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08 Apr 2026
The £30.6 million Bedworth Physical Activity Hub is now open, replacing a centre which dated
08 Apr 2026
Award-winning leisure operator, Everyone Active, has partnered with four-time Paralympic gold medallist Maisie Summers-Newton MBE
06 Feb 2026
A new strategic partnership between Swim England and Neurodiverse Sport (NdS) will strengthen neuro‑inclusive practice
01 Jan 2026
Woolwich Waves leisure centre opened its doors on 1 January 2026, replacing the former Waterfront
23 Oct 2025
Physiologist and co-founder of Future Practice and Pillar Wellbeing, Oli Patrick opened the HCM Summit
16 Oct 2025
Work is underway on a £19.7 million waterfront leisure centre in Newport, which will be
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
16 Oct 2025
Swim England is encouraging teachers to embrace the value of gameplay alongside lesson delivery. The
18 Sep 2025
In response to strong consumer demand, Guildford Lido in Surrey, UK will stay open, and
06 Aug 2025
Move Southwark is gearing up to launch a multi-million pound leisure centre at Canada Water,
23 Jul 2025
Leisure DB has released its State of the UK Swimming Industry Report 2025. In the
09 Apr 2025
More than 70 per cent of children are being taken out of swimming lessons before
01 Nov 2024
Spelthorne Borough Council has opened the doors to a world-leading leisure centre built to Passivhaus
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
15 Aug 2024
The latest Moving Communities Impact Report from Sport England is out today (16 August) and
01 Aug 2024
Swimming pools need to be repositioned so they're prized as assets rather than considered a
26 Mar 2024
Total Fitness has released results for its most recent financial year (to June 23), which
14 Nov 2023
MyFitApp, a global leader in member mobile apps, has revealed that it has integrated with
26 Jul 2023
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
23 Feb 2023
The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
24 Jan 2023
The damaging effect of the energy crisis due to government inaction and the impact on
11 Jan 2023
The UK government has announced it will be scaling back financial support for businesses as
21 Dec 2022
Mark Sesnan, co-founder and CEO of GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited), has announced that he will
15 Dec 2022
Following a £500,000 investment, Everybody Health and Leisure has unveiled a new 100-station Technogym fitness
14 Dec 2022
Sport England has released the Future of Public Sector Leisure report which looks at how
12 Dec 2022
Children’s and young people’s activity levels are back to pre-pandemic levels, confirms Sport England in
Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s leading leisure operators, has reached the milestone of teaching
22 Dec 2021
HCM has confirmed that the UK government's £1bn support package for the hospitality and leisure
10 Aug 2021
The number of children enrolled on Parkwood Leisure's Learn to Swim Programme, has reached a
18 May 2021
One in three councils in England are expecting to close at least one of their
12 May 2021
The Swimming Teachers' Association (STA) has partnered with a psychologist to provide new mindfulness and
04 Mar 2021
The Budget announcement has left the UK's physical activity sector with "unanswered questions" and vowing
10 Sep 2020
Organised fitness, sports and other leisure activities (including swimming) can continue despite the introduction of
24 Aug 2020
Almost a quarter of public swimming pools across the country remain closed – nearly a
23 Jul 2020
A new family fitness focused operator is preparing to open its first site in Putney,
29 Jun 2020
Almost 60 per cent of UK parents plan to resume their children’s swimming lessons –
24 Jun 2020
Momentum is gathering pace in the push for a U-turn on the government's decision to
09 Jun 2020
A national survey looks to gauge the UK public views on – and appetite for
28 May 2020
A new report has revealed the likely timescales and shape of the UK fitness market's
08 Apr 2020
Thousands of UK leisure and fitness facilities could close permanently, as operators struggle to deal
29 Jan 2020
The Third Space has opened its sixth full-service club in Islington, London. Located at the
26 Mar 2019
With the availability of qualified swimming teachers an issue nationally, leisure management trust Stevenage Leisure
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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
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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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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high service levels and a partnership with Technogym
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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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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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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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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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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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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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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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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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