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13 Nov 2025
According to the latest Moving Communities Impact Report visits to leisure centres are rising and
09 Apr 2025
Sport England has renewed the contract for its Moving Communities study for another four years.
26 Oct 2024
Sport and physical activity creates annual savings of £10.5 billion for the NHS and social
15 Aug 2024
The latest Moving Communities Impact Report from Sport England is out today (16 August) and
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
09 Jan 2024
HCM editor, Liz Terry, has called on the sector to step up to assist the
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
22 Nov 2023
The Exercise for Health Summit (EfHS), organised by EuropeActive, kicked off today at the Melia
07 Jul 2023
Power-assisted exercise specialist Innerva has teamed up with academics and technology providers to launch Planet
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Innerva has launched an off-the-shelf solution to help operators deliver successful power-assisted exercise studios and
24 Nov 2022
A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due
12 Sep 2022
As the UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss prepares an energy bailout, UK Active has
07 Sep 2022
4 Global has expanded its Data Hub (DataHub) platform into Europe. The announcement was made
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
14 Jul 2022
UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) is backing research to investigate the lack of older adults
15 Jun 2022
Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to
11 Jan 2022
4 Global – a partner in the Moving Communities initiative – has completed an initial public
23 Dec 2021
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs across Europe
22 Dec 2021
HCM has confirmed that the UK government's £1bn support package for the hospitality and leisure
10 Dec 2021
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs, leisure centres
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
12 May 2021
There is "incredible resilience" in the sports and physical activity sector – but the industry
05 May 2021
A new pioneering approach looks to help cancer patients prepare for and respond to treatment
17 Mar 2021
Budget fitness operator The Gym Group has generated £1.8bn in social value since 2016. Pre-pandemic,
05 Jan 2021
ukactive has called on the UK government to draft a new National Physical Activity Plan
26 Nov 2020
This year's UK government Spending Review, announced in Parliament by chancellor Rishi Sunak on 25
20 Nov 2020
A new, Europe-wide initiative will look to chart the case rates for COVID-19 across European
02 Nov 2020
Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England will address the physical activity sector at
28 Oct 2020
The latest study into the infection rates recorded at gyms has shown that the average
21 Sep 2020
More than 100 sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to UK Prime
09 Sep 2020
Every £1 spent on community sport and physical activity in England generates £3.91 in return
13 Jul 2020
Publicly listed operator, The Gym Group (TGG) says it has retained 80 per cent of
04 Jun 2020
Former sports minister Richard Caborn has called on the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park to be
23 Jan 2020
Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) will officially open on 24 January. The
04 Nov 2019
Swim England has called on the government and healthcare professionals to "maximise the benefits" of
02 May 2019
Every £1 invested in sport in Wales creates a return of £2.88, according to a
18 Feb 2019
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) has named professor Rob Copeland as the first director of the
12 Feb 2019
NHS Wales benefitted from an estimated cost saving of £295.17m during 2016-17, thanks to physical
21 Jan 2019
The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) will open its doors at Sheffield Hallam University later
17 Dec 2018
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is investing £2.5m in a study to find
13 Sep 2018
A new report has called for a "major culture shift" in order to get older
21 Aug 2018
Corporate health and wellbeing services provider Westfield Health has appointed David Capper as its CEO.
10 May 2018
Ray Algar, managing director of business insight specialist Oxygen Consulting, has called for the leisure
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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Pulse Fitness has created a
new health club delivering an
elevated wellness experience
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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HCM People
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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New insight from Deloitte and Grant Thornton shows record growth, but the real shift is towards identity and perceived value, revealing opportunities to deepen engagement with members
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Julie Cramer highlights
recent health club flooring
upgrades, as top suppliers
give their advice
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Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers
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than 10% ahead of last year.
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