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10 Apr 2026
After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, Fusion Lifestyle has called in administrators after a
Across the UK, local authorities are facing the same challenge: ageing leisure facilities, restrictive layouts
26 Nov 2025
On unveiling the Autumn Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said there would be no return to
24 Jul 2025
Construction work is underway on the Newhaven Health Hub, a co-location project combining fitness and
11 Jun 2025
Energy costs have pushed Active Nation into liquidation, despite the charity reporting the strongest trading
31 Mar 2025
Welsh leisure operator, Denbighshire Leisure Ltd, is undertaking a management buyout from Denbighshire Council for
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
27 Feb 2025
Sport England has announced investment into 53 areas highlighted in the top 10 per cent
04 Dec 2024
With 2.8 million people in the UK economically inactive due to long-term sickness, the government
29 Nov 2024
Recognising the challenges facing local authorities, the Labour government has announced plans to tackle local
30 Aug 2024
Friends from the leisure industry have been paying tribute to editor and lobbyist Jonathan Ives
25 Jul 2024
Sector leaders in the UK have collaborated to create the Physical Activity Leadership Network that
16 Jul 2024
Gymbox has partnered with Haringey Council and not-for-profit organisation, Raza Sana, to give opportunities to
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
19 Jun 2024
With the UK General Election imminent, industry strategist, Martyn Allison, says it’s time for the
30 May 2024
In the latest edition of HCM magazine, Mark Tweedie talks about his hopes for the
02 May 2024
Active Oxfordshire has received £1.3 million to tackle inactivity and inequality and launch a new
16 Apr 2024
Social enterprise, Places Leisure, which is part of the Places for People Group, has appointed
13 Mar 2024
Edinburgh Leisure has appointed Jen Holland as chief executive. She will take over from June
11 Mar 2024
The UK government acknowledged in its recent budget that economic recovery depends on the health
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
09 Jan 2024
Solving the UK's social care problem is the key to overcoming the financial challenges facing
08 Dec 2023
A proposed change to the way councils organise the operation of their leisure facilities – including
18 May 2023
Councils in the UK will benefit from hundreds of thousands of pounds of extra revenue
15 Mar 2023
In an announcement made today in advance of tomorrow's Spring Budget (15 March), the UK
23 Feb 2023
The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end
10 Jan 2023
A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Sport England
21 Dec 2022
Mark Sesnan, co-founder and CEO of GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited), has announced that he will
24 Nov 2022
A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due
09 Aug 2022
Mark Sesnan, CEO of GLL, has pushed back on Tower Hamlet Council’s decision to take
05 Aug 2022
Easton Leisure Centre in the UK has announced a 100 per cent reduction in heating
26 Jul 2022
Planning permission has been granted for a new 60-metre floating wellness barge in London, designed
15 Jun 2022
Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to
01 Jun 2022
Power Plate has been shortlisted for the “Developing & Supporting Communities following on from Covid-19”
21 May 2022
Go Fit has been selected by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) as
03 Dec 2021
As global leaders meet for the COP26 climate summit, local authorities across England are partnering
26 Oct 2021
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the UK government to invest £875m in
21 Oct 2021
GLL and its app partner Innovatise (myFitApp) have today announced the Better UK App has
13 Oct 2021
Tanni Grey-Thompson has outlined her vision on how the physical activity sector can play "the
20 Aug 2021
Parkwood Leisure – one of the UK’s leading leisure operators – is offering free access
17 Aug 2021
The UK government is to invest £338m in transforming active travel through infrastructure upgrades, changes
18 May 2021
One in three councils in England are expecting to close at least one of their
05 Mar 2021
The UK government is exploring whether incentivising people financially to take part in physical activity
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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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spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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Phillip Mills
CEO, Les Mills“The Les Mills partnership with Hyrox is something I'm personally really excited about”
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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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