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15 Dec 2022
Following a £500,000 investment, Everybody Health and Leisure has unveiled a new 100-station Technogym fitness
01 Jun 2021
ukactive has published new data from the National ReferAll Database (NRD) – the UK’s first
08 Mar 2021
As health clubs prepare for reopening, some are introducing programmes designed to help people recovering
04 Sep 2020
The fitness sector is perfectly placed to help people recovering from the effects of COVID-19,
27 Jul 2020
Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus
02 Dec 2019
The improvements in health and wellbeing associated with exercise referral schemes aren’t as large as
Panatta will consolidate its global presence throughout 2024 by attending a host of major industry
21 Oct 2019
Public Health England (PHE) and the Centre for Ageing Better (CAB) have set out their
11 Feb 2019
Bury St. Edmunds Leisure Centre in Suffolk has become the first facility in the UK
01 Feb 2019
ukactive has called for the physical activity sector to increase the amount of evidence it
17 Apr 2018
Independently-owned boutique fitness operator Ten Health and Fitness has launched an exercise prescription programme for
15 Feb 2018
ukactive has named Dr James Steele as its new principal investigator – a role which
08 Jun 2017
Fitness professionals can now gain advanced skills in personal training after Active IQ launched a
Elevate, the premier event in the physical activity, fitness, sports therapy and performance sector, is
01 Mar 2017
The chief executive of the organisation that runs some of Sheffield’s key leisure, wellbeing and
21 Feb 2017
Life Leisure's actilife health programme has been adopted by two North West leisure trusts planning
30 Jan 2017
The doctor of both the Great Britain men's basketball team and York City Football Club
23 Dec 2016
Half the number of people advised by NHS practitioners to go on exercise programmes to
01 Nov 2016
BH Live, a social enterprise which operates leisure facilities across the South of England, is
06 Oct 2016
New research is being carried out to determine the extent to which exercise referrals can
PerformX Live, the premier business of fitness event, has announced Dr Jonathan Leary, founder and
04 Oct 2016
In an attempt to counter Britain’s childhood obesity epidemic, ukactive will work alongside the Local
18 Jul 2016
Local councils in England have warned that government cuts to public health funding could thwart
23 May 2016
A new report has accused public health bodies of colluding with the food industry to
16 May 2016
Leisure centres should curtail the “unethical” selling of junk food if they want to be
10 May 2016
A conservation initiative which aims to offer “physical activity with a purpose” is planning to
11 Apr 2016
Beginning an exercise intervention programme with motivational interviewing to ease inactive clients into the idea
30 Mar 2016
NHS plans to offer personal trainers and exercise classes to tackle Type 2 diabetes mark
07 Mar 2016
The Retention Convention is back for 2016 with a second installment, featuring a bumper cast
11 Feb 2016
The ukactive Research Institute has ‘come of age’ according to ukactive operations director Geraldine Tuck,
01 Feb 2016
Leisure operator BH Live has made another high-profile acquisition as it continues its strong start
06 Jan 2016
Scientists are to launch a new pilot study which could be the first step towards
26 Aug 2015
As many as five million adults in England are in danger of becoming diabetic, Public
24 Aug 2015
Refer-all, the software solutions specialist for exercise referrals, has added two new staff member to
20 Jul 2015
Some obese and inactive NHS patients are unable to access public health initiatives designed to
17 Jul 2015
GP referrals for weight management and physical activity programmes are failing to curb obesity, researchers
27 May 2015
A new training course designed to equip exercise professionals with the behaviour change skills needed
22 May 2015
Active IQ has announced a new partnership with Nordic Walking UK, which will see the
24 Feb 2015
An indie club in Solihull which has attracted 20 per cent of its members through
20 Feb 2015
PayasUgym, the online gym pass provider, is trialling a programme that will see private gyms
11 Dec 2014
Being severely obese can cut a person’s life short by up to eight years and
02 Dec 2014
Starting in the new year, residents of North Lancashire with an unhealthy BMI, will get
12 Nov 2014
Public health spending on tackling England’s inactivity epidemic will double next year, marking a “seismic
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Property experts say it’s a golden moment for health and fitness operators
to secure leases, as the sector has come through the pandemic with its
reputation largely intact and clubs are seen as desirable anchor tenants.
Kath Hudson finds out why landlords want to talk
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Jennifer Maanavi
Founder, Physique 57“Our ‘why?’ is to improve the lives of our clients, not to make them feel defeated”
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New laws are about to come into force that will oblige health club operators to offer consumers better membership terms. It will be disruptive, but tackled well, will change the sector for the better
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Although there’s much talk about working with
health services, research from SLC suggests
there’s much work to do before the sector is
ready for the challenge. Kath Hudson asks the
experts to identify barriers and solutions
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Liz Terry looks at which operators
are most recognised by consumers,
using Kantar’s latest brand insight
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You might be tempted to skip a service, but
experts say it will cost you in the long run.
Providers tell Steph Eaves why they their work
is important to the management of assets
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Dr Paul Bedford talks
to Jak Phillips about
the double-edged
sword of the strength
training trend and his
ambitions for the sector
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Absenteeism and presenteeism is
taking a huge economic toll, with
musculoskeletal problems and poor
mental health the biggest issues.
Can workplace wellness make
a difference? Kath Hudson investigates
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“One exciting opportunity we have is to expand our presence in the healthcare market, due to all the data we collect”
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Esther Fairfax
Founder, The Lotte Berk Foundation“My mother was the first person to take dance and create an exercise programme out of it”
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