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27 May 2026
A proposed Puy du Fou development near Bicester and Universal Destinations and Experiences’
21 May 2026
UK Active has published new guidance on defibrillators to help fitness and leisure operators deliver
A new digital interface is being hailed as ‘revolutionary’ for the leisure, health and wellness
08 Apr 2026
Award-winning leisure operator, Everyone Active, has partnered with four-time Paralympic gold medallist Maisie Summers-Newton MBE
With Elevate 2026 fast approaching, leisure and physical activity professionals are being encouraged to
15 Jan 2026
Spa and leisure management software company Trybe has secured a US$30 million (€26.9 million, £21.6
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
09 Jan 2026
Following protests from the hospitality industry UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is looking set to make
31 Oct 2025
Everyone Active, Sarah Watts and Sandwell Leisure Trust were among those to be honoured at
16 Oct 2025
A new nationwide training initiative is equipping thousands of UK swimming coaches with the skills
08 Sep 2025
Registered charity and leisure operator, BH Live has taken over the contract to run the
31 Aug 2025
On 2 August, the leisure industry lost one of its pioneers – a man who
09 Apr 2025
More than 70 per cent of children are being taken out of swimming lessons before
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
31 Mar 2025
Welsh leisure operator, Denbighshire Leisure Ltd, is undertaking a management buyout from Denbighshire Council for
18 Nov 2024
UK Active has written to chancellor, Rachel Reeves, asking for measures to offset the cost
27 Sep 2024
Edinburgh Leisure has launched its first impact report since 2015, which shows progress in the
09 Sep 2024
UK Active is calling on the government for support to scale up its MSK Hubs
18 Jun 2024
More than 20 organisations have joined together in the UK to form the Swim Alliance,
02 May 2024
Consultancy and change architects, Miova, have welcomed industry veteran Mark Tweedie on board. Tweedie had
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
17 Apr 2024
Everyone Active has launched a golfing brand, Everyone Golf, after new contract wins made it
16 Apr 2024
UK Active has announced details of its annual health and fitness industry awards ceremony, which
09 Apr 2024
Oxygen Consulting is about to launch its first UK Padel Report, which investigates this fast-growing
28 Mar 2024
The first annual Private Sector Benchmarking report was released today (27 March). A collaboration between
06 Mar 2024
Everyone Active has taken over as operator of the London Aquatic Centre on behalf of
23 Feb 2024
The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data
Farrer tells government the physical activity sector is critical to fixing the UK’s sluggish economy
01 Feb 2024
Mike Farrar, chair of UK Active, has called on the UK government to deploy the
15 Dec 2023
Horizon Leisure is upgrading and investing in its new shopping-centre health hub – The Wellbeing
26 Jul 2023
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
14 Feb 2023
The Parkwood Group has taken over leisure management contracting business 1Life Management Solutions Limited (1LMS
17 Jan 2023
Dave Wright, CEO of Myzone, has re-joined UK Active’s board of directors for a three-year
01 Dec 2022
UK Health and Fitness operators' level of engagement with technology has been researched for the
24 Nov 2022
A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due
Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s leading leisure operators, has reached the milestone of teaching
01 Jun 2022
Power Plate has been shortlisted for the “Developing & Supporting Communities following on from Covid-19”
21 Mar 2022
Lobbying is gearing up in advance of the Spring Budget this week, with UK Active
Jamie Cartwright is a co-owner of Hatton Boxing and founder of BOX12. In 2021 Jamie
15 Nov 2021
A new cloud-based spa and leisure software has been launched to simplify and improve spa
26 Aug 2021
A consultation has been launched to review the current provision of fitness and leisure facilities
20 Aug 2021
Parkwood Leisure – one of the UK’s leading leisure operators – is offering free access
07 Jul 2021
There is a "clear case" to evolve the purpose and role played by the UK's
17 May 2021
Indoor group exercise can recommence in England and Scotland today (17 May), as part of
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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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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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Pulse Fitness has created a
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elevated wellness experience
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BLK BOX has been reimagining elite performance
spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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“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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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With corporately-owned clubs,
franchise networks, investments
and proprietary tech, Viva Leisure’s
ecosystem is redefining how
gyms scale and generate revenue.
Its CEO speaks to Kate Cracknell
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Consolidation, specialisation and shifting consumer behaviours
are reshaping the sector, say Deloitte and EuropeActive
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“Strength training has moved from the margins to the mainstream.”
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