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15 Jun 2024
More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to
23 Feb 2023
The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end
16 Dec 2022
Gymbox has announced a collection of new classes, including one called Only Fans that is
01 Aug 2022
Parkour Generations has joined forces with Gymbox to bring parkour into the UK’s mainstream fitness
20 Apr 2020
Incorpore and MoveGB are pleased to announce they have entered into a landmark partnership, combining
19 Dec 2019
Sport England is investing in a programme which aims to offer children from some of
Strength training has never been more important for member retention, facility differentiation and long-term commercial
29 Jul 2019
Parkour UK chief executive Eugene Minogue will step down as CEO after 10 years in
07 Mar 2019
UAE-based property company Emaar Development has announced plans to create a new townhouse community in
11 Oct 2018
Construction on Hjertet (“The Heart” in Danish), a multi-purpose leisure centre in the Jutlandic town
13 Jun 2018
Cirque du Soleil, the world renowned acrobatic circus, is increasing its presence in the attractions
26 Mar 2018
Architecture studio Waind Gohil + Potter (WG+P Architects) have revealed a new gym concept for
30 Jan 2018
ACTVENTURE, the multi-million-dollar leisure and lifestyle mega-destination underway on the Sunshine Coast of Australia, is
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23 Sep 2017
Sport England has injected £5m of National Lottery funding into 49 colleges to help get
07 Aug 2017
Parkour UK, the newly-recognised governing body for the sport in Britain, has become a founding
03 May 2017
With just seven days to go until Elevate descends on Excel, final preparations are underway
29 Mar 2017
Australia’s first “Active Lifestyle” project is coming closer to reality, with the Sunshine Coast Council
10 Feb 2017
Public Health England and the Department of Health (DoH) should plough investment into outdoor recreation
30 Jan 2017
A sporting body that marries physical activity and occupational therapy for people with learning disabilities
28 Jan 2017
Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from Santiago Calatrava’s
23 Jan 2017
Danish architects EFFEKT will convert an abandoned windmill factory in the city of Viborg into
10 Jan 2017
A year on from delivering the first real piece of sporting policy in a decade,
10 Jan 2017
Parkour will be eligible to bid for government and National Lottery funding after the UK
02 Sep 2016
Culture, health and movement are the focus at MVRDV’s new community centre in Copenhagen, which
01 Sep 2016
Australia’s Wave Park Group has proposed bringing one of its URBNSURF parks to Perth as
23 Feb 2016
Architecture studio EFFEKT have completed their transformation of an abandoned train depot in the Danish
18 Jan 2016
Rubb Buildings Ltd has helped bring a trampoline and freerunning park to life at Durham’s
17 Sep 2015
Trampolining company Oxygen Freejumping has announced that its second venue will open at a retail
10 Jul 2015
Film star and parkour pioneer Sébastien Foucan is teaming up with David Stalker’s new trampolining
07 May 2015
Former Places for People Leisure CEO Steve Philpott has become the latest leisure industry heavyweight
16 Mar 2015
ukactive veterans David Stalker and Fred Turok are aiming to stay anything but grounded as
16 Mar 2015
Horse Racing legend AP McCoy has been announced as the headline speaker for this June’s
05 Feb 2015
David Stalker, who this week confirmed he would be stepping down from his role as
18 Nov 2014
A £2m indoor urban sports and trampoline park is set to open at the Playsport
27 Oct 2014
Andrew Gibson, VP of spa and wellness at Fairmont Raffles Hotels International (FRHI), has spoken
27 Oct 2014
The finalists have been named for the Active Training Awards 2014, which will see the
10 Oct 2014
Parkour Generations has launched new CYQ-accredited qualifications to the UK market, enabling personal trainers to
15 Sep 2014
Coaching company Parkour Generations (PG) is hoping to give a leg-up to the increasingly popular
25 Jul 2014
The UK’s largest dedicated Parkour training facility has quadrupled in size, after North Lanarkshire Council
02 Jul 2014
Despite the growing shift towards functional training, health clubs can still learn plenty more from
14 Mar 2014
The UK's first purpose-built indoor parkour centre has opened in east London. Chainstore Parkour Academy,
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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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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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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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World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe talks to Liz Terry
about the launch of Run X in partnership with Technogym
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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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