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13 Apr 2021
The International Spa Association (ISPA) has named 12 winners of the 2021 ISPA Innovate Awards.
11 Apr 2021
A major new initiative will look to strengthen and unite the fitness industry's voice in
09 Apr 2021
Leisure centre operator Everyone Active has formed a partnership with WW (formerly called Weight Watchers),
01 Apr 2021
PGA Catalunya will unveil its brand new Wellness Centre in Girona, Spain, on 16 April,
01 Apr 2021
From 10-14 May, join ISPA members for the Stronger Together Summit, a one-of-a-kind virtual event
30 Mar 2021
The UK government has launched a new Office for Health Promotion, designed to lead efforts
12 Jan 2021
Addiction – a word laden with negativity. But isn’t that exactly what the fitness industry
24 Mar 2021
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex has become the first chief impact officer of US-based
24 Mar 2021
It is unlikely that the UK will see a Work Out to Help Out scheme
22 Mar 2021
The UK parliament will today (22 March) debate the merits of a Work Out to
20 Mar 2021
Davines Group has long been participating in the global conversation on individual and collective wellbeing
19 Mar 2021
The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has unveiled a new Sleep Initiative, just in time for
16 Mar 2021
The vast majority of the population of the Netherlands expect their physical and mental health
11 Dec 2020
Maintaining a consistent member experience across a growing health and fitness brand can prove challenging.
12 Mar 2021
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford, says the Welsh government is considering breaking the gym sector
08 Mar 2021
As health clubs prepare for reopening, some are introducing programmes designed to help people recovering
25 Feb 2021
What are the effects on public health of gyms and leisure centres being shut during
25 Feb 2021
As the government looks into ways to stem the rising tide of health problems caused
23 Feb 2021
There’s nothing quite like discovering a product that creates a huge impact in our life.
22 Feb 2021
PM, Boris Johnson, has confirmed that gyms, swimming pools and leisure centres in England will
23 Feb 2021
There’s nothing quite like discovering a product that creates a huge impact in our life.
22 Feb 2021
The re-opening of gyms in Wales has been pushed back by the country's First Minister
21 Feb 2021
The physical and mental health of women in the UK has been put under unprecedented
18 Feb 2021
Placing gyms and leisure centres at the front of the queue for reopening would be
17 Feb 2021
Data published today (17 February) shows that for every 100,000 visits to UK gyms and
15 Feb 2021
ukactive has published six 'policy calls', which it says are crucial in order to help
10 Feb 2021
A Parliamentary Petition calling for gyms to reopen first after the current national lockdown in
08 Feb 2021
Integrative medi-wellness facility SHA Wellness Clinic has unveiled a Gut Health programme dedicated to transforming
04 Feb 2021
Approaching half of the UK population (40 per cent) are exercising less during the current
03 Feb 2021
EuropeActive and ukactive have today (3 February) secured a new partnership agreement which will see
02 Feb 2021
Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres are set to be among the first businesses allowed
28 Jan 2021
International yoga organisation, Yoga Alliance Professionals (YAP), has launched an online Training Academy designed for
25 Jan 2021
Knowledge, insights and analysis platform, Well Intelligence, is hosting a six-week masterclass series focused on
21 Jan 2021
The Medical Wellness Congress (MWC) is launching a monthly webinar series after its inaugural event
21 Jan 2021
Nuffield Health has launched a series of free, online classes focused on emotional wellbeing. The
19 Jan 2021
A national survey has launched to chart the mental health of the fitness and physical
15 Jan 2021
The Gym Group has brought in Rio Ferdinand and Wais Shaifta as non-executive directors, signalling
14 Jan 2021
While North Americans haven’t been able to travel as much as they would usually, it
11 Jan 2021
According to a recent survey conducted by The Irish Spa Association (ISA), the Irish spa
05 Jan 2021
ukactive has called on the UK government to draft a new National Physical Activity Plan
01 Jan 2021
Luxury Spanish golf destination PGA Catalunya Resort is introducing new wellness facilities in 2021, with
01 Jan 2021
David Lloyd Clubs will develop a new programme in January 2021, designed to help people
21 Dec 2020
Forcing gyms, health clubs and leisure centres to stay shut in tier 4 areas is
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“Find ways to come together and flourish. Even when you’re a group of competitors, you can make it work for everyone when you all listen with respect ”
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Finance
New tax laws will hit the UK fitness
sector in early April, changing
the way freelance PTs are legally
classified for income tax and national
insurance, as Abi Harris reports
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HCM People
I don’t think we can point to any club in America that’s doing better now compared to pre-pandemic times
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Research
Children with better cardiorespiratory health than their peers also do better on cognitive tests and other measures of brain function, according to new research
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Facilities
Changing rooms
have been largely closed during the pandemic, but as clubs open up, how will ongoing pandemic restrictions impact
changing room design?
We ask the experts
for their observations
and reflections
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Denbighshire Leisure is creating a range of new and unforgettable member experiences. MD, Jamie Groves, explains how a partnership with Technogym and Alliance Leisure has led to the creation of a raft of new offerings
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Tad Chapman from Active IQ argues that operators should take
a fresh look at apprenticeships and their power to drive recovery
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“Our main investment has been our gym, which we’ve designed around the wide-ranging needs within our team: race drivers, serious amateur athletes and those who need some help getting started”
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How will digital, gyms and live fitness mesh to create a new customer offering in health clubs? Phillip Mills, executive director of Les Mills, shares his views
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Hussle’s new Membership Conversion Service proactively turns Hussle customers into direct club members, encouraging them to join clubs they attend regularly
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In spite of having met all government-agreed, COVID-secure operating
standards, group exercise has had a rough ride during the pandemic, being
closed more than gyms. HCM asks why this is and what can be done about it
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Katie Lewis and Lindsey Simpson co-founded Workplace Mental Wealth
to drive workforce change in the health and fitness industry. Liz Terry talks
to Lewis about their first research study – the Fitness and Active Leisure
Workforce State of Mind Survey – and the launch of The Good Work Pledge
HCM magazine
A new tracking tool, called Moving Communities, will assess
the impact of the UK’s £100m National Leisure Recovery
Fund, as well as evaluating the contribution public sector
facilities make to their local communities, as HCM reports
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“It’s a beautiful vision but there’s a lot of hard work ahead”
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As health clubs around the world start reopening, controlling COVID-19 – while also delivering a great service to customers – must be an obsession for everyone in the sector
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