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10 Dec 2025
The UK government has announced a National Youth Strategy, backed by £500 million, to rebuild
10 Dec 2025
Ultra-processed foods are damaging public health, fuelling chronic diseases globally and deepening health inequalities, according
08 Aug 2025
UK Active, Sport England, CIMSPA and Women’s Aid have published new resources to help fitness
03 Jul 2025
The much anticipated Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England reveals ambitious
13 Jun 2025
The much-anticipated UK government’s Spending Review (SR) 2025 was delivered yesterday (11 June), which sets
04 Jun 2025
The National Sector Partners Group (NSPG) has written to the Prime Minister ahead of the
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
25 Mar 2025
The national governing body for group exercise in the UK – EMD UK (Exercise, Movement
10 Mar 2025
Don’t wait for the government, or the NHS, to provide the solutions or the budget,
03 Jan 2025
UKinbound and ABTA have hosted a youth mobility drop-in event for politicians as part of
06 Nov 2024
The Food, Diet and Obesity Committee has published a report calling for the British government
25 Jul 2024
Sector leaders in the UK have collaborated to create the Physical Activity Leadership Network that
19 Jun 2024
With the UK General Election imminent, industry strategist, Martyn Allison, says it’s time for the
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
11 Mar 2024
The UK government acknowledged in its recent budget that economic recovery depends on the health
11 Mar 2024
New legislation will change the way health clubs in the UK manage their membership process,
19 Feb 2024
In a soft power exercise, politicians in the UK have been invited to take part
06 Feb 2024
In a newly-launched manifesto, physical activity sector stakeholders are calling for the next UK government
09 Jan 2024
HCM editor, Liz Terry, has called on the sector to step up to assist the
26 Jul 2023
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
14 Jul 2023
Fitness First has filed a Court Order for restructuring at Companies House in the UK
Double Olympic rinks, gym and dance studio will drive physical activity at new Lee Valley Ice Centre
06 Jun 2023
London has a new double Olympic skating centre following a £30m investment by the Lee
21 Mar 2023
Health and wellbeing should be at the heart of all government policymaking according to a
02 Feb 2023
The second phase of the UK’s MSK (musculoskeletal) health hub pilot will see the service
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
07 Nov 2022
Politicians in the UK are taking part in a physical activity challenge hosted by UK
03 Nov 2022
The Royal Parks Half Marathon has named London Marathon Events as its new delivery partner.
09 Dec 2021
ukactive has stressed the importance of landlords and tenants "sharing the burden" of commercial rent
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
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
12 Feb 2021
The Cabinet Office has chosen leisure operator GLL as the "face" of England's COVID-secure physical
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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why he believes the sector can double in size by the end of the next decade
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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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