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01 Jun 2026
Work is underway in Madrid on one of Europe’s most significant multi-functional complexes,
08 Oct 2025
European operator, Go Fit has announced record profits and the investment of €150 million in
30 Jan 2025
Wearable tech company, Myzone has created an advisory board to provide the business with strategic
08 Feb 2024
Iberian operator, Go fit, has confirmed its plans to move into the Italian market next
30 Mar 2023
World Active has finalised its charter, which it plans to adopt at its first-ever general
10 Feb 2023
Go Fit has started work on a new wellness hub in Tenerife. It will open
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
24 May 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a webinar series to explore the future of
30 Mar 2020
The physical activity sector is adapting to the difficult circumstances caused by COVID-19 (Coronavirus), according
23 Jan 2020
Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) will officially open on 24 January. The
30 Jul 2019
The ukactive board has named Huw Edwards as the not-for-profit body's permanent chief executive. Edwards,
02 Apr 2019
Ukactive has named Huw Edwards, director of public affairs and research, as acting CEO until
28 Mar 2019
Shapewatch's 3D body visualisation system has been recognised as one of the leading start-ups in
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
04 Mar 2019
ukactive has partnered with the Pearson Business School to deliver a chartered manager degree apprenticeship
25 Feb 2019
ukactive has revealed a shake-up of its annual awards by adding a raft of new
21 Feb 2019
Steven Ward will step down from his role as ukactive CEO in April 2019, after
19 Feb 2019
ukactive has signed a three-year partnership with physical activity trade show Elevate. The "strategic alignment"
01 Feb 2019
ukactive has called for the physical activity sector to increase the amount of evidence it
22 Jan 2019
The prospect of the current boutique fitness boom reaching a "breaking point" will be among
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
07 Jan 2019
Prime Minister Theresa May has revealed a new long-term plan for the NHS, saying that
20 Dec 2018
A record number of international startups have entered the ActiveLab accelerator programme – strengthening the
28 Nov 2018
A study by research institute RAND Europe has suggested that there is a guaranteed way
16 Nov 2018
Legend Club Management Systems will enable all of its customers to have the ability to
05 Nov 2018
Health secretary Matt Hancock has revealed a new preventative vision for the NHS, which includes
24 Sep 2018
The average UK adult spends eight times as long watching on-demand television as they do
13 Sep 2018
A new report has called for a "major culture shift" in order to get older
31 Aug 2018
This year's National Fitness Day will kick off with a mass dance workout in the
08 Aug 2018
Alex Smith, founder of Cares Family and a fellow at the Obama Foundation, will give
10 Jul 2018
Indoor cycling has been identified as the most popular group workout in the UK –
22 Jun 2018
Winners of the inaugural ukactive Awards were revealed at a gala dinner in Manchester last
21 Jun 2018
Leaders from across the physical activity industry have gathered for the first ever Active Uprising
21 May 2018
The UK government is encouraging businesses to get their staff more physically active, as part
15 May 2018
This year's National Fitness Day (NFD) will look to find and celebrate the most inspiring
08 May 2018
Having GPs based in gyms and health clubs – where they could work together with
03 May 2018
The finalists for this year's ukactive Awards have been revealed. The 2018 award categories have
19 Apr 2018
Emerging fitness technologies could be the "cradle to grave game-changer" for public health in the
13 Apr 2018
The rapid growth of the UK's boutique fitness sector is being driven by strong demand
13 Apr 2018
Britain’s most successful female Olympian, Laura Kenny, has been announced as one of the keynote
03 Apr 2018
Ukactive has named the 11 fitness tech disruptors that have made it to the industry
27 Mar 2018
A study has found that introducing golf to those who are not meeting the recommended
22 Mar 2018
Sport England has published its latest Active Lives Adult Survey (ALAS), which shows that 27.7
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
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New launch, Salus House, elevates boutique wellness with
high service levels and a partnership with Technogym
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BLK BOX has been reimagining elite performance
spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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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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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
globally, yet with 100 per cent of people seeing benefits when they
exercise, how high could it go? Kath Hudson asks the experts…
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