North West news
11 Sep 2025
Construction management company Sir Robert McAlpine has been appointed to lead the development of the
17 Jul 2025
In a win for the UK health and fitness industry, health secretary, Wes Streeting, has
13 Mar 2025
Nuffield Health is partnering with the UK government to offer 4,000 health workers who live
14 Feb 2025
Mike Farrar is stepping down as chair of UK Active, after being appointed interim Permanent
25 Nov 2024
The Good Spa Guide has announced the winners of its 2024 Good Spa Guide Regional
07 Mar 2023
Global developer and wellbeing destination operator Therme Group is one step closer to breaking ground
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
30 Nov 2021
The recently-transformed Bamford Wellness Spa in Gloucestershire has been recognised as the UK’s Best New
05 Jul 2021
The growth of budget health club chain JD Gyms has been accelerated by "at least
19 Dec 2020
Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part
14 Dec 2020
Lifestyle Fitness and V1BE are partnering to open a new, £1m health club in Manchester.
21 Oct 2020
Gyms in Liverpool,UK, have been given the go-ahead to reopen, following a dramatic week of
15 Oct 2020
"Dozens" of gyms in Liverpool, UK, have defied the government and stayed open for business
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
27 Feb 2020
Manchester United has launched a new initiative to increase its engagement with local schools and
18 Jul 2019
A planning application has been submitted for a £23m leisure centre in Coalville, Leicestershire. The
08 Apr 2019
Leisure operator Everyone Active has secured management deals for 11 new sites. The new contracts
17 Jan 2019
Andy Tee, co-founder of boutique fitness studio V1BE, has revealed plans to expand the concept
06 Dec 2018
US-based boutique fitness operator Orangetheory Fitness is preparing to open its first club in the
27 Nov 2018
Life Leisure has become a facility owner after acquiring the Stockport Sports Village (SSV). The
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
14 Nov 2018
Winners of this year's Good Spa Guide Awards were announced last night (13 November) at
01 Nov 2018
Spa operator Champneys has appointed Darling Associates to provide the designs for a £10m redevelopment
01 Oct 2018
Leading spa group Champneys has expanded its property portfolio with the acquisition of Mottram Hall
12 Jul 2018
Plans have been lodged by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) to build a vertical
05 Jul 2018
VisitEngland has named 11 regional tourism projects which will each receive up to £250,000 of
08 May 2018
Architecture firm Purcell will create an extension to the historic home of the University of
13 Mar 2018
Blackburn with Darwen Council has gone live with a single, integrated leisure management solution from
06 Mar 2018
Offering free access to gyms and leisure centres – and promoting them heavily – could
28 Nov 2017
A Leicestershire council has rubber-stamped plans to build a £20m (US$26.6m, €22.5m) leisure centre after
15 Nov 2017
The Spa at Gleneagles by ESPA has been named the best UK spa at this
05 Sep 2017
Professional clubs playing in the second tier of English rugby have signed up to a
31 Aug 2017
Low-cost gym chain Xercise4Less is collaborating with Lancashire Sport Partnership to help people recovering from
12 Jul 2017
School summer holidays are creating a class divide between the fitness levels of deprived children
05 Jul 2017
Former professional footballer Brett Ormerod and his wife, Lisa, have opened an Anytime Fitness gym
07 Jun 2017
A new study supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has suggested that there are
12 May 2017
The chief executive officer of Link4Life, the Trust that operates leisure services on behalf of
05 Apr 2017
More than 20m UK adults are increasing their risk of heart disease and costing the
06 Mar 2017
Fitness and leisure qualification body Active IQ has strengthened its team with the addition of
21 Feb 2017
Life Leisure's actilife health programme has been adopted by two North West leisure trusts planning
14 Feb 2017
Anytime Fitness plans to have 200 UK franchises by the end of the year as
13 Feb 2017
A personal trainer hoping to secure contracts and minimum levels of pay for fitness professionals
31 Jan 2017
Construction work to improve access for disabled fans and increase the capacity of Stoke City
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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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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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Consolidation, specialisation and shifting consumer behaviours
are reshaping the sector, say Deloitte and EuropeActive
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Vicci Wells shares insights from the
recent Class of 2035 report into
physical activity in Generation Alpha
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Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing
disparate information from multiple systems to be aggregated into one dataset, to support
its focus on reducing health inequalities and improving healthy life expectancy.
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