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22 Jun 2026
With Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, announcing his resignation this morning and Andy Burnham as a
08 Aug 2024
Freedom Leisure has merged with 1610, a not-for-profit trust based in the west of England.
13 Mar 2024
Edinburgh Leisure has appointed Jen Holland as chief executive. She will take over from June
08 Dec 2023
A proposed change to the way councils organise the operation of their leisure facilities – including
23 Dec 2021
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs across Europe
10 Dec 2021
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs, leisure centres
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
10 Aug 2021
The number of children enrolled on Parkwood Leisure's Learn to Swim Programme, has reached a
18 Dec 2020
As COVID-19 cases increase across much of the UK, the fitness industry is standing fast,
02 Oct 2020
Up to 48 per cent of public leisure facilities could close by the end of
27 Aug 2020
Over 22,000 jobs are at risk across the UK's public leisure sector, out of a
11 Aug 2020
Health clubs, gyms, indoor pools and leisure centres have reopened in Wales – nearly five
09 Aug 2020
A significant proportion of leisure facilities in England have not reopened since lockdown measures were
Strength training has never been more important for member retention, facility differentiation and long-term commercial
22 Jul 2020
The UK's industry's leading trade associations have united to call for a major review of
30 Jun 2020
Almost half of all public health and fitness, leisure and community facilities in the UK,
08 Jun 2020
Ever since the UK's leisure facilities were closed on "lockdown day" – 20 March –
03 Jun 2020
Mark Tweedie has been named as the new CEO of Community Leisure UK (CLUK), the
08 May 2020
Leisure centre operators are facing crisis point without access to emergency government funding or support,
05 May 2020
Local authorities have been told to consider deferring rents and offering interest-free loans to leisure
03 Jun 2019
A project aiming to get people across East Lancashire more physically active is achieving a
23 May 2019
Gwynedd Council in north Wales has set up a new company to operate leisure facilities
04 May 2019
Procurement practices are driving a race to the bottom in the delivery of public leisure
22 Feb 2019
The first ever Community Leisure UK Awards will be held at The Lowry hotel in
01 Feb 2019
Managing memberships and admin can be time and resource intensive taking your staff away from
29 Jan 2019
CPP Group UK, a global supplier of financial assistance products, has partnered with DeCyber, a
14 Jan 2019
A campaign has been launched to raise awareness of the way leisure trusts operate –
20 Nov 2018
Sporta, the body representing charitable leisure trusts across the UK, has rebranded as Community Leisure
28 Jun 2018
Alive Leisure is a charitable company, commissioned in 2014 by the Borough Council of King’s
06 Jun 2018
A new research report into the work of Sportscotland has found that participation programmes supported
22 May 2018
Active Northumberland has appointed Mark Tweedie – former chief executive of Active Tameside – as
26 Jan 2018
Data and the use of technology to enhance participation will be the theme of active-net
25 Sep 2017
Plans to build a £10m swimming pool and leisure centre on a former landfill site
01 Mar 2017
Facility development specialist Alliance Leisure has been appointed to lead a new UK leisure framework,
21 Feb 2017
Life Leisure's actilife health programme has been adopted by two North West leisure trusts planning
03 Jan 2017
Sportscotland’s “biggest-ever” capital investment in tennis signifies the body’s intention to put sport front and
22 Dec 2016
Alliance Leisure Services was specifically established to respond to the changing development needs of the
12 May 2016
The managing director of the UK’s largest leisure operator has called for an investigation into
10 May 2016
A conservation initiative which aims to offer “physical activity with a purpose” is planning to
03 May 2016
Move's new partner network across the three cities includes hundreds of independent operators, as well
01 Oct 2015
A dance project targeting young men and walking football aimed at the over-55s are among
03 Jun 2015
Continued cuts to local authorities’ cultural and leisure budgets could undermine the health and wellbeing
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Social fitness the missing link to member engagement, according to a new Myzone report
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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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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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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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After decades of focusing on adult audiences, operators are starting to engage young people – unlocking growth opportunities while supporting the health and wellbeing of future generations
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The new CEO of UK Active talks to HCM about the gym-curious and
why he believes the sector can double in size by the end of the next decade
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The fitness industry is mourning the passing of Les Mills,
a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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New legislation is exposing weakness
and potential liabilities in the
management of customer data in
health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
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Shaun Grove
Owner, Stride Fitness“My goal was to invest in where fitness is going, not where it’s already been”
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World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe talks to Liz Terry
about the launch of Run X in partnership with Technogym
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People on weight loss drugs reduce their activity levels, according to a team at St John’s Hospital Illinois
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Matt Parker
MD, Brio“We’ve reduced the level of council investment over the last three years by 40 per cent and increased our turnover by 9 per cent”
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Would you stop selling memberships to prevent your club getting overcrowded?
How do you strike the balance between maximising profits and prioritising
the member experience? Kath Hudson talks to the experts
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