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04 Dec 2025
Sport England has released the latest Active Lives Children & Young People Report for the
27 Nov 2025
Sport England has announced 27 new partnerships that will benefit from its place-based approach, which
31 Oct 2025
Everyone Active, Sarah Watts and Sandwell Leisure Trust were among those to be honoured at
30 Sep 2025
Childhood trauma is linked to mental health problems and chronic pain in later life and
20 Aug 2025
The finalists of the UK Active Awards 2025 have been announced today (19 August) following
12 May 2025
As cost is still a major barrier to participation in physical activity, leisure centre operator
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
25 Apr 2025
Physical participation figures are the highest ever, but inequalities remain with the same groups still
11 Apr 2025
A Sussex hospital-based stroke rehabilitation programme, delivered by health instructors and NHS physiotherapists, has seen
03 Apr 2025
The Gym Group has beaten its goal of generating £900 million in social value annually
25 Mar 2025
The national governing body for group exercise in the UK – EMD UK (Exercise, Movement
27 Feb 2025
Sport England has announced investment into 53 areas highlighted in the top 10 per cent
11 Dec 2024
The UK’s largest healthcare charity and a leading research university have teamed up to create
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
05 Dec 2024
Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People Survey for the academic year 2023-2024 has
29 Oct 2024
Journalist, presenter and women’s equality campaigner, Mariella Frostrup, has been appointed as the UK government’s
26 Oct 2024
Sport and physical activity creates annual savings of £10.5 billion for the NHS and social
04 Oct 2024
Some 800 people attended the UK Active Awards ceremony last night (3 October) in Birmingham.
27 Sep 2024
Edinburgh Leisure has launched its first impact report since 2015, which shows progress in the
30 Aug 2024
Under a new annual initiative, the Ignite365 Awards, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is awarding
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
23 Jul 2024
Finalists for the UK Active Awards 2024 have been announced. Winners from across the 14
19 Jun 2024
With the UK General Election imminent, industry strategist, Martyn Allison, says it’s time for the
02 May 2024
Active Oxfordshire has received £1.3 million to tackle inactivity and inequality and launch a new
Join us at Elevate from 12-13 June in London for a special one-off live recording
16 Apr 2024
UK Active has announced details of its annual health and fitness industry awards ceremony, which
Elevate, the premier event in the physical activity, fitness, sports therapy and performance sector, is
20 Feb 2024
CIMSPA has published its 2024-2030 strategy Releasing the Power of Our Profession, which sets out
09 Jan 2024
Solving the UK's social care problem is the key to overcoming the financial challenges facing
03 Dec 2023
New insight from UK quango, Sport England has found that healthy life expectancy in England
29 Nov 2023
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is everyone’s responsibility, especially given the industry’s ambition to broaden
28 Nov 2023
At a recent think tank, The Tourism Society hosted a panel overseen by its first
06 Nov 2023
The 15th annual Spa China Summit was recently held at the Ritz-Carlton in the northern
27 Oct 2023
The top operators, suppliers and facilities from across the physical activity sector were celebrated last
10 Sep 2023
Over 100 experts in health and wellbeing gathered in central London yesterday (Friday 8 September)
10 May 2023
Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto, Canada, has revealed plans for a multi-million-dollar health and wellness complex
21 Mar 2023
Health and wellbeing should be at the heart of all government policymaking according to a
14 Mar 2023
The UK government has declared that boys and girls should have equal access to sports
22 Dec 2022
Rebecca Passmore was promoted to MD of Pure Gym in September 2020 – the same
07 Nov 2022
Politicians in the UK are taking part in a physical activity challenge hosted by UK
28 Sep 2022
New Eurobarometer research results, published by the European Commission, show conclusively that women remain less
29 Jul 2022
Nearly half (47 per cent) of men employed by fitness companies work in leadership roles
21 May 2022
Go Fit has been selected by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) as
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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
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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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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
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us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
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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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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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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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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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Designing multi-functional
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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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