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12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
13 Sep 2023
People can feel real, powerful benefits from having a gym or health club membership even
28 Mar 2023
Fitness industry leaders, including UK Active CEO Huw Edwards, will take to the stage at
23 Feb 2023
The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end
#active-net 23 aims to be a carbon neutral event UK Active, CIMSPA, CLUK and Leisure
18 Aug 2022
Younger men at independent gyms are more likely than any other consumer group to accept
Panatta will consolidate its global presence throughout 2024 by attending a host of major industry
More than 100 industry delegates met in person at the annual active-net event at Eastwood
Jamie Cartwright is a co-owner of Hatton Boxing and founder of BOX12. In 2021 Jamie
New UK Active membership council revealed – Dave Courteen to chair and also join the UK Active board
17 Feb 2022
Industry body, UK Active, has revealed a new council to represent the voice of members
11 Jan 2022
4 Global – a partner in the Moving Communities initiative – has completed an initial public
13 Aug 2021
OnePT Rochdale has been named as club of the year at this year's ukactive Awards,
21 Jul 2021
Leisure-net has revealed plans to transform its active-net business event from an annual face-to-face gathering
PerformX Live, the premier business of fitness event, has announced Dr Jonathan Leary, founder and
19 Jan 2021
Fitness, sport and leisure sector professionals who have continued to deliver services to their communities
04 Dec 2020
Gym and health club members in England have flocked back to fitness facilities in droves
17 Nov 2020
Leisure-net is running a repeat of its initial Post Lockdown Recovery Survey, in order to
24 Aug 2020
Almost a quarter of public swimming pools across the country remain closed – nearly a
10 Aug 2020
Today (10 August) is the last day for companies to enter the follow-up survey to
09 Jul 2020
The UK's fitness industry can finally get back to business on Saturday 25 July, following
Elevate, the premier event in the physical activity, fitness, sports therapy and performance sector, is
29 Jun 2020
Almost 60 per cent of UK parents plan to resume their children’s swimming lessons –
09 Jun 2020
A national survey looks to gauge the UK public views on – and appetite for
03 Jun 2020
DataHub has launched a contact tracking app, specifically designed for the fitness and physical activity
02 Jun 2020
In a major headline figure for operators, nearly 90 per cent of consumers say they
29 May 2020
PureGym has become the latest fitness operator to deploy a digital offering in a bid
28 May 2020
A new report has revealed the likely timescales and shape of the UK fitness market's
07 May 2020
How will customers engage with gyms and health clubs after lockdown? What will their new
25 Mar 2020
Delegates who were supposed to be attending the annual Active-net event this week – but
05 Mar 2020
Professional tennis player, Marcus Willis, has been announced as the after-dinner speaker at active-net 2020,
24 Jan 2020
Active-net 2020 has revealed the agenda for the two-day educational, networking and business meetings event,
26 Nov 2019
It’s just months away until active-net 2020, the two-day educational, networking and business meetings event,
27 Sep 2019
Research carried out by Leisure-net shows that fitness operators could be missing out on a
11 Mar 2019
active-net is supporting the work of blood cancer charity, DKMS, by encouraging greater awareness of
05 Oct 2018
The physical activity sector event active-net has announced that Atlantic rower and mental health campaigner
26 Jan 2018
Data and the use of technology to enhance participation will be the theme of active-net
23 Nov 2017
One of Britain’s greatest swimmers, Olympic medallist, Steve Parry, has been confirmed as active-net 2018’s
15 Aug 2017
Outdoor activities and budget gyms have possibly led to fewer people willing to use local
13 Jun 2017
Places at active-net 2018 are already filling up following the roaring success of the 2017
27 Mar 2017
Weekend membership sales at Trafford Leisure have increased, despite not having a sales team. Gym
21 Feb 2017
Architects Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten of international studio OMA have been announced as the
12 Jan 2017
Operator places at the business networking and education conference, active-net 2017, have sold out almost
03 Dec 2016
Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from the announcement
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Founder, Physique 57“Our ‘why?’ is to improve the lives of our clients, not to make them feel defeated”
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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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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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A new study from researchers at Yale shows HIIT can reverse nerve damage caused by Parkinson’s
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“We’re planning to connect our system with strength equipment, so we can also report on improvements”
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Fuel the debate about issues and opportunities across the industry. We’d love to hear from you – [email protected]
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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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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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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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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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