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05 Jun 2026
Shocked by the UK loneliness statistics, charitable trust Mytime Active has been doubling down on
15 May 2026
Brio Northgate – formerly Northgate Arena in Chester – has officially reopened following
15 Oct 2025
Johnson Heath Tech (JHT), owner of Matrix Fitness has launched a new European Training Centre
02 Oct 2025
Mark Tweedie has joined the Devon-based Plymouth Active Leisure (PAL) board as a non-executive director
25 Jul 2025
According to a study commissioned by GM Active, health intervention programmes provide more than £20,000
23 Jul 2025
Leisure DB has released its State of the UK Swimming Industry Report 2025. In the
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
04 Jul 2025
EGYM Hussle and SLM have entered into a long-term partnership that will see 182 Everyone
02 Jul 2025
North Herts Council in the UK is set to deliver one of the nation's largest
10 Jun 2025
Sport England has confirmed that Simon Hayes will take over from Tim Hollingsworth as CEO.
05 Jun 2025
The UK fitness industry is growing in terms of members, market value and penetration, according
03 Apr 2025
The UK health and fitness industry is growing exponentially, with revenue up by 8.8 per
31 Mar 2025
Welsh leisure operator, Denbighshire Leisure Ltd, is undertaking a management buyout from Denbighshire Council for
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
13 Mar 2025
NHS England – the body responsible for delivering public sector health care in England – is
21 Nov 2024
A new £17m wellness and health centre in Leek, UK, will be funded by a
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
15 Aug 2024
The latest Moving Communities Impact Report from Sport England is out today (16 August) and
08 Aug 2024
Freedom Leisure has merged with 1610, a not-for-profit trust based in the west of England.
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
01 Aug 2024
Swimming pools need to be repositioned so they're prized as assets rather than considered a
25 Jul 2024
Sector leaders in the UK have collaborated to create the Physical Activity Leadership Network that
06 Jun 2024
The UK health and fitness is performing well, especially the private sector, with member numbers,
05 Jun 2024
Leisure development specialist, Alliance Leisure, has appointed industry veteran, David Stalker, as advisor to the
02 May 2024
Consultancy and change architects, Miova, have welcomed industry veteran Mark Tweedie on board. Tweedie had
21 Apr 2024
Charitable trust, Mytime Active, has removed all single-use plastic overshoes from its swimming pools and
09 Apr 2024
Oxygen Consulting is about to launch its first UK Padel Report, which investigates this fast-growing
13 Mar 2024
Edinburgh Leisure has appointed Jen Holland as chief executive. She will take over from June
11 Mar 2024
The UK government acknowledged in its recent budget that economic recovery depends on the health
Farrer tells government the physical activity sector is critical to fixing the UK’s sluggish economy
01 Feb 2024
Mike Farrar, chair of UK Active, has called on the UK government to deploy the
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
09 Jan 2024
Solving the UK's social care problem is the key to overcoming the financial challenges facing
21 Dec 2023
UK Active has launched a programme designed to support the physical activity sector as it
26 Jul 2023
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
07 Jun 2023
The UK fitness industry's market value has reached an all-time high, despite a small drop
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28 Mar 2023
Fitness industry leaders, including UK Active CEO Huw Edwards, will take to the stage at
14 Dec 2022
Sport England has released the Future of Public Sector Leisure report which looks at how
24 Nov 2022
A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due
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22 Sep 2022
The UK government has announced it will subsidise energy bills by at least 50 per
22 Sep 2022
The UK government has announced it will cut energy bills by at least half for
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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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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
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“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
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us, says the activity advocate
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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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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Strength training is evolving,
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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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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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Researchers have long known that the brain changes as a result of exercise. Now researchers believe this process is actually driven by the brain
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Designing multi-functional
spaces can lead to
fewer bottlenecks at
peak times. Julie Cramer
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