professional body news
16 Jul 2025
Qualified physical activity professionals in the UK will soon be able to add letters after
20 Jun 2025
Sudden cardiac death is unusually high among male bodybuilders worldwide, with the highest risk among
10 Jun 2025
Sport England has confirmed that Simon Hayes will take over from Tim Hollingsworth as CEO.
30 Aug 2024
Friends from the leisure industry have been paying tribute to editor and lobbyist Jonathan Ives
20 Feb 2024
CIMSPA has published its 2024-2030 strategy Releasing the Power of Our Profession, which sets out
16 Feb 2022
Vinotherapy skincare and spa brand Caudalie has reformulated its signature Premier Cru anti-ageing line after
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
04 Feb 2021
Plantasia, a rainforest zoo in Swansea, UK, has been awarded provisional membership of the British
19 May 2020
CIMSPA, has opened a consultation on the safe delivery of sport and physical activity online,
15 Oct 2018
The Tides Wellness, a Dutch wellness and self-care brand, has announced a new partnership with
18 May 2018
The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has appointed four
28 Nov 2017
Paralympic gold medallist and BBC commentator Marc Woods has been named as chair of the
15 Sep 2017
The physical activity sector's chartered professional body has received £1.2m (US$1.6m, €1.3m) from Sport England
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
26 Jul 2017
Health and fitness educator Premier Global NASM has joined the physical activity sector’s professional body
21 Jun 2017
Serco Leisure, which operates more than 60 facilities across the UK, has become an employer
22 Nov 2016
Exercise, Movement and Dance Partnership (EMDP) - the national governing body for group exercise in
16 Nov 2016
The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) is partnering UK
30 Aug 2016
CIMSPA, the professional body for the UK sport and physical activity sector, has kicked off
10 Aug 2016
GLL (Greenwich Leisure Ltd) has signed a partnership agreement with a professional body to help
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
27 Apr 2016
The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has launched a
18 Dec 2015
The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has won a
17 Dec 2015
The first government review on sport strategy in a decade included a number of initiatives
10 Apr 2015
Health analysis company Tanita and equipment producer Technogym have announced a collaboration that aims to
03 Nov 2011
Miles Templeman, chair of Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (IMSPA), has
26 Sep 2011
The Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (IMSPA) has appointed the director
07 Jan 2011
The merger of the Institute for Sport, Parks and Leisure (ISPAL) and the Institute of
03 Jun 2010
A director at leisure operator Sheffield International Venues (SIV) has taken on one of the
07 May 2010
Leisure trusts have voted unanimously to support the National Skills Academy Employer Protocol. Sports and
05 May 2010
Leisure trusts voted unanimously at the recent sporta AGM to support the National Skills Academy
16 Apr 2009
As the professional body for the sport, parks and leisure sector, here at ISPAL we
15 Jan 2009
In its role as the professional body for sport, parks and leisure, ISPAL seeks to
07 Aug 2008
The Alliance of Sector Skills Councils (SSCs), which represents all 25 sector skills councils in
20 Dec 2007
Sue Stayte has sadly died, following her long battle with cancer. She was highly respected
15 Nov 2007
In response to a commitment to the improvement and professionalism agendas, ISPAL is pleased to
09 Nov 2007
More than 400 people have already completed ISPAL’s new membership survey since it went live
24 Aug 2007
ISPAL is establishing new Sector Networks, to help develop policies and programmes for the key
02 Aug 2007
The very heart of Leeds - your idea of England’s greenest place?! No, thought not
05 Apr 2007
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has launched two new membership categories for door supervisors.
06 Mar 2007
Innserve has become the 37th corporate member of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) –
23 Feb 2007
Peter Mann, founder and executive chair of sport, leisure and culture consultancy PMP, has been
06 Feb 2007
Edinburgh Leisure is one of the UK’s first leisure trusts to become a member of
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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
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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
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Strength training is evolving,
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preferences. Julie Cramer talks
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Stephen Price
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
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us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
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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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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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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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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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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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New insight from Deloitte and Grant Thornton shows record growth, but the real shift is towards identity and perceived value, revealing opportunities to deepen engagement with members
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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
globally, yet with 100 per cent of people seeing benefits when they
exercise, how high could it go? Kath Hudson asks the experts…
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