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Good Boost’s digital exercise programmes are helping adults with MSK at a lower cost than
31 Mar 2026
Duncan Jefford has been announced as the new managing director of Everyone Active. Current MD,
Across the UK, local authorities are facing the same challenge: ageing leisure facilities, restrictive layouts
13 Nov 2025
According to the latest Moving Communities Impact Report visits to leisure centres are rising and
23 Oct 2025
Physiologist and co-founder of Future Practice and Pillar Wellbeing, Oli Patrick opened the HCM Summit
08 Oct 2025
European operator, Go Fit has announced record profits and the investment of €150 million in
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
03 Jul 2025
The much anticipated Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England reveals ambitious
11 Jun 2025
Energy costs have pushed Active Nation into liquidation, despite the charity reporting the strongest trading
06 Jun 2025
UK Active and Swim England are urging the government to provide support for swimming pools
31 Mar 2025
NHS England has released a report, Harnessing the benefits of physical activity that suggests it
29 Nov 2024
Recognising the challenges facing local authorities, the Labour government has announced plans to tackle local
01 Aug 2024
Swimming pools need to be repositioned so they're prized as assets rather than considered a
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25 Jul 2024
Sector leaders in the UK have collaborated to create the Physical Activity Leadership Network that
18 Jun 2024
More than 20 organisations have joined together in the UK to form the Swim Alliance,
05 Jun 2024
Leisure development specialist, Alliance Leisure, has appointed industry veteran, David Stalker, as advisor to the
02 May 2024
Consultancy and change architects, Miova, have welcomed industry veteran Mark Tweedie on board. Tweedie had
15 Apr 2024
Having redefined the model of public-private collaboration in Spain, Go Fit is now expanding into
08 Feb 2024
Iberian operator, Go fit, has confirmed its plans to move into the Italian market next
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
09 Jan 2024
Solving the UK's social care problem is the key to overcoming the financial challenges facing
04 Jan 2024
Pocket Rocket Marketing has launched a training academy to deliver education to the health, fitness
14 Dec 2023
This summer's Nike’s Open Doors programme saved many children from a summer on the sofa
08 Dec 2023
A proposed change to the way councils organise the operation of their leisure facilities – including
26 Jul 2023
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
16 Jun 2023
The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) is likely to miss the targets it has set
18 May 2023
Councils in the UK will benefit from hundreds of thousands of pounds of extra revenue
21 Mar 2023
Health and wellbeing should be at the heart of all government policymaking according to a
15 Mar 2023
In an announcement made today in advance of tomorrow's Spring Budget (15 March), the UK
14 Feb 2023
The Parkwood Group has taken over leisure management contracting business 1Life Management Solutions Limited (1LMS
10 Jan 2023
A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Sport England
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
Health and wellbeing are in retreat, stalling the UK’s economy says former Bank of England economist
14 Nov 2022
The declining health of Britons is stalling the nation’s economic growth. This is the key
22 Sep 2022
The UK government has announced it will subsidise energy bills by at least 50 per
15 Sep 2022
The Tarka Leisure Centre in North Devon, which reopened in June after a £15m revamp,
12 Sep 2022
As the UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss prepares an energy bailout, UK Active has
07 Sep 2022
4 Global has expanded its Data Hub (DataHub) platform into Europe. The announcement was made
02 Sep 2022
St Albans City and District Council has signed a ten-year deal with Sport and Leisure
15 Jun 2022
Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to
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