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07 May 2026
Cheshire-based, leisure charity, Everybody Health and Leisure, has announced the appointment of four high-profile patrons,
24 Nov 2025
The Gym Group has achieved Gold status from Inclusion In in recognition of its inclusive
27 Oct 2025
The first-ever Africa Wellness Congress drew around 100 people to Morocco earlier this month, offering
Joint vision on social sustainability Efteling and ride manufacturer Vekoma join forces in social sustainability.
27 Sep 2025
Outcomes for people who experience strokes in England will be vastly improved going forward, thanks
11 Sep 2025
This Girl Can has launched a new campaign – We Like the Way You Move
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
28 Aug 2025
European affordable fitness giant, Basic-Fit – which is known for its low staffing levels – has designed
18 Aug 2025
The three-year Opening School Facilities initiative smashed all targets according to a report into its
27 Jun 2025
The resilience of the UK fitness sector and its thirst for innovation was evident at
20 Jun 2025
The UK's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced £900 million for major
12 May 2025
As cost is still a major barrier to participation in physical activity, leisure centre operator
25 Apr 2025
Physical participation figures are the highest ever, but inequalities remain with the same groups still
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
10 Apr 2025
Sport for Confidence and Everyone Active have launched a community-focused delivery model in Westminster, London
28 Feb 2025
UAE developer Aldar has announced plans for The Wilds, a new wellness-focused community coming to
21 Nov 2024
A new £17m wellness and health centre in Leek, UK, will be funded by a
26 Oct 2024
Sport and physical activity creates annual savings of £10.5 billion for the NHS and social
23 Sep 2024
Essex County Council has appointed Sport for Confidence CIC to deliver a physical activity model
30 Aug 2024
Under a new annual initiative, the Ignite365 Awards, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is awarding
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
17 Jul 2024
Community Leisure UK (CLUK) and The Richmond Group of Charities have joined forces to support
17 Jul 2024
Mental Health Swims has been awarded almost £18,000 of lottery money to extend its mission
16 Jun 2024
Virtual reality creators Excurio has teamed up with experts from The Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
15 Jun 2024
More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to
26 Apr 2024
While British adults are the most active they’ve been in a decade, health inequalities remain
13 Mar 2024
Edinburgh Leisure has appointed Jen Holland as chief executive. She will take over from June
29 Jan 2024
Europe’s largest fitness chain, Basic-Fit, has consolidated its position in France with the launch of
09 Jan 2024
HCM editor, Liz Terry, has called on the sector to step up to assist the
07 Dec 2023
Physical activity levels among children and young people have improved compared to five years ago,
29 Nov 2023
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is everyone’s responsibility, especially given the industry’s ambition to broaden
24 Oct 2023
Morgan’s Wonderland – a Texas-based theme park which caters specifically to people with disabilities –
06 Jul 2023
The Good Spa Guide (GSG) has revealed the findings from its latest consumer survey called
18 May 2023
Delegates from across Europe and the US gathered from 3-5 May 2023 for the Themed
22 Mar 2023
A new type of multi-activity, outdoor exercise space – designed to get people moving by
14 Mar 2023
The UK government has declared that boys and girls should have equal access to sports
16 Feb 2023
As the physical activity sector works to deepen its relationship with the health sector, a
Health and wellbeing are in retreat, stalling the UK’s economy says former Bank of England economist
14 Nov 2022
The declining health of Britons is stalling the nation’s economic growth. This is the key
23 Jun 2022
A special task force has been established to boost physical activity opportunities for people with
01 Dec 2021
Inclusive Fitness Boston, a health club created specifically for those with disabilities and their families,
18 Nov 2021
A "significant majority" of the UK's swimming teachers and aquatic professionals feel that swimming excludes
11 Nov 2021
Skincare and beauty brand Olay’s North America branch is introducing the Easy Open Lid, a
26 Aug 2021
A consultation has been launched to review the current provision of fitness and leisure facilities
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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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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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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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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With corporately-owned clubs,
franchise networks, investments
and proprietary tech, Viva Leisure’s
ecosystem is redefining how
gyms scale and generate revenue.
Its CEO speaks to Kate Cracknell
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Consolidation, specialisation and shifting consumer behaviours
are reshaping the sector, say Deloitte and EuropeActive
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