RLSS news
29 May 2026
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
31 Oct 2025
Everyone Active, Sarah Watts and Sandwell Leisure Trust were among those to be honoured at
16 Sep 2025
Elevate, the UK’s largest trade show for the physical activity, fitness and leisure sectors, has
20 Aug 2025
The finalists of the UK Active Awards 2025 have been announced today (19 August) following
04 Oct 2024
Some 800 people attended the UK Active Awards ceremony last night (3 October) in Birmingham.
01 Aug 2024
Swimming pools need to be repositioned so they're prized as assets rather than considered a
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
23 Jul 2024
Finalists for the UK Active Awards 2024 have been announced. Winners from across the 14
RLSS UK, STA and Swim England are joining forces to bring Aquatics to Elevate 2024
26 Jul 2023
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
24 Jul 2023
Klafs, a sauna, pool and spa manufacturer based in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, has acquired a
Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s leading leisure operators, has reached the milestone of teaching
26 Apr 2021
A study by virologists at Imperial College London, which is awaiting peer-review, suggests the risk
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
10 Mar 2021
Spa and wellness industry event SpaFest has announced industry legend Sue Harmsworth MBE will keynote
14 Feb 2020
The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) and Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) have signed a partnership
30 Oct 2019
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) is proud to be the industry leader
03 Oct 2019
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has confirmed it is extending its partnership
25 Jun 2019
The number of drownings in the UK's inland waters has risen in the last year.
28 May 2019
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has appointed Robert Gofton as its new
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
17 May 2019
Swim England and the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS UK) have entered into a new
15 Feb 2019
Water safety charity The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has launched a new
04 Jan 2019
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) is shuffling its top team heading into
15 Oct 2018
Water safety charity The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has named Jo Talbot
04 Oct 2018
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) and Leisure Media have announced a partnership,
24 Aug 2018
Kicki Carlsson, CEO and co-founder of Dröm UK, will take a "step back" from the
03 May 2017
With just seven days to go until Elevate descends on Excel, final preparations are underway
09 Jul 2015
The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS UK) has announced Martin Symcox as the new director
02 Feb 2015
Tara Dillon was today (2 February) unveiled as the new CEO of the Chartered Institute
13 Jun 2014
A drowning prevention campaign, which aims to cut down the hundreds of deaths caused by
18 Dec 2013
Polytan has installed an unusual playground at the Klax 'Karlsson vom Dach' childcare facility on
01 Aug 2013
The Royal LifeSaving Society UK (RLSS UK) and IQL have announced four additions to the
28 Mar 2013
The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) has introduced a new course which aims to teach
15 Mar 2013
There are just two weeks left to nominate lifeguards and other fitness professionals who keep
12 Feb 2013
The Register of Aquatic Professionals (RAPs) has officially been launched into its pilot phase. Owned
11 Jan 2013
According to the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) there were no drowning deaths in public
19 Sep 2012
Image: The single qualification framework is set to come into force in 2014 SkillsActive has
28 Feb 2012
Nearly 3,000 trainers from leisure facilities throughout the UK have signed up for an update
21 Oct 2010
Developers behind an AUS$3bn (£1.9bn) theme park planned for Cairns in Queensland, Australia, expect to
08 Sep 2010
Staff at Plymouth Pavilions swimming pool have completed a new management course to enhance their
06 Sep 2010
With 300,000 visitors a year and pools being particularly busy due to the poor summer
14 Jul 2010
A total of 300 trainee aquatic assistants are preparing for a career in leisure following
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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
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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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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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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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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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
has a new CEO, with an ambitious vision for the company
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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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Chair of UK Active’s Independent Council and GM at 3-1-5“There are so many dedicated people in the independent sector – they work hard because they’re passionate about changing lives”
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Consolidation, specialisation and shifting consumer behaviours
are reshaping the sector, say Deloitte and EuropeActive
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