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19 Jun 2026
A new report from Your Personal Training (YPT) suggests UK gym operators could be missing
05 Jun 2026
Technogym has announced the launch of the Run X World Treadmill Championship, the first world
13 May 2026
JD Gyms has designed its own personal training qualification and announced the launch of the
09 Apr 2026
Fitness First is consistently pushing ahead with the digitalisation of its training support,
08 Apr 2026
Managing director of awarding body, Active IQ, Jenny Patrickson, is leaving to focus on consultancy,
08 Apr 2026
Award-winning leisure operator, Everyone Active, has partnered with four-time Paralympic gold medallist Maisie Summers-Newton MBE
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
07 Apr 2026
Wakefield Council has confirmed plans to transition its swim school provision to STA’s new 1-7
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Active IQ: Social media companies should introduce trust mark to fight online fitness misinformation
Active IQ: Social media companies should introduce trust mark to fight online fitness misinformation
The leading awarding organisation for the physical activity sector, Active IQ, is urging social media
23 Sep 2025
UK employee representative organisation, CIMSPA (The Chartered Institute of Sport and Physical Activity) has begun
10 Jul 2025
Aus Active has unveiled its 2025-27 Strategic Plan, positioning the exercise and active health sector
27 Jun 2025
Holistic wellbeing educator Deborah Carr is launching the UK’s first Beauty Guild-accredited saunamaster training course.
23 Jun 2025
From this week, the weight loss drug, Mounjaro, will be available from GPs in the
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
17 Jun 2025
Hepburn Bathhouse and Spa in Daylesford, Australia, has received an AU$1.7 million (US$1.1 million, €960,000,
A unique educational experience on July 8th & 9th 2025 at the heart of athletic performance
16 May 2025
Research from the University of Oxford has found that people using weight loss drugs return
22 Apr 2025
Active IQ is preparing to launch a Level 3, nested wellbeing qualification that covers coaching
03 Apr 2025
The Gym Group has beaten its goal of generating £900 million in social value annually
Active IQ, the UK's leading Ofqual-recognised awarding organisation for the physical activity sector, has introduced
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
19 Feb 2025
Glasgow Clyde College (GCC) is introducing an innovative UK degree-level qualification: the Advanced Leadership in
12 Feb 2025
The Gym Group has launched an academy offering a PT qualification in as little as
08 Jan 2025
Insurance company, Vitality, has published a report into the exercise habits of British women, and
CoverMe Fitness, the seamless, on-demand fitness team management and cover solution app, has launched an
04 Dec 2024
With 2.8 million people in the UK economically inactive due to long-term sickness, the government
GAIA Skincare, an innovator in the UK wellness industry, continues to evolve its treatment and
09 Aug 2024
The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has teamed up
01 Aug 2024
Swimming pools need to be repositioned so they're prized as assets rather than considered a
16 Jul 2024
Gymbox has partnered with Haringey Council and not-for-profit organisation, Raza Sana, to give opportunities to
05 Jul 2024
Industry body CIMSPA, which represents workers across the physical activity sector, has created an online
In today's rapidly evolving fitness industry, where many online courses promise secret formulas for entrepreneurial
04 Jul 2024
Sound wellness company Swell has launched AI-generated music solutions for spas and hotels, scientifically proven
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
26 Feb 2024
Following a successful pilot, The Gym Group is rolling out a programme, delivered by The
29 Jan 2024
Spa and skincare brand, Gaia Skincare, has named Jessica Scullion head of sales and promoted
06 Dec 2023
The world’s first certification for fitness professionals to support mental wellbeing will be launched early
26 Jul 2023
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
In the UK, aspiring fitness professionals often find themselves deliberating between the Level 2 Gym
Launching a career as a personal trainer can be incredibly rewarding for those passionate about
Embarking on a career in personal training can be a fulfilling path for those passionate
The Spa Life UK Convention is set to deliver another comprehensive education programme for senior
16 Jun 2023
Dan Rees, the former MD of Premier Global NASM – the training company which was
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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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The industry is embracing consumer-facing tech. Now it’s time to
streamline back-of-house systems with Orbit4, says Daniel Jones
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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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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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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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Vicci Wells shares insights from the
recent Class of 2035 report into
physical activity in Generation Alpha
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Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing
disparate information from multiple systems to be aggregated into one dataset, to support
its focus on reducing health inequalities and improving healthy life expectancy.
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Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers
confirming the event’s largest-ever drinks reception as registrations continue to run more
than 10% ahead of last year.
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