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20 Dec 2023
The UK’s most recently-formed local government body – North Yorkshire Council – is making wellbeing
20 Mar 2023
Hand Picked Hotels (HPH) has launched its new Spa Therapist Apprenticeship programme, working alongside national
18 Jan 2023
Storm LDN, a community-supporting boutique boxing gym concept based in London, is gearing up to
26 Dec 2022
A planning application has been submitted to Dover District Council for the creation of The
26 Nov 2022
Active IQ has been acquired by educational charity NCFE from its parent company, US-based Ascend
21 Nov 2022
Scottish hotel group Crerar Hotels has unveiled a new spa therapist apprenticeship programme in a
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
10 Oct 2022
The Daniel Thwaites Spa Group has announced the launch of The Spa Academy, a training
10 Jun 2021
Scotland’s capital city of Edinburgh has welcomed its second hair and beauty salon operating as
16 Nov 2020
Active IQ has launched its Level 3 Award in Understanding the Development and Delivery of
09 Jul 2020
The hospitality and attractions sectors will benefit from a temporary cut to VAT as part
09 Mar 2020
Training provider The Training Room has appointed Chris Peel as its new CEO. Peel will
19 Feb 2020
The government's post-Brexit plans to stop "low-skilled workers" from entering the UK has been described
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
07 Feb 2020
Ukactive has called on HM Treasury to invest more in the physical activity sector, in
17 Oct 2019
A £13m (US$16.8m, €15.1m) project to create a museum that celebrates Blackpool's role in the
04 Sep 2019
Virgin Active has enlisted around 100 of its staff on a bespoke apprenticeship programme in
28 Jun 2019
The first ever tourism sector deal aims to prepare the UK for an extra 9
16 May 2019
A new qualification focusing on mental health – one of the first of its kind
23 Apr 2019
SCL Education Group has appointed Brad Rushton as managing director of its SCL Education and
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14 Mar 2019
The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has presented his Spring Statement to parliament, making updates to apprenticeship
07 Mar 2019
A new Leisure Team Member apprenticeship is now available for funded delivery, giving the sports
05 Mar 2019
National Apprenticeship Week, the annual celebration of the impact of apprenticeships on businesses, individuals and
04 Mar 2019
ukactive has partnered with the Pearson Business School to deliver a chartered manager degree apprenticeship
29 Nov 2018
Lady Cobham CBE has called for increased focus on work-based training opportunities, in order to
30 Oct 2018
The government's autumn budget – the last fiscal event before the UK leaves the European
18 Oct 2018
Luxury boutique hotel collection, the Eden Hotel Collection has entered launched an apprenticeship programme with
03 Oct 2018
Wates Construction is to build a 200-bedroom hotel as part of the major regeneration of
25 Sep 2018
A programme designed to help get more young people to train as sports coaches has
13 Sep 2018
Dr Katharina Sandtner has been appointed medical director at Lanserhof Lans in Austria, effective January
12 Mar 2018
Health club operator Bannatyne Group has posted a 57 per cent increase in profits, thanks
06 Mar 2018
The number of people starting new apprenticeships has fallen by a third, igniting worries that
15 Feb 2018
To coincide with National Apprenticeship Week in March, Leisure Opportunities is undertaking an employer survey
Drayson celebrates rise from school drop-out to UK fitness industry's Outstanding Individual of 2017
13 Dec 2017
Danny Drayson has been on a journey from school drop-out to fitness and young person
01 Dec 2017
The physical activity sector’s best performers in workforce development were announced last night (30 November)
01 Dec 2017
More apprentices will be offered a route into the sports and leisure industry following a
21 Nov 2017
A third of fitness professionals are considering or have considered leaving the physical activity sector,
31 Oct 2017
More than 1,400 swimming teachers across the UK will join a major new training framework
31 Oct 2017
Abi Wright, the co-founder and managing director of Spabreaks.com, has been named as a finalist
15 Sep 2017
The physical activity sector's chartered professional body has received £1.2m (US$1.6m, €1.3m) from Sport England
25 Jul 2017
Conservative MP Steve Double has been elected chair of the cross-party Parliamentary group responsible for
11 Jul 2017
Lifetime Training has signed a deal to provide level 2 and 3 apprenticeship programmes across
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Nuffield Health has worked with ServiceSport UK for more than ten
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Francesca Cooper-Boden says
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University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship
Goodwin Sports Centre following a major refurbishment
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D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with
business growth. MD, John Lofting and operations
director, Matt Aynsley, explain the rationale
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The New Keiser M3i Studio Bike brings ride
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Epassi, a provider of workplace wellness benefits, is creating a fitter
and more productive workforce, one membership at a time
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Operators, prepare to revolutionise the way members connect with personal
trainers in your club, with the ground-breaking Brawn platform.
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The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based
supplier BLK BOX is transforming the gym floor
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“We already have an incredible organisation, but we’re humble enough to recognise there are still areas for continued improvement”
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Dr Jonathan Leary
Founder, Remedy Place“It was as though the whole world woke up at the same time”
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Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
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Will Orr has been talking to HCM about the company’s
new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
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New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
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Members are telling us they need support with their mental and spiritual health and the industry is starting to see this need. Now’s the time to fast-track our response
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Imposter syndrome about a promotion taught the
CEO of SATS that behaving authentically is the most
important part of leadership. He talks to Kath Hudson
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Cristiano Ronaldo
Footballer and entrepreneur“Taking care of your physical and mental health is essential for a fulfilling life”
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Property experts say it’s a golden moment for health and fitness operators
to secure leases, as the sector has come through the pandemic with its
reputation largely intact and clubs are seen as desirable anchor tenants.
Kath Hudson finds out why landlords want to talk
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New laws are about to come into force that will oblige health club operators to offer consumers better membership terms. It will be disruptive, but tackled well, will change the sector for the better
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