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01 May 2026
Your Personal Training (YPT) has announced a new partnership with Anytime Fitness. Under the partnership,
Brawn have announced the relaunch of its platform following a £2 million technology rebuild, introducing
Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
13 Nov 2023
The UK's Good Work Pledge – an employer commitment to workplace wellbeing for employees – has come
17 Mar 2023
Employers within the fitness and physical activity sector could do more when it comes to
09 Feb 2023
Spa and wellness veteran Teresa Flyger has left her position as director of global brand
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
29 Jul 2022
Nearly half (47 per cent) of men employed by fitness companies work in leadership roles
16 Jun 2022
Premier Global NASM, which is owned by US-based Ascend Learning, has announced it's winding up
22 Dec 2021
HCM has confirmed that the UK government's £1bn support package for the hospitality and leisure
15 Sep 2021
Physical activity professionals in England will soon be able to access free, one-to-one learning with
19 May 2021
A new job retention scheme, backed by National Lottery funding, has been launched to support
04 Mar 2021
The Budget announcement has left the UK's physical activity sector with "unanswered questions" and vowing
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
03 Mar 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled an additional £700m funding boost for sports and culture, as
25 Jan 2021
Fitness instructors, personal trainers, coaches and other self-employed physical activity workers in Wales are being
19 Jan 2021
A national survey has launched to chart the mental health of the fitness and physical
23 Nov 2020
Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres will be able to open their doors when the
25 Sep 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak's proposals to support the economy through the next six months of the
06 Apr 2020
1Rebel, the London-based boutique studio operator, has announced a new initiative to help support its
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
30 Mar 2020
The US government has passed a motion that will see gig workers, independent contractors and
27 Mar 2020
Physical activity sector bodies have welcomed the government's measures to help the UK's self-employed workers
27 Mar 2020
American Council on Exercise (ACE) has urged US policymakers to not leave the fitness sector's
27 Mar 2020
Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of Pure Gym, appeared on BBC Question Time last night (26 March
26 Mar 2020
Leading organisations in the physical activity sector have urged chancellor Rishi Sunak to provide urgent
24 Mar 2020
With certain turbulent times for the global tourism and visitor attractions sectors, governments around the
20 Mar 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered all UK gyms, health clubs, leisure centres and restaurants
18 Mar 2020
Leading trade bodies representing the physical activity sector have called on the government to introduce
13 Dec 2019
Mid-market health club operator Total Fitness has acquired Pro-Fit Personal Training. The deal follows a
29 Apr 2019
EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise, has been working with Active IQ
16 Jan 2018
The Gym Group has increased its share of the budget gym sector by opening two-thirds
03 Nov 2017
Employment contracts for PTs working in the health and fitness sector are under the spotlight
21 Apr 2017
National governing bodies of sport should be required to have at least one named person
13 Feb 2017
A personal trainer hoping to secure contracts and minimum levels of pay for fitness professionals
26 Oct 2016
Budget health club operator The Gym Group has appointed Nick Henwood to the newly-created role
24 Jul 2015
Spa Opportunities is reporting an increase in the number of spa vacancies available, indicating that
21 Jul 2015
Loughborough College and West Cheshire claimed top honours at the recent AoC Sport Fitness Trainer
04 Feb 2015
Lifetime Training has partnered with FitPro affiliate PTA Global to create a new Level 3+
14 Oct 2014
An online insurance quotation platform called Insurance Noodle has been launched enabling US salons and
20 Sep 2011
Low-cost Norwegian chain EVO Fitness has continued its expansion programme with the opening of four
18 Jul 2011
Low-cost Norwegian health club chain EVO Fitness has opened three new Precor-equipped clubs in the
02 Jun 2011
Leisure trust Tone has announced a new partnership with personal training management company Your PT.
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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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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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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
has a new CEO, with an ambitious vision for the company
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deena Gillan
Chair of UK Active’s Independent Council and GM at 3-1-5“There are so many dedicated people in the independent sector – they work hard because they’re passionate about changing lives”
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Researchers have long known that the brain changes as a result of exercise. Now researchers believe this process is actually driven by the brain
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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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Celebrating its milestone 5th anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable
gathering of the Health & Fitness industry’s most influential leaders.
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