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20 Mar 2026
Places Leisure has announced a new strategic partnership with COPA as the preferred apprenticeship delivery
21 Jan 2026
The UK Spa Association (UKSA) has announced it will launch an industry job board to
10 Dec 2025
The UK government has announced a National Youth Strategy, backed by £500 million, to rebuild
03 Jul 2025
The much anticipated Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England reveals ambitious
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
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
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
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
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
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
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
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
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
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
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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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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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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New launch, Salus House, elevates boutique wellness with
high service levels and a partnership with Technogym
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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing
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One of the biggest mistakes the fitness industry still makes is advertising almost
exclusively to people who already look and live like gym members.
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