Parliament news
09 Aug 2021
The Labour Party has accused the Conservatives of slashing grassroots sport funding by nearly half
03 Aug 2021
A cross-party DCMS Committee in the UK has called on the government to launch a
15 May 2021
Thousands of health clubs, swimming pools and leisure centres are under the threat of permanent
12 May 2021
The Local Government Association (LGA) has appointed Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson as its new president. The
12 Apr 2021
Health clubs, leisure centres and studios in England have opened today (12 April) for the
09 Apr 2021
A parliamentary report is calling for a £3bn intervention fund to build back better health
03 Sep 2021
“At least 40 per cent of all businesses will die in the next 10 years
24 Mar 2021
It is unlikely that the UK will see a Work Out to Help Out scheme
22 Mar 2021
The UK parliament will today (22 March) debate the merits of a Work Out to
17 Mar 2021
The government has said it has no plans to fund a Work Out to Help
04 Mar 2021
The Budget announcement has left the UK's physical activity sector with "unanswered questions" and vowing
22 Feb 2021
PM, Boris Johnson, has confirmed that gyms, swimming pools and leisure centres in England will
18 Feb 2021
Placing gyms and leisure centres at the front of the queue for reopening would be
07 Sep 2021
The best in class of the physical activity sector have been revealed at the ukactive
12 Feb 2021
The Cabinet Office has chosen leisure operator GLL as the "face" of England's COVID-secure physical
10 Feb 2021
A Parliamentary Petition calling for gyms to reopen first after the current national lockdown in
02 Feb 2021
Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres are set to be among the first businesses allowed
28 Jan 2021
The UK’s largest social enterprise, GLL, is the latest operator to throw its support behind
26 Jan 2021
The Donald Trump baby blimp, which was flown over London's Parliament Square in July 2018
25 Jan 2021
Fitness instructors, personal trainers, coaches and other self-employed physical activity workers in Wales are being
30 Sep 2021
CEO of Orbit4, Daniel Jones, says: “There’s no reason traditional gyms and smart gyms can’t
20 Jan 2021
Sign the petition by clicking here. HCM editor, Liz Terry, has launched a Parliamentary Petition
12 Jan 2021
The government needs to provide the fitness and physical activity sector with a plan which
07 Jan 2021
The UK physical activity sector will lose around £400m a month during lockdown. The figure,
09 Dec 2020
The House of Lords' National Plan for Sport and Recreation committee has invited sporting organisations
26 Nov 2020
Nick Whitcombe, the independent gym owner who refused to shut his gym during the October
26 Nov 2020
This year's UK government Spending Review, announced in Parliament by chancellor Rishi Sunak on 25
23 Nov 2020
Closing gyms and leisure facilities during any possible future lockdown would be "unthinkable", according to
23 Nov 2020
Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres will be able to open their doors when the
19 Nov 2020
UK Parliament will debate COVID-19 restrictions on gyms and leisure centres on Monday 23 November,
18 Nov 2020
Thousands of COVID-related deaths could be prevented if successive governments had tackled the country's obesity
17 Nov 2020
Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of PureGym, has confirmed to HCM that the company's operations in Poland
11 Nov 2020
The Parliament will hold a debate on COVID-19 restrictions on gyms and sport on Monday
03 Nov 2020
The sport and physical activity sector is mounting a challenge to government plans to shut
03 Nov 2020
Industry body, ukactive, is encouraging all fitness operators in England to contact their local MP
29 Oct 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged his support for plans to build a £70m world
29 Oct 2020
The UK government has provided a lengthy response to a petition which demanded that gyms
22 Oct 2020
The government has pledged to invest £100m in supporting public leisure centres this winter, as
05 Oct 2020
UK tourism and heritage minister, Nigel Huddleston, delivered the keynote speech during this year's Annual
25 Sep 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak's proposals to support the economy through the next six months of the
07 Aug 2020
Spa and wellness businesses have a long history of using hydrotherapy to deliver curative benefits
04 Aug 2020
The UK government has postponed the reopening of saunas, steamrooms and the recommencement of close-contact
10 Jul 2020
England and Scotland have become the most recent countries to announce their spas will reopen,
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“This isn’t just a British issue – it starts at home, but it’s a global one”
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Statistics
This year’s edition of the IHRSA Global Report which addresses performance from 2020, is a valuable record of the tremendous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector, creating a benchmark from which to understand the recovery. Kristen Walsh reports for HCM
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Insight
Research firm Qualtrics surveyed 12,157 consumers across
15 countries in seven languages to create the Les Mills 2021 Global
Fitness Report, highlighting the ways consumers are choosing to work
out as we emerge from the pandemic. Jak Phillips reports
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Mental health
Research confirms the role health clubs can play in supporting
people in nurturing their mental health, as Victor Brick explains
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Research
Changes to DNA which occur during exercise give protection against a wide range of diseases, according to new research from the Univesity of Copenhagen
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Editor's letter
The appetite for health clubs is strong among consumers and investors – to take advantage of this, operators must figure out how to meet key challenges in operationally sustainable ways
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Focusing on dieting has failed to offset the rising tide of obesity, say researchers from the Universities of Arizona and Virginia. A focus on fitness gives better health outcomes
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HCM People
Tim Mayer
MDL Fitness“Screens display power generated from each piece of equipment, allowing people to compete against each other for kilowatt hours produced”
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In the last issue of HCM, we checked with big box operators in the UK to see how
trading has been going since restrictions were lifted. This month we turn our attention
to boutiques and urban studios to find out how they’re faring. Kath Hudson reports
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“At TGOGC, we believe our own wellbeing is wrapped up in nature and the positive impact we can each have on the health of the planet”
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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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“I’d like to see the gym sector help champion the social prescribing agenda, as a route to getting more people engaged in physical activity”
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David Minton says the healthy movement industry
is ten times bigger than the health club sector,
and the care industry four times bigger and
ask why we’re not rushing to collaborate?
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In this issue, we’re focusing on sharing insights and thought leadership to highlight opportunities for the development of the sector in terms of both markets and offerings, says Liz Terry, HCM editor
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As the UK government’s social prescribing initiative gains momentum,
Kenny Butler calls on the sector to step up and get involved
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