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13 May 2026
JD Gyms has designed its own personal training qualification and announced the launch of the
08 Apr 2026
The £30.6 million Bedworth Physical Activity Hub is now open, replacing a centre which dated
07 Apr 2026
Wakefield Council has confirmed plans to transition its swim school provision to STA’s new 1-7
20 Mar 2026
Places Leisure has announced a new strategic partnership with COPA as the preferred apprenticeship delivery
06 Feb 2026
A new strategic partnership between Swim England and Neurodiverse Sport (NdS) will strengthen neuro‑inclusive practice
26 Jan 2026
Places Leisure has opened Epping Leisure Centre. Undertaken in partnership with Epping Forest District Council
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
16 Oct 2025
Swim England is encouraging teachers to embrace the value of gameplay alongside lesson delivery. The
08 Oct 2025
Following a recently concluded public consultation, Rushmoor Borough Council is preparing a detailed planning application
08 Sep 2025
Registered charity and leisure operator, BH Live has taken over the contract to run the
02 Sep 2025
Work is underway on Central Bedfordshire Council’s £30 million leisure and community centre in Leighton
06 Aug 2025
Move Southwark is gearing up to launch a multi-million pound leisure centre at Canada Water,
Active IQ, the UK's leading Ofqual-recognised awarding organisation for the physical activity sector, has introduced
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
01 Nov 2024
Spelthorne Borough Council has opened the doors to a world-leading leisure centre built to Passivhaus
In today's rapidly evolving fitness industry, where many online courses promise secret formulas for entrepreneurial
07 Dec 2023
Physical activity levels among children and young people have improved compared to five years ago,
12 Oct 2023
A new startup is looking to carve out a market for itself by helping those
In the UK, aspiring fitness professionals often find themselves deliberating between the Level 2 Gym
16 Jun 2023
Dan Rees, the former MD of Premier Global NASM – the training company which was
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
10 Feb 2023
Go Fit has started work on a new wellness hub in Tenerife. It will open
26 Nov 2022
Active IQ has been acquired by educational charity NCFE from its parent company, US-based Ascend
01 Aug 2022
A £22m refurbishment of Altrincham Leisure Centre has been given the go ahead by Trafford
Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s leading leisure operators, has reached the milestone of teaching
12 Jan 2022
Luis Arturo Aguilar has been appointed the new spa manager at wellness destination and spa
21 Dec 2021
After more than 28 years of successful growth and development, and over 50,000 learners trained,
30 Nov 2021
Training provider, Premier Global NASM, has collaborated with PT management company, Your Personal Training (YPT),
26 Nov 2021
Active IQ - the UK’s leading awarding organisation for the leisure sector - has partnered
24 Nov 2021
Active IQ has won the Exporter of the Year award at the sixth annual FAB
04 Nov 2021
To provide franchisees with ongoing access to world-renowned, CIMSPA-endorsed, fitness and nutrition educational content, RISE
13 Oct 2021
Construction work has begun on a £13m redevelopment project which will look to transform the
15 Sep 2021
Suffice to say that the pandemic has completely changed the way fitness professionals work and
22 Jul 2021
Planning approval has been granted to what is set to become one of the first
08 Jun 2021
Active IQ has launched two new qualifications – the Level 2 Diploma in Health and
12 May 2021
The Swimming Teachers' Association (STA) has partnered with a psychologist to provide new mindfulness and
29 Jan 2021
Construction work has commenced on Great Yarmouth's £26m Marina Centre, with the venue set to
22 Jun 2020
Construction work on planned leisure projects is beginning to return to normal across the UK.
20 Mar 2020
Disney's Imagineering team is offering "one-of-a-kind" learning experiences with Imagineering in a Box – a
17 Feb 2020
Drummond Health & Fitness Education Academy has been providing quality health and fitness training and
01 Nov 2019
Two newly-built leisure centres are set to open their doors in Belfast next month as
22 Oct 2019
Work on a £21m leisure and community hub in Morpeth, Northumberland is set to begin
16 Sep 2019
New Barnet Leisure Centre in North London has become the second new facility to open
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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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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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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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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New launch, Salus House, elevates boutique wellness with
high service levels and a partnership with Technogym
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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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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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Deena Gillan
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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