Leisure sector news
10 Apr 2026
After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, Fusion Lifestyle has called in administrators after a
20 Mar 2026
Places Leisure has announced a new strategic partnership with COPA as the preferred apprenticeship delivery
18 Dec 2025
Sport England’s continuous improvement tool, Quest, is being updated for 2026 with two new products
13 Nov 2025
According to the latest Moving Communities Impact Report visits to leisure centres are rising and
09 Oct 2025
Ecommerce company Excalibur Group has announced the strategic acquisition of spa deal website Spabreaks.com, enhancing
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
21 Sep 2025
Snozone, Europe’s largest indoor ski centre operator is seeking acquisition opportunities in the UK health
16 Sep 2025
Elevate, the UK’s largest trade show for the physical activity, fitness and leisure sectors, has
Dr Paul Bedford has announced the return of the Retention Convention, which will take place
10 May 2025
Commentators are speculating that the Labour government is considering disbanding the Department of Culture, Media
18 Nov 2024
UK Active has written to chancellor, Rachel Reeves, asking for measures to offset the cost
30 Aug 2024
Friends from the leisure industry have been paying tribute to editor and lobbyist Jonathan Ives
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
17 Jul 2024
Community Leisure UK (CLUK) and The Richmond Group of Charities have joined forces to support
01 Jul 2024
Village Hotels has changed hands following a deal between the owner – an affiliate of
19 Jun 2024
With the UK General Election imminent, industry strategist, Martyn Allison, says it’s time for the
18 Apr 2024
The fitness sector’s pivot to active wellbeing is being discussed in a new weekly podcast,
09 Apr 2024
Oxygen Consulting is about to launch its first UK Padel Report, which investigates this fast-growing
28 Mar 2024
The first annual Private Sector Benchmarking report was released today (27 March). A collaboration between
13 Mar 2024
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has introduced safeguarding guidelines to protect children in out-of-school settings,
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
13 Nov 2023
The UK's Good Work Pledge – an employer commitment to workplace wellbeing for employees – has come
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
14 Mar 2023
The UK government has declared that boys and girls should have equal access to sports
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
14 Dec 2022
Sport England has released the Future of Public Sector Leisure report which looks at how
24 Nov 2022
Mark Braithwaite is to join Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council as chief operating officer. Braithwaite, formerly
12 Sep 2022
As the UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss prepares an energy bailout, UK Active has
04 Jul 2022
A two-year research project will look to find ways to transform the UK's physical activity
01 Jul 2022
At UK Active’s Active Uprising event yesterday (30 June) in Birmingham, Hattie Jones, the head
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.
More than 100 industry delegates met in person at the annual active-net event at Eastwood
21 Mar 2022
Lobbying is gearing up in advance of the Spring Budget this week, with UK Active
Jamie Cartwright is a co-owner of Hatton Boxing and founder of BOX12. In 2021 Jamie
10 Feb 2022
Cutting VAT for the pandemic-hit fitness industry could have saved businesses and jobs – just as
18 Jan 2022
The Workforce State of Mind Survey, now in its second year, has begun to gather
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Social fitness the missing link to member engagement, according to a new Myzone report
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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A new report puts physical activity
at the heart of healthcare, says Muir Gray
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Lisa Starr tries the Ammortal
Chamber to see whether
layering 10 modalities into one
experience really delivers more
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Software suppliers explain how AI,
automation and connected digital
experiences can work for the good
of operators and consumers
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World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe talks to Liz Terry
about the launch of Run X in partnership with Technogym
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The new CEO of UK Active talks to HCM about the gym-curious and
why he believes the sector can double in size by the end of the next decade
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New legislation is exposing weakness
and potential liabilities in the
management of customer data in
health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
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The fitness industry is mourning the passing of Les Mills,
a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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After decades of focusing on adult audiences, operators are starting to engage young people – unlocking growth opportunities while supporting the health and wellbeing of future generations
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As the 20th State of the Industry Report is released,
LeisureDB has rebranded to Evolve, as Kath Hudson reports
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