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28 Mar 2024
The first annual Private Sector Benchmarking report was released today (27 March). A collaboration between
19 Feb 2024
St Moritz Hotel + Cowshed Spa, based in Trebetherick, Cornwall, will unveil its upgraded leisure
23 Jan 2024
As the UK's political parties set their sights on the general election in 2024, UK
19 Jan 2024
Kerzner International has officially opened the doors to its striking new vertical resort, One&Only One
18 Jan 2024
Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts has announced plans to unveil its biggest property and most impressive
17 Jan 2024
Physiotherapy patients are being offered treatment in leisure centres thanks to a tie-up between London
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
12 Jan 2024
People in the UK are getting the message that health clubs can support and protect
20 Dec 2023
The UK’s most recently-formed local government body – North Yorkshire Council – is making wellbeing
19 Dec 2023
With between 18 and 30 per cent of the populations of developed countries living in
08 Dec 2023
A proposed change to the way councils organise the operation of their leisure facilities – including
29 Nov 2023
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is everyone’s responsibility, especially given the industry’s ambition to broaden
Elevate, the premier event in the physical activity, fitness, sports therapy and performance sector, is
14 Aug 2023
Parkwood Leisure, in partnership with its subsidiary companies Legacy Leisure and Lex Leisure, has launched
18 May 2023
Councils in the UK will benefit from hundreds of thousands of pounds of extra revenue
21 Apr 2023
Overall physical activity levels among adults in England have returned to pre-pandemic levels, being in
03 Feb 2023
Andy King, chair of Manchester's GM Active, has taken the role of CEO at non-profit
02 Feb 2023
The second phase of the UK’s MSK (musculoskeletal) health hub pilot will see the service
MSpa is an industry leader in portable and inflatable spas. With over 20 models packed
Panatta will consolidate its global presence throughout 2024 by attending a host of major industry
10 Jan 2023
A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Sport England
05 Jan 2023
Hilton Hotels’ high-end Waldorf Astoria brand will debut in Costa Rica in 2025 with a
21 Dec 2022
Mark Sesnan, co-founder and CEO of GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited), has announced that he will
19 Dec 2022
New laws designed to step up protection against terrorism at the UK's leisure facilities are
14 Dec 2022
Sport England has released the Future of Public Sector Leisure report which looks at how
24 Nov 2022
A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due
28 Oct 2022
Third Space and BXR are among the wellness operators slated to open at London’s Battersea
15 Sep 2022
The Tarka Leisure Centre in North Devon, which reopened in June after a £15m revamp,
14 Sep 2022
The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind ultra-luxury Saudi tourism destination Amaala, has
12 Sep 2022
As the UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss prepares an energy bailout, UK Active has
02 Sep 2022
St Albans City and District Council has signed a ten-year deal with Sport and Leisure
18 Aug 2022
Younger men at independent gyms are more likely than any other consumer group to accept
09 Aug 2022
Mark Sesnan, CEO of GLL, has pushed back on Tower Hamlet Council’s decision to take
03 Aug 2022
Plans have been revealed for a 100-mile-long structure that is set to become the centrepiece
22 Jul 2022
Edinburgh’s new Meadowbank Sports Centre has opened after a five-year, £47m build which saw the
15 Jul 2022
Community benefit society Leisure in the Community (LITC) and 1Life Leisure Management Solutions (1Life) have
07 Jul 2022
It was a night to remember at the 2022 ukactive Awards for Parkwood Leisure, as
04 Jul 2022
A two-year research project will look to find ways to transform the UK's physical activity
01 Jul 2022
At UK Active’s Active Uprising event yesterday (30 June) in Birmingham, Hattie Jones, the head
23 Jun 2022
A special task force has been established to boost physical activity opportunities for people with
15 Jun 2022
Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to
24 May 2022
International spa and wellness design firm Studio Apostoli is realising a new private members’ spa
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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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Remember when there was mass hostility about London hosting the 2012 Olympics? Huw Edwards, CEO of UK Active, was there. He talks to Kath Hudson about the lessons he learned
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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