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13 Mar 2024
Edinburgh Leisure has appointed Jen Holland as chief executive. She will take over from June
11 Mar 2024
The UK government acknowledged in its recent budget that economic recovery depends on the health
Farrer tells government the physical activity sector is critical to fixing the UK’s sluggish economy
01 Feb 2024
Mike Farrar, chair of UK Active, has called on the UK government to deploy the
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
09 Jan 2024
Solving the UK's social care problem is the key to overcoming the financial challenges facing
21 Dec 2023
UK Active has launched a programme designed to support the physical activity sector as it
Introducing Sprung Gym-Flooring, where innovation meets excellence in the world of flooring and sports solutions.
26 Jul 2023
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
07 Jun 2023
The UK fitness industry's market value has reached an all-time high, despite a small drop
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28 Mar 2023
Fitness industry leaders, including UK Active CEO Huw Edwards, will take to the stage at
14 Dec 2022
Sport England has released the Future of Public Sector Leisure report which looks at how
24 Nov 2022
A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due
Elevate, the premier event in the physical activity, fitness, sports therapy and performance sector, is
#active-net 23 aims to be a carbon neutral event UK Active, CIMSPA, CLUK and Leisure
22 Sep 2022
The UK government has announced it will subsidise energy bills by at least 50 per
22 Sep 2022
The UK government has announced it will cut energy bills by at least half for
07 Sep 2022
4 Global has expanded its Data Hub (DataHub) platform into Europe. The announcement was made
05 Aug 2022
Easton Leisure Centre in the UK has announced a 100 per cent reduction in heating
14 Jul 2022
UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) is backing research to investigate the lack of older adults
PerformX Live, the premier business of fitness event, has announced Dr Jonathan Leary, founder and
15 Jun 2022
Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to
21 May 2022
Go Fit has been selected by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) as
More than 100 industry delegates met in person at the annual active-net event at Eastwood
29 Mar 2022
Sports data analysis and consultancy firm 4Global has appointed Kerstin Obenauer as chief customer officer
21 Mar 2022
Lobbying is gearing up in advance of the Spring Budget this week, with UK Active
11 Jan 2022
4 Global – a partner in the Moving Communities initiative – has completed an initial public
03 Dec 2021
As global leaders meet for the COP26 climate summit, local authorities across England are partnering
13 Nov 2021
Eight of the top 20 private health club operators in the UK have grown their
26 Oct 2021
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the UK government to invest £875m in
21 Jul 2021
Leisure-net has revealed plans to transform its active-net business event from an annual face-to-face gathering
09 Jul 2021
The new Britannia Leisure Centre in Hackney, London, has opened its doors to the public.
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
16 Jun 2021
The UK government has extended the ban on commercial evictions until 25 March 2022. Announcing
15 May 2021
Thousands of health clubs, swimming pools and leisure centres are under the threat of permanent
04 Mar 2021
The Budget announcement has left the UK's physical activity sector with "unanswered questions" and vowing
19 Nov 2020
The UK government has launched a £1bn Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), providing grant funding
03 Nov 2020
The sport and physical activity sector is mounting a challenge to government plans to shut
02 Oct 2020
Up to 48 per cent of public leisure facilities could close by the end of
21 Sep 2020
More than 100 sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to UK Prime
27 Aug 2020
Over 22,000 jobs are at risk across the UK's public leisure sector, out of a
03 Aug 2020
Following approval to build a £250mn wellbeing resort in Manchester, Therme Group has revealed plans
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New laws are about to come into force that will oblige health club operators to offer consumers better membership terms. It will be disruptive, but tackled well, will change the sector for the better
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“Looking at Orangetheory 10–20 years down the road, international markets will be three to five times the size of the US. At that point, we’ll be talking 10,000 units globally”
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A new study from researchers at Yale shows HIIT can reverse nerve damage caused by Parkinson’s
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You might be tempted to skip a service, but
experts say it will cost you in the long run.
Providers tell Steph Eaves why they their work
is important to the management of assets
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Remember when there was mass hostility about London hosting the 2012 Olympics? Huw Edwards, CEO of UK Active, was there. He talks to Kath Hudson about the lessons he learned
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Dr Paul Bedford talks
to Jak Phillips about
the double-edged
sword of the strength
training trend and his
ambitions for the sector
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Liz Terry looks at which operators
are most recognised by consumers,
using Kantar’s latest brand insight
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Property experts say it’s a golden moment for health and fitness operators
to secure leases, as the sector has come through the pandemic with its
reputation largely intact and clubs are seen as desirable anchor tenants.
Kath Hudson finds out why landlords want to talk
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Although there’s much talk about working with
health services, research from SLC suggests
there’s much work to do before the sector is
ready for the challenge. Kath Hudson asks the
experts to identify barriers and solutions
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