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26 Nov 2025
On unveiling the Autumn Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said there would be no return to
06 Nov 2025
Broadcaster and author, Professor Chris van Tulleken, was among the line-up of experts to give
29 Oct 2025
The UK’s chief medical officer, Sir Chris Whitty, has given evidence to the Health and
02 Sep 2025
Work is underway on Central Bedfordshire Council’s £30 million leisure and community centre in Leighton
29 Aug 2025
The UK’s Health and Social Care Committee is actively looking at how physical activity can
29 Jul 2025
Strategic advisor, Andy Reed, founder of SajeImpact, has called for a fresh approach to physical
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
17 Jul 2025
In a win for the UK health and fitness industry, health secretary, Wes Streeting, has
16 Jul 2025
Qualified physical activity professionals in the UK will soon be able to add letters after
30 Jun 2025
The UK government is briefing journalists that a major pivot to prevention can be expected
04 Jun 2025
The National Sector Partners Group (NSPG) has written to the Prime Minister ahead of the
13 May 2025
The Moving Communities social value dashboard has been updated to enable more powerful reporting around
10 Apr 2025
Sport for Confidence and Everyone Active have launched a community-focused delivery model in Westminster, London
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
13 Mar 2025
NHS England – the body responsible for delivering public sector health care in England – is
13 Mar 2025
Nuffield Health is partnering with the UK government to offer 4,000 health workers who live
10 Mar 2025
Don’t wait for the government, or the NHS, to provide the solutions or the budget,
26 Feb 2025
Improvements in life expectancy in Europe have slowed according to a study published in The
28 Jan 2025
The results of the first major UK study to quantify the benefits of consuming culture
04 Dec 2024
With 2.8 million people in the UK economically inactive due to long-term sickness, the government
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
29 Nov 2024
Recognising the challenges facing local authorities, the Labour government has announced plans to tackle local
18 Nov 2024
UK Active has written to chancellor, Rachel Reeves, asking for measures to offset the cost
18 Nov 2024
CIMSPA is preparing a submission in response to the government announcement of a 10-year health
06 Nov 2024
The Food, Diet and Obesity Committee has published a report calling for the British government
31 Oct 2024
Chanchellor, Rachel Reeves, talked about fixing the NHS and rebuilding Britain in the budget, but
29 Oct 2024
Independent charity, Everybody Health and Leisure, has been awarded the delivery of the One You
26 Oct 2024
Sport and physical activity creates annual savings of £10.5 billion for the NHS and social
22 Oct 2024
Untreated vision loss and bad cholesterol have been cited in new research as high risk
23 Sep 2024
Essex County Council has appointed Sport for Confidence CIC to deliver a physical activity model
25 Jul 2024
Sector leaders in the UK have collaborated to create the Physical Activity Leadership Network that
15 Jul 2024
Sport for Confidence CIC has received a national award for its pioneering work hardwiring occupational
19 Jun 2024
With the UK General Election imminent, industry strategist, Martyn Allison, says it’s time for the
30 May 2024
In the latest edition of HCM magazine, Mark Tweedie talks about his hopes for the
02 May 2024
Consultancy and change architects, Miova, have welcomed industry veteran Mark Tweedie on board. Tweedie had
18 Apr 2024
The fitness sector’s pivot to active wellbeing is being discussed in a new weekly podcast,
11 Mar 2024
The UK government acknowledged in its recent budget that economic recovery depends on the health
19 Feb 2024
In a soft power exercise, politicians in the UK have been invited to take part
16 Feb 2024
While life expectancy has increased, the extra years are often not spent in good health.
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
14 Aug 2023
Parkwood Leisure, in partnership with its subsidiary companies Legacy Leisure and Lex Leisure, has launched
26 Jul 2023
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
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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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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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,
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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Vicci Wells shares insights from the
recent Class of 2035 report into
physical activity in Generation Alpha
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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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