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09 Jul 2026
The £33.9 million Leighton Leisure and Community Centre has opened in Leighton Buzzard, UK, creating
08 Jul 2026
Walnuts Leisure Centre in Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley, has reopened following a
13 Nov 2025
According to the latest Moving Communities Impact Report visits to leisure centres are rising and
02 Oct 2025
Mark Tweedie has joined the Devon-based Plymouth Active Leisure (PAL) board as a non-executive director
23 Jul 2025
Leisure DB has released its State of the UK Swimming Industry Report 2025. In the
09 Apr 2025
Sport England has renewed the contract for its Moving Communities study for another four years.
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
03 Apr 2025
The UK health and fitness industry is growing exponentially, with revenue up by 8.8 per
Leading industry conference, Elevate will return to ExCeL London from 18-19 June 2025 as the
11 Feb 2025
According to a major Moving Communities study, participation in public leisure centre activities saved the
18 Nov 2024
UK Active has written to chancellor, Rachel Reeves, asking for measures to offset the cost
18 Nov 2024
Moving Communities, the data platform which tracks participation at public leisure centres, has teamed up
15 Aug 2024
The latest Moving Communities Impact Report from Sport England is out today (16 August) and
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
13 Aug 2024
The HCM Summit, which will be held in London on 24 October, has announced EGYM
01 Aug 2024
Swimming pools need to be repositioned so they're prized as assets rather than considered a
30 May 2024
In the latest edition of HCM magazine, Mark Tweedie talks about his hopes for the
28 Mar 2024
The first annual Private Sector Benchmarking report was released today (27 March). A collaboration between
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
15 Mar 2023
In an announcement made today in advance of tomorrow's Spring Budget (15 March), the UK
17 Jan 2023
Dave Wright, CEO of Myzone, has re-joined UK Active’s board of directors for a three-year
11 Jan 2023
The UK government has announced it will be scaling back financial support for businesses as
21 Dec 2022
Mark Sesnan, co-founder and CEO of GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited), has announced that he will
14 Dec 2022
Sport England has released the Future of Public Sector Leisure report which looks at how
12 Sep 2022
As the UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss prepares an energy bailout, UK Active has
15 Jun 2022
Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to
28 Apr 2022
Those looking to have a dip in Berlin's famous heated outdoor pools this summer will
21 Mar 2022
Lobbying is gearing up in advance of the Spring Budget this week, with UK Active
21 Feb 2022
Two staff were injured and Twenty Six GLL leisure facilities had to close their doors
12 Jan 2022
Mark Sesnan, co-founder and CEO of GLL, has been awarded an OBE in the New
23 Dec 2021
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs across Europe
22 Dec 2021
HCM has confirmed that the UK government's £1bn support package for the hospitality and leisure
10 Dec 2021
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs, leisure centres
26 Oct 2021
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the UK government to invest £875m in
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
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,
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Social fitness the missing link to member engagement, according to a new Myzone report
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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Software suppliers explain how AI,
automation and connected digital
experiences can work for the good
of operators and consumers
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Would you stop selling memberships to prevent your club getting overcrowded?
How do you strike the balance between maximising profits and prioritising
the member experience? Kath Hudson talks to the experts
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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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A new report puts physical activity
at the heart of healthcare, says Muir Gray
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New legislation is exposing weakness
and potential liabilities in the
management of customer data in
health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
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The new CEO of UK Active talks to HCM about the gym-curious and
why he believes the sector can double in size by the end of the next decade
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Matt Parker
MD, Brio“We’ve reduced the level of council investment over the last three years by 40 per cent and increased our turnover by 9 per cent”
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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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