public leisure news
22 Sep 2021
Swim England has warned that 2,000 swimming pools could be lost forever unless the government
08 Jul 2021
ukactive has set out its vision to develop a national strategy for the UK's public
07 Jul 2021
There is a "clear case" to evolve the purpose and role played by the UK's
23 Mar 2021
A total of £100m has been allocated to 266 local authorities across England, to support
04 Mar 2021
The Budget announcement has left the UK's physical activity sector with "unanswered questions" and vowing
28 Feb 2021
Hundreds of gyms, swimming pools and leisure centres have been forced to close and thousands
09 Aug 2021
Power Plate has teamed up with Myzone to provide its community with new class experiences
15 Feb 2021
ukactive has published six 'policy calls', which it says are crucial in order to help
18 Dec 2020
As COVID-19 cases increase across much of the UK, the fitness industry is standing fast,
22 Oct 2020
The government has pledged to invest £100m in supporting public leisure centres this winter, as
06 Oct 2020
The UK and Scottish governments should classify gyms, health clubs, swimming pools and leisure centres
02 Oct 2020
Up to 48 per cent of public leisure facilities could close by the end of
25 Sep 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak's proposals to support the economy through the next six months of the
20 Sep 2021
Despite the Prime Minister’s claims that trade with the EU would be tariff-free post-Brexit, the
27 Aug 2020
Over 22,000 jobs are at risk across the UK's public leisure sector, out of a
09 Aug 2020
A significant proportion of leisure facilities in England have not reopened since lockdown measures were
27 Jul 2020
Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus
27 Jul 2020
Health clubs, swimming pools, leisure centres and other indoor sports facilities have reopened to the
22 Jul 2020
The UK's industry's leading trade associations have united to call for a major review of
30 Jun 2020
Almost half of all public health and fitness, leisure and community facilities in the UK,
12 Oct 2021
FitnessOnDemand (FOD) [IHRSA BOOTH 1509] the leader in on-demand content from the world’s most innovative
05 Jun 2020
The Beau Sejour leisure centre on the island of Guernsey has become the first public
08 May 2020
Leisure centre operators are facing crisis point without access to emergency government funding or support,
07 May 2020
ukactive has published an operational framework for use by gyms, leisure centres and the wider
04 May 2020
VAT rebates and an extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are among the list
23 Apr 2020
Plans have been revealed for a four-stage strategy to reopen the UK's physical activity sector,
08 Apr 2020
Thousands of UK leisure and fitness facilities could close permanently, as operators struggle to deal
18 Mar 2020
Leading trade bodies representing the physical activity sector have called on the government to introduce
25 Jun 2019
Creating opportunities for older people to get physically active represents a major driver for growth
06 Jun 2019
Huw Edwards, acting CEO of ukactive, has called for a "cultural shift" across government, in
04 May 2019
Procurement practices are driving a race to the bottom in the delivery of public leisure
22 Feb 2019
The first ever Community Leisure UK Awards will be held at The Lowry hotel in
20 Nov 2018
Sporta, the body representing charitable leisure trusts across the UK, has rebranded as Community Leisure
06 Nov 2018
Inverclyde Leisure has become one of the first public leisure operators to add Technogym's new
23 Aug 2018
The Vanke Times Centre in Beijing, designed by architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen (SHL), has opened
21 Aug 2018
Rhyl Leisure Centre in north Wales has become the latest publicly-owned fitness facility to focus
10 Jul 2018
Indoor cycling has been identified as the most popular group workout in the UK –
25 Jun 2018
The first foundation stone has been laid to mark the beginning of construction of Hamburg
21 May 2018
Woodford Leisure Centre in Hull, East Yorkshire has reopened after undergoing an 18-month, £6m redevelopment.
21 Feb 2018
The RIBA Stirling Prize-winning Hastings Pier, designed by architecture studio dRMM, has been put up
15 Feb 2018
Construction work has officially begun on the new £10m Ingleby Barwick Leisure Centre in Stockton-on-Tees.
06 Nov 2017
A landmark study of the wider social value of public leisure facilities in Britain has
25 Aug 2017
Joanne and Christian Wilson, the husband and wife team behind Little Splashers swim school in
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Research
“The beneficial changes to the brain – prompted by exercise – protect against the development of various diseases due to signals release by muscles into the bloodstream”
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Supplier launch
Life Fitness introduces Integrity SL, the next-generation LED console with intuitive functionality and digital connectivity
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Tokyo Olympics
GLL is best known for running leisure
facilities on behalf of local authorities
across the UK, but a lesser-known
part of its remit is its GLL Sport
Foundation which supports Olympic
hopefuls. Liz Terry finds out more
HCM Magazine
HCM People
We first started talking to KSL over two years ago, so this was not a rushed partnership
HCM Magazine
Statistics
How have consumers responded to the
end of lockdowns? Cesar Carvalho shares
some bounceback numbers with HCM
HCM Magazine
Policy
Generations rarely have the opportunity to
reset public opinion and effect behaviour change
for good, but post-pandemic two unequal
movements with a lot in common will be the
focus of governments, says David Minton
HCM Magazine
HCM people
This partnership with F45 is an exciting business venture for me
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HCM People
Danielle Obe
Chair, The Black Swimming Association
“Our vision is a future with ethnic diversity in aquatics”
HCM magazine
David Minton says the healthy movement industry
is ten times bigger than the health club sector,
and the care industry four times bigger and
ask why we’re not rushing to collaborate?
HCM magazine
In this issue, we’re focusing on sharing insights and thought leadership to highlight opportunities for the development of the sector in terms of both markets and offerings, says Liz Terry, HCM editor
HCM magazine
Research firm Qualtrics surveyed 12,157 consumers across
15 countries in seven languages to create the Les Mills 2021 Global
Fitness Report, highlighting the ways consumers are choosing to work
out as we emerge from the pandemic. Jak Phillips reports
HCM magazine
This year’s edition of the IHRSA Global Report which addresses performance from 2020, is a valuable record of the tremendous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector, creating a benchmark from which to understand the recovery. Kristen Walsh reports for HCM
HCM magazine
HCM People
Tim Mayer
MDL Fitness“Screens display power generated from each piece of equipment, allowing people to compete against each other for kilowatt hours produced”
HCM magazine
“Our equipment doesn't consume power but does generate it, recycling human energy”
HCM magazine
“I’d like to see the gym sector help champion the social prescribing agenda, as a route to getting more people engaged in physical activity”
HCM magazine
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Despite the Prime Minister’s claims that trade with the EU would be tariff-free post-Brexit,
the reality has become very different when importing gym equipment from the EU.
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FitnessOnDemand (FOD) [IHRSA BOOTH 1509] the leader in on-demand content from the world’s
most innovative fitness brands and celebrity trainers, this month introduces a new platform
evolution for all club operators and their customers.
Featured operator news
Award-winning leisure operator Everyone Active generated £342million in social value at its
sites across the country in 2019/20.
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Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s leading public leisure facilities operators, helped
prevent more than 7,000 cases of stroke, dementia, depression and type 2 diabetes in 2019,
saving the NHS £16 million, a new social value report has shown.
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