 2022
Mark Sesnan, co-founder and CEO of GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited), has announced that he will
21 Dec 2022
Garmin has released its Connect Fitness Report for 2022, which shows that users of its
19 Dec 2022
New laws designed to step up protection against terrorism at the UK's leisure facilities are
15 Dec 2022
Following a £500,000 investment, Everybody Health and Leisure has unveiled a new 100-station Technogym fitness
14 Dec 2022
Sport England has released the Future of Public Sector Leisure report which looks at how
12 Dec 2022
Children’s and young people’s activity levels are back to pre-pandemic levels, confirms Sport England in
24 Nov 2022
Mark Braithwaite is to join Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council as chief operating officer. Braithwaite, formerly
24 Nov 2022
A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due
09 Nov 2022
Innerva’s new Access range, comprising the power-assisted Rotary Torso and Torso Dip, addresses the issues
02 Nov 2022
A local leisure centre has begun work on a £1m refurbishment to provide state-of-the-art facilities
28 Sep 2022
A recent OnePoll survey on behalf of The Gym Group (TGG) has found one in
Leading software company Fitronics has launched an all-new website featuring its leading sports and fitness
22 Sep 2022
The UK government has announced it will subsidise energy bills by at least 50 per
21 Sep 2022
Operators across the physical activity sector open up to the public today offering free sessions
15 Sep 2022
With an additional bank holiday announced in the UK out of respect for Queen Elizabeth
12 Sep 2022
As the UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss prepares an energy bailout, UK Active has
02 Sep 2022
UK Active and ITN Productions will be releasing their co-produced programme, called Fitness for Everyone,
02 Sep 2022
St Albans City and District Council has signed a ten-year deal with Sport and Leisure
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Remember when there was mass hostility about London hosting the 2012 Olympics? Huw Edwards, CEO of UK Active, was there. He talks to Kath Hudson about the lessons he learned
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Founder, Physique 57“Our ‘why?’ is to improve the lives of our clients, not to make them feel defeated”
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Property experts say it’s a golden moment for health and fitness operators
to secure leases, as the sector has come through the pandemic with its
reputation largely intact and clubs are seen as desirable anchor tenants.
Kath Hudson finds out why landlords want to talk
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“I’ve grown a massive affinity for franchising. It’s so exciting to be able to provide the platform and toolkit for people to have their own successful businesses”
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A new study from researchers at Yale shows HIIT can reverse nerve damage caused by Parkinson’s
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Liz Terry looks at which operators
are most recognised by consumers,
using Kantar’s latest brand insight
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You might be tempted to skip a service, but
experts say it will cost you in the long run.
Providers tell Steph Eaves why they their work
is important to the management of assets
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Dr Paul Bedford talks
to Jak Phillips about
the double-edged
sword of the strength
training trend and his
ambitions for the sector
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New laws are about to come into force that will oblige health club operators to offer consumers better membership terms. It will be disruptive, but tackled well, will change the sector for the better
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Fuel the debate about issues and opportunities across the industry. We’d love to hear from you – [email protected]
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Absenteeism and presenteeism is
taking a huge economic toll, with
musculoskeletal problems and poor
mental health the biggest issues.
Can workplace wellness make
a difference? Kath Hudson investigates
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