UK government news
21 May 2026
The UK government has announced a temporary reduction in VAT on visitor attractions
27 Mar 2026
Not-for-profit industry organisation, the British Beauty Council, has successfully lobbied the UK government to change
11 Feb 2026
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL), which is owned by TDR Capital Titan, has commenced legal action
28 Jan 2026
Sector representative body, UK Active, has expressed frustration that the UK government has overlooked the
19 Jan 2026
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released two global reports calling on governments around the
09 Jan 2026
Following protests from the hospitality industry UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is looking set to make
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
10 Dec 2025
The UK government has announced a National Youth Strategy, backed by £500 million, to rebuild
08 Dec 2025
The impact of weight loss drugs on skeletal muscle mass and the importance of exercise
11 Nov 2025
Of the 60 companies chosen by the UK government to be vanguard employers in the
23 Oct 2025
Physiologist and co-founder of Future Practice and Pillar Wellbeing, Oli Patrick opened the HCM Summit
16 Oct 2025
Work is underway on a £19.7 million waterfront leisure centre in Newport, which will be
18 Aug 2025
The three-year Opening School Facilities initiative smashed all targets according to a report into its
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
25 Jul 2025
According to a study commissioned by GM Active, health intervention programmes provide more than £20,000
18 Jul 2025
Improving the pathway between health and physical activity for people living with long-term conditions is
17 Jul 2025
In a win for the UK health and fitness industry, health secretary, Wes Streeting, has
17 Jul 2025
The UK government has got behind Joe Wicks’ latest initiative – Activate – a new
03 Jul 2025
The much anticipated Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England reveals ambitious
02 Jul 2025
North Herts Council in the UK is set to deliver one of the nation's largest
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
30 Jun 2025
The UK government is briefing journalists that a major pivot to prevention can be expected
20 Jun 2025
The UK's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced £900 million for major
13 Jun 2025
The much-anticipated UK government’s Spending Review (SR) 2025 was delivered yesterday (11 June), which sets
04 Jun 2025
Exercise can reduce the risk of cancer relapse more effectively than drugs, according to new
04 Jun 2025
The National Sector Partners Group (NSPG) has written to the Prime Minister ahead of the
30 May 2025
Mental health is increasingly recognised as a critical part of wellbeing and in response to
16 May 2025
Research from the University of Oxford has found that people using weight loss drugs return
13 May 2025
Work is underway on a £38 million leisure and wellbeing hub in Caerphilly, Wales, transforming
13 May 2025
The Moving Communities social value dashboard has been updated to enable more powerful reporting around
27 Mar 2025
The UK government has announced £100 million of new funding to support grassroots sports and
13 Mar 2025
NHS England – the body responsible for delivering public sector health care in England – is
13 Mar 2025
Nuffield Health is partnering with the UK government to offer 4,000 health workers who live
28 Jan 2025
The results of the first major UK study to quantify the benefits of consuming culture
27 Jan 2025
Fitness and leisure facilities in Sheerness, UK, are being upgraded as part of a regeneration
10 Jan 2025
UK chartered institute, CIMSPA, has teamed up with the UK government's Department for Work and
03 Jan 2025
UKinbound and ABTA have hosted a youth mobility drop-in event for politicians as part of
02 Jan 2025
As we enter 2025, HCM reflects on the key trends of last year and what
04 Dec 2024
With 2.8 million people in the UK economically inactive due to long-term sickness, the government
21 Nov 2024
A new £17m wellness and health centre in Leek, UK, will be funded by a
29 Oct 2024
Journalist, presenter and women’s equality campaigner, Mariella Frostrup, has been appointed as the UK government’s
20 Oct 2024
Following the announcement of a study into the long-term effects of weight loss medications, UK
19 Sep 2024
Following success in watersports such as sailing, canoeing, windsurfing and swimming at the Paris Olympics
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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
has a new CEO, with an ambitious vision for the company
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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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HCM People
Deena Gillan
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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“Strength training has moved from the margins to the mainstream.”
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