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07 Apr 2026
Manchester City Council has launched an ambitious programme to offer free gym memberships and access
19 Mar 2026
KA Leisure is investing more than £1.2 million in a major capital improvement programme across
09 Jan 2025
North Ayrshire charitable trust, KA Leisure, has launched a new programme to offer preventative healthcare
19 Jul 2021
KA Leisure has appointed industry veteran Malcolm McPhail as its interim chief executive. McPhail, who
06 Oct 2020
Malcolm McPhail, group CEO of social enterprise Life Leisure, has stepped down from the role
06 Dec 2019
Life Leisure is expanding its facility portfolio with the launch of an independent boutique fitness
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
26 Nov 2019
It’s just months away until active-net 2020, the two-day educational, networking and business meetings event,
27 Nov 2018
Life Leisure has become a facility owner after acquiring the Stockport Sports Village (SSV). The
03 May 2018
The finalists for this year's ukactive Awards have been revealed. The 2018 award categories have
Drayson celebrates rise from school drop-out to UK fitness industry's Outstanding Individual of 2017
13 Dec 2017
Danny Drayson has been on a journey from school drop-out to fitness and young person
21 Feb 2017
Life Leisure's actilife health programme has been adopted by two North West leisure trusts planning
24 Jul 2015
Life Leisure is aiming for a national roll-out of its pioneering public health programme which
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
10 Oct 2012
Woodley Sports Centre in Stockport, Greater Manchester, has re-opened its doors as lifeLEISURE Stockport Sports
04 Oct 2012
Woodley Sports Centre re-opened its doors on Monday 10 September as lifeLEISURE Stockport Sports Village
05 Mar 2012
Life Leisure has officially launched the UK's most acclaimed weight loss programme in Stockport. As
02 Dec 2011
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has announced its new board members for the three year
07 Jan 2010
Target Fitness+ Hazel Grove has been awarded Excellent status following its recent Quest assessment. Its
03 Mar 2009
From 1 April, the Sport Development team working as part of Stockport Metropolitan Council will
10 May 2004
The head of health and fitness for Next Generation health and racquets clubs, Malcolm McPhail,
22 Jul 2003
Next Generation Clubs has launched its own range of gym equipment for children. The company,
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
globally, yet with 100 per cent of people seeing benefits when they
exercise, how high could it go? Kath Hudson asks the experts…
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