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Sport England has launched a £160 million fund to respond to the impact of climate
25 Aug 2023
Alliance Leisure has been awarded funding of £13m to develop a new sports hub at
11 Oct 2018
Three new floodlit 3G artificial grass pitches, along with male and female changing facilities, car
07 Dec 2017
The Rugby Football Union has put nearly £100m (US$134.18m, €113.80m) back into the sport this
24 Mar 2017
The world governing bodies of football, rugby and hockey have agreed to a set of
17 Jan 2017
People in Aylesbury, Preston and Weston-super-Mare will be able to play rugby for £1 on
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
04 Nov 2016
Twenty-seven clubs and partners have been lined up by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as
10 Oct 2016
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is planning to develop an artificial grass pitch in Liverpool
13 Sep 2016
Aylesbury, Preston and Weston-super-Mare are the first towns to benefit from floodlit artificial pitches under
15 Mar 2016
More than 2,000 grass pitches across the country will be improved as a result of
02 Mar 2015
Grassroots hockey, football and rugby are the major beneficiaries of the latest round of Sport
06 Feb 2015
A total of 80 grassroots football facilities in England will benefit from £17.7m worth of
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
02 Jan 2014
The Football Foundation has announced that it has now supported more than £1bn-worth of grassroots
05 Apr 2013
Sport England is making a splash in Taunton - by helping to fund a project
04 Apr 2013
Sport England has appointed almost £10m for changing room facilities and grass pitches in the
05 Apr 2011
Olympic sprint kayaker Tim Brabants has helped mark the opening of a new £1.8m indoor
15 Dec 2010
Former England footballer Sir Trevor Brooking has officially unveiled new mini-sports pitch facilities at Princes
13 Jul 2010
Sport England, the Football Foundation and four national governing bodies have reached agreement over a
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
28 May 2008
Construction on the £35m Surrey Centre for Sport at the University of Surrey in Guildford
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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streamline back-of-house systems with Orbit4, says Daniel Jones
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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
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us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
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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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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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Record market penetration in the UK
fitness sector masks a deeper shift
around consumer engagement, according
to a report from Grant Thornton and
UK Active, as Liz Terry reports
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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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