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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
Although Legionnaires' disease isn’t common, it can be serious. The disease is a severe form
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
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
23 Mar 2021
A total of £100m has been allocated to 266 local authorities across England, to support
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
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
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
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
04 Sep 2013
Aquaterra is thrilled to announce that five of the Islington leisure centres it manages, in
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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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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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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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Pulse Fitness has created a
new health club delivering an
elevated wellness experience
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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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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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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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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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Julie Cramer highlights
recent health club flooring
upgrades, as top suppliers
give their advice
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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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As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping
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Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers
confirming the event’s largest-ever drinks reception as registrations continue to run more
than 10% ahead of last year.
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