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23 Feb 2026
Speedflex has launched a series of low-intensity workouts for its Blade machine, making functional, resistance-based
08 Sep 2025
Head of health and wellbeing development at UK Active, Kenny Butler, has announced he is
02 Sep 2025
Work is underway on Central Bedfordshire Council’s £30 million leisure and community centre in Leighton
25 Jul 2025
According to a study commissioned by GM Active, health intervention programmes provide more than £20,000
24 Jun 2025
Oldham Active has created the new role of head of health and wellbeing to tackle
13 May 2025
In a drive to target the hard-to-reach groups, Places Leisure has introduced a team of
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
05 Nov 2024
Pendle Leisure Trust – which operates in one of the most deprived areas in England –
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
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
02 Dec 2019
The improvements in health and wellbeing associated with exercise referral schemes aren’t as large as
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
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
08 Jun 2017
Fitness professionals can now gain advanced skills in personal training after Active IQ launched a
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
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
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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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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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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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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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
globally, yet with 100 per cent of people seeing benefits when they
exercise, how high could it go? Kath Hudson asks the experts…
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