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03 Dec 2021
As global leaders meet for the COP26 climate summit, local authorities across England are partnering
24 Mar 2021
It is unlikely that the UK will see a Work Out to Help Out scheme
17 Mar 2021
The government has said it has no plans to fund a Work Out to Help
10 Feb 2021
A Parliamentary Petition calling for gyms to reopen first after the current national lockdown in
29 Oct 2020
The UK government has provided a lengthy response to a petition which demanded that gyms
22 Oct 2020
The government has pledged to invest £100m in supporting public leisure centres this winter, as
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
19 Feb 2018
Construction work has begun on a new leisure centre in Stone, Staffordshire, as part of
05 Jan 2017
Staff at local authority leisure centres in the Welsh borough of Flintshire have come together
07 Sep 2015
Local authority leisure centres, particularly those which are trust operated, are seeing remarkable improvements in
30 Apr 2015
Pulse has appointed Paul Shinners as director of interactive products to spearhead the company’s expansion
18 Oct 2010
A ceremony is to be held on 18 October to mark the topping out of
05 Feb 2010
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson is urging people to enter the 2010 Start Fitness Redcar Half Marathon
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
19 Apr 2007
Management company Parkwood Leisure has started work on a 10-year, £1m per annum turnover contract
11 Oct 2005
DC Leisure is encouraging disabled visitors to use its local authority leisure centres now that
19 Jan 2005
Cancer Research UK is encouraging people to exercise to reduce the risk of contracting cancer.
02 Mar 2004
SLM, which manages local authority leisure centres across the UK, has committed to funding the
20 Oct 2003
The Economic and Social Research Council’s Centre for Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE) is
13 Aug 2003
Youth fitness provider, SHOKK, has recently launched the SHOKK Youth Fitness Diploma for gym instructors
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
7 May 2003
Marketing specialist John Mollart has joined Vision Leisure Consultancy as marketing manager. With over 15
19 Feb 2003
Leisure Connection has launched a new campaign to get young people more enthusiastic about health
30 Nov 2001
Life Fitness UK, the designer and manufacturer of fitness equipment, has been awarded a five-year
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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The industry is embracing consumer-facing tech. Now it’s time to
streamline back-of-house systems with Orbit4, says Daniel Jones
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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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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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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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Vicci Wells shares insights from the
recent Class of 2035 report into
physical activity in Generation Alpha
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Record market penetration in the UK
fitness sector masks a deeper shift
around consumer engagement, according
to a report from Grant Thornton and
UK Active, as Liz Terry reports
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