Leisure industry news
31 Aug 2025
On 2 August, the leisure industry lost one of its pioneers – a man who
30 Aug 2024
Friends from the leisure industry have been paying tribute to editor and lobbyist Jonathan Ives
The National Attractions Marketing Conference will see speakers representing some of the UK’s top visitor
13 Mar 2024
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has introduced safeguarding guidelines to protect children in out-of-school settings,
05 Mar 2024
Formerly known as Gantner Ticketing, Vintia is a state-of-the-art ticketing and booking solution for the
30 Jun 2023
Pocket Rocket Group has appointed Nick Mennell as director to head up business development and
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
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
02 Feb 2023
The second phase of the UK’s MSK (musculoskeletal) health hub pilot will see the service
In 2021, Pulse Fitness added to its ever-growing portfolio of leisure industry services with the
21 Dec 2022
Mark Sesnan, co-founder and CEO of GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited), has announced that he will
14 Dec 2022
Mystery shopper business Proinsight Research has merged with ReactCX, a customer experience measurement and market
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
For almost 20 years, CardsSafe has been helping golf courses, clubhouses, bike hire businesses and
10 Oct 2022
The first W3Fit – the newly-launched networking event led by David Zarb Jenkins – saw 170
21 Jul 2022
Devin Consulting, one of the UK’s largest independent pool and spa engineering consultancies, has appointed
15 Jun 2022
Mike Farrar has been announced as the new chair at UK Active. His tenure will
15 Jun 2022
Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to
15 Jun 2022
Oliver Lee OBE will be taking the position of CEO at Places Leisure from July.
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
More than 100 industry delegates met in person at the annual active-net event at Eastwood
24 Mar 2022
The North American thermal spa industry will come together once again on 9-12 May in
Jamie Cartwright is a co-owner of Hatton Boxing and founder of BOX12. In 2021 Jamie
10 Feb 2022
Customer demand for health clubs and gyms in the UK was ‘back to normal' during
12 Jan 2022
Mark Sesnan, co-founder and CEO of GLL, has been awarded an OBE in the New
22 Dec 2021
HCM has confirmed that the UK government's £1bn support package for the hospitality and leisure
18 Nov 2021
An initiative set up by the Rio Ferdinand Foundation in partnership with The Gym Group
07 Oct 2021
The Wellness Tourism Association (WTA) has unveiled the 2021 installation of its Wellness Travel Consumer
29 Jul 2021
As the leisure and attractions industry continues to recover and look to the future, IAAPA,
22 Jul 2021
Planning approval has been granted to what is set to become one of the first
13 Jul 2021
A consultation on social prescribing and other similar health programmes will look to "uncover the
08 Jul 2021
ukactive has set out its vision to develop a national strategy for the UK's public
08 Jun 2021
Active IQ has launched two new qualifications – the Level 2 Diploma in Health and
24 Mar 2021
It is unlikely that the UK will see a Work Out to Help Out scheme
15 Feb 2021
ukactive has published six 'policy calls', which it says are crucial in order to help
12 Feb 2021
Safe Space, supplier of lockers and changing room solutions to the fitness and leisure industry,
25 Nov 2020
Up to 100k people will benefit from the free gym and physical activity sessions, thanks
23 Nov 2020
Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres will be able to open their doors when the
11 Nov 2020
Andy Burnham and shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens have joined Paralympic legend Tanni Grey-Thompson in
27 Jul 2020
Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus
10 Jul 2020
England and Scotland have become the most recent countries to announce their spas will reopen,
11 May 2020
The UK government has given the go-ahead for one-to-one personal training outdoors, as part of
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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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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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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New launch, Salus House, elevates boutique wellness with
high service levels and a partnership with Technogym
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Pulse Fitness has created a
new health club delivering an
elevated wellness experience
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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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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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Record market penetration in the UK
fitness sector masks a deeper shift
around consumer engagement, according
to a report from Grant Thornton and
UK Active, as Liz Terry reports
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“Strength training has moved from the margins to the mainstream.”
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Celebrating its milestone 5th anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable
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