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16 Apr 2024
UK Active has announced details of its annual health and fitness industry awards ceremony, which
11 Mar 2024
New legislation will change the way health clubs in the UK manage their membership process,
27 Feb 2024
Australian exercise and active health trade body, AUSactive, has partnered with the national Royal Life
12 Jan 2024
People in the UK are getting the message that health clubs can support and protect
14 Dec 2023
This summer's Nike’s Open Doors programme saved many children from a summer on the sofa
11 Oct 2023
Trade body, the International Spa Association (ISPA), has appointed Todd Shaw and Ella Kent as
In the dynamic world of indoor cycling, Schwinn has consistently been at the forefront of
16 Feb 2023
Industry organisation the Sustainable Spa Association has undergone a rebrand and now goes by the
23 Jun 2022
A special task force has been established to boost physical activity opportunities for people with
01 Jun 2022
Power Plate has been shortlisted for the “Developing & Supporting Communities following on from Covid-19”
27 Oct 2021
UK Health clubs, gyms, hotels, pubs and other leisure businesses will all receive a 50
10 Nov 2020
Experience UK has completed a merger with ALES UK – the industry body for manufacturers
09 Oct 2020
A new fitness industry event is looking to challenge the likes of FIBO with a
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09 Sep 2020
A study of gym visit data from the US suggests that health clubs and fitness
24 Jul 2020
The UK Spa Association (UKSA) has announced saunas and steamrooms in England can reopen from
02 Jul 2020
The UK spa, beauty and wellness industry is in uproar following a recent Prime Minister’s
30 Jun 2020
The UK Spa Association (UKSA) is urging industry members to lobby the government for a
16 May 2020
Glenn Earlam, CEO of David Lloyd Leisure (DLL), says the operator is reopening 26 of
05 May 2020
The trade body for the German fitness sector, Deutscher Industrieverband für Fitness und Gesundheit (DIFG),
Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
11 Mar 2020
The coronavirus is beginning to have real-term effects on the UK's leisure industry, as the
11 Mar 2019
A new UK-based trade body designed to educate spa and salon operators on the environmental
20 Feb 2019
Lisa Barden has been named as chair of the UK Spa Association (UKSA), after founding
30 Oct 2018
The government's autumn budget – the last fiscal event before the UK leaves the European
17 May 2018
The emergence of Woodbury Park as a major sport and leisure destination from functional golf
07 Jul 2017
The UK Spa Association (UKSA) has revealed a new strategic plan as part of efforts
27 Mar 2017
National Spa Week 2017, which will run from 30 October-5 November, has announced two major
20 Dec 2016
US massage and skincare services company Massage Envy is to team up with not-for-profit trade
09 Oct 2015
ukactive chair Tanni Grey-Thompson has issued a strong rebuttal to a Times article which appeared
13 Apr 2015
New research from Portuguese fitness industry trade body AGAP has revealed green shoots of recovery
08 Apr 2015
FIBO week got underway in Cologne, Germany, this morning (8 April) with the start of
04 Mar 2015
ukactive is inviting applications for its new board from today (4 March) as it embarks
10 Dec 2014
ukactive has won the Trade Body Campaign of the Year award for its Turning the
22 Aug 2013
The number of sports clubs and facilities going bust has fallen by a third in
05 Jul 2013
Sports coaching company, Premier Sport, has revealed plans for a new physical activity programme aimed
14 Jun 2013
A new partnership between supermarket chain Asda and community sports organisation Sports Leaders UK aims
07 Mar 2013
Business in Sport and Leisure (BISL), the trade body representing private sector in the UK
06 Mar 2012
Pukka Ayurveda, Green People, Urtekram, Naturtint, Weleda, Suti, J?SÖN Natural Products, Rhodes to Heaven, Organic
23 Jan 2012
Associação de Empresas de Ginásios e Academias de Portugal (AGAP), the Portuguese fitness association, has
15 Sep 2011
Nearly 500 new jobs were created across Ireland's restaurant sector during July and August 2011,
18 Aug 2011
A new trade association looking to develop and maintain standards in the Indian spa industry
26 Jul 2010
National tourism agency VisitBritain has denied claims that a report it commissioned was "unrealistic", after
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Consumers’ growing love of strength training is to be welcomed, as this long-neglected modality has a renaissance, however, it’s vital we continue to make the case for cardio
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What needs to happen to integrate physical activity with
healthcare? Leaders in the sector share their thoughts
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Belinda Steward
MD of leisure, health and wellbeing, Places Leisure Places Leisure“We need to make it automatic that when people go to their doctor, they’re offered exercise rather than medication where appropriate”
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“Fitstop is growing well. In 2023 it added 45 locations and launched in New Zealand, Singapore and the US. It has grown sustainably and has great founder-led energy”
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With the industry experiencing a huge swing towards strength training, researchers recommend continuing to make the case for cardio
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The Elevate trade show and conference comes to London next
month. HCM gives the low down on what to look out for
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When a hefty round of investment
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CEO of Midtown Athletic Clubs
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Pilates is having a
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The European fitness sector is beating pre-pandemic numbers according to the 11th annual European Health & Fitness Market Report 2024 from Deloitte and EuropeActive, as Karsten Hollasch reports
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Ross Stewart Campbell
CEO, BeyondActiv“We have a fantastic opportunity in front of us to realise our vision of a happier and healthier world”
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Jen Holland
CEO: Edinburgh Leisure“Edinburgh Council will have a £143m budget shortfall by 2028/29 and so must find ways to become more efficient”
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