social value news
18 May 2026
Nuffield Health’s free programmes delivered social value of £166 million in 2025 and the company
07 May 2026
Cheshire-based, leisure charity, Everybody Health and Leisure, has announced the appointment of four high-profile patrons,
09 Apr 2026
The newly published The UK Health & Fitness Market Report 2026 shows penetration has reached
Across the UK, local authorities are facing the same challenge: ageing leisure facilities, restrictive layouts
07 Mar 2026
Beat the Street has announced plans to launch in a number of new towns this
11 Feb 2026
Bolton Middlebrook Leisure Trust has scooped the contract to run five leisure sites as an
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
Sport England research shows sport and exercise contributes £123 billion to the UK economy each year
18 Nov 2025
Grassroots sport and exercise boost the UK economy by £36.2 billion every year, according to
13 Nov 2025
According to the latest Moving Communities Impact Report visits to leisure centres are rising and
04 Nov 2025
Nuffield Health is set to roll out its new Long-Term Conditions Rehabilitation Programme, aiming to
08 Oct 2025
European operator, Go Fit has announced record profits and the investment of €150 million in
25 Sep 2025
Everyone Active will be taking over the contract to run Woking Borough Council’s four leisure
30 Jul 2025
EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise, has announced the appointment of Dan
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
25 Jul 2025
According to a study commissioned by GM Active, health intervention programmes provide more than £20,000
23 Jul 2025
Leisure DB has released its State of the UK Swimming Industry Report 2025. In the
13 May 2025
The Moving Communities social value dashboard has been updated to enable more powerful reporting around
25 Apr 2025
Physical participation figures are the highest ever, but inequalities remain with the same groups still
09 Apr 2025
Sport England has renewed the contract for its Moving Communities study for another four years.
03 Apr 2025
The Gym Group has beaten its goal of generating £900 million in social value annually
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
03 Apr 2025
The UK health and fitness industry is growing exponentially, with revenue up by 8.8 per
31 Mar 2025
NHS England has released a report, Harnessing the benefits of physical activity that suggests it
25 Mar 2025
The national governing body for group exercise in the UK – EMD UK (Exercise, Movement
28 Jan 2025
Research by the Global Health and Fitness Alliance (GHFA) and the Health and Fitness Association
28 Nov 2024
After one year in the CEO seat at The Gym Group, Will Orr says The
18 Nov 2024
UK Active has written to chancellor, Rachel Reeves, asking for measures to offset the cost
31 Oct 2024
Chanchellor, Rachel Reeves, talked about fixing the NHS and rebuilding Britain in the budget, but
26 Oct 2024
Sport and physical activity creates annual savings of £10.5 billion for the NHS and social
08 Oct 2024
Socialising is an increasingly important aspect of the Gen Z workout experience, according to research
23 Sep 2024
Essex County Council has appointed Sport for Confidence CIC to deliver a physical activity model
09 Sep 2024
UK Active is calling on the government for support to scale up its MSK Hubs
15 Aug 2024
The latest Moving Communities Impact Report from Sport England is out today (16 August) and
15 Jun 2024
More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to
06 Jun 2024
The UK health and fitness is performing well, especially the private sector, with member numbers,
15 Apr 2024
Having redefined the model of public-private collaboration in Spain, Go Fit is now expanding into
26 Mar 2024
Total Fitness has released results for its most recent financial year (to June 23), which
16 Mar 2024
Will Orr, CEO of The Gym Group, has revealed the company’s full-year results for 2023,
13 Mar 2024
North Herts District Council has entered into a ten-year partnership with Everyone Active to run
08 Feb 2024
Iberian operator, Go fit, has confirmed its plans to move into the Italian market next
11 Jan 2024
The Gym Group has announced its positive H1 trading trends have continued, with year end
20 Dec 2023
The UK’s most recently-formed local government body – North Yorkshire Council – is making wellbeing
24 May 2023
Jack Shakespeare, UK Active's director of research, policy and communications, is leaving the organisation to
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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Pulse Fitness has created a
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BLK BOX has been reimagining elite performance
spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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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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With corporately-owned clubs,
franchise networks, investments
and proprietary tech, Viva Leisure’s
ecosystem is redefining how
gyms scale and generate revenue.
Its CEO speaks to Kate Cracknell
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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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