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22 Jun 2026
With Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, announcing his resignation this morning and Andy Burnham as a
13 Aug 2025
Engineering entrepreneur, Matt Harford, has launched a new fitness, physical activity and community concept called
31 Mar 2025
Welsh leisure operator, Denbighshire Leisure Ltd, is undertaking a management buyout from Denbighshire Council for
17 Apr 2024
Everyone Active has launched a golfing brand, Everyone Golf, after new contract wins made it
17 Jan 2024
Physiotherapy patients are being offered treatment in leisure centres thanks to a tie-up between London
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
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Although Legionnaires' disease isn’t common, it can be serious. The disease is a severe form
02 Nov 2022
A local leisure centre has begun work on a £1m refurbishment to provide state-of-the-art facilities
15 Jun 2022
Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to
18 May 2022
Former Efteling COO, Coen Bertens, and former BRC Imagination Arts exec, Bart Dohmen, have partnered
20 Aug 2021
Parkwood Leisure – one of the UK’s leading leisure operators – is offering free access
18 May 2021
One in three councils in England are expecting to close at least one of their
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23 Mar 2021
A total of £100m has been allocated to 266 local authorities across England, to support
04 Dec 2020
Gym and health club members in England have flocked back to fitness facilities in droves
25 Feb 2019
Boutique gyms and the rising trend of the pay as you go (PAYG) model is
13 Jun 2018
Work on a £3.5m redevelopment of Leiston Leisure Centre on the Suffolk coast is set
04 Jun 2018
There are not many people out there that, given the option, would deliberately choose to
30 Jan 2018
Health club operators will benefit from the type of insights used by supermarkets to plan
20 Oct 2017
Suffolk Coastal District Council is investing in fitness and sports infrastructure to engage people from
24 Aug 2017
Growing numbers of leisure centre members are swapping traditional activities like swimming for spin bikes
15 Aug 2017
Outdoor activities and budget gyms have possibly led to fewer people willing to use local
12 May 2017
Sports and Leisure Management (SLM), which trades as Everyone Active, has won a 10-year contract
24 Jan 2017
Council and NHS workers in Fife, Scotland, are being encouraged to get more active as
02 Jun 2016
Everyone Active will begin managing Westminster City Council’s prestigious leisure portfolio next month, following a
12 May 2016
The managing director of the UK’s largest leisure operator has called for an investigation into
03 May 2016
Move's new partner network across the three cities includes hundreds of independent operators, as well
29 Mar 2016
Offering personalised exercise programmes at local leisure centres could be the key to protecting young
11 Feb 2016
Broadening the reach of a business and diversifying into more sectors is essential for the
18 Jan 2016
Fitness First has sold its Queen’s Park health club in Bournemouth – the site on
16 Nov 2015
Operator Places for People Leisure (PfPL) is working on an innovative partnership with a London
07 Sep 2015
Local authority leisure centres, particularly those which are trust operated, are seeing remarkable improvements in
15 Jan 2015
Leisure operator Serco is to roll out a mentoring programme aimed at tackling chronic inactivity
15 Dec 2014
Cost remains one of the most significant barriers to physical activity, with cut-price deals the
22 Aug 2014
Think-tank Policy Exchange has suggested that the UK government pilots a scheme to allow GPs
28 May 2014
Bridgend Recreation Centre has been given a new lease of life following a £4.5m 18-month
02 Apr 2014
Leisure operator and developer DC Leisure has rebranded as a social enterprise called Places for
20 Mar 2014
Bridlington in East Riding of Yorkshire is the first town in the UK to benefit
20 Feb 2014
Salford Community Leisure has opened its largest ever-fitness facility after £350,000 has been invested in
22 Jan 2014
Aquaterra looks likely to lose out to Greenwich Leisure Ltd (GLL) for the £10m contract
05 Nov 2013
Upgraded facilities at the One Leisure centre in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, UK have been officially
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Social fitness the missing link to member engagement, according to a new Myzone report
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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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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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Shaping the future of the sector with a clear mission,
unified voice and open channels of communication.
This is the ambition of UK Active’s new chair
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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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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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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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The fitness industry is mourning the passing of Les Mills,
a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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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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As the 20th State of the Industry Report is released,
LeisureDB has rebranded to Evolve, as Kath Hudson reports
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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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People on weight loss drugs reduce their activity levels, according to a team at St John’s Hospital Illinois
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