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08 Apr 2026
Award-winning leisure operator, Everyone Active, has partnered with four-time Paralympic gold medallist Maisie Summers-Newton MBE
31 Jul 2025
The latest State of the Spa Industry Survey from the UK Spa Association (UKSA) reveals
09 Sep 2024
Ellisons, one of the UK’s oldest established hair and beauty wholesalers, has confirmed a change
05 Jul 2024
Industry body CIMSPA, which represents workers across the physical activity sector, has created an online
29 Jan 2024
Spa and skincare brand, Gaia Skincare, has named Jessica Scullion head of sales and promoted
18 Jan 2024
Equinox has created an educational programme for its performance coaches that will enable them to
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
15 Sep 2023
A new gym, named after one of Britain's most famous sporting heroes, has opened at
20 Mar 2023
Hand Picked Hotels (HPH) has launched its new Spa Therapist Apprenticeship programme, working alongside national
29 Apr 2019
EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise, has been working with Active IQ
21 Nov 2018
Some of the UK's leading spa operators and consultants convened in Birmingham last week (14
06 Sep 2018
In response to the continued growth and success of Alliance Leisure’s client support services, the
16 Jul 2018
Sports charity Sported has teamed up with TSB Bank to launch a community sports programme
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
14 May 2018
The number of people doing group exercise increased by 3.76 million during 2017, according to
17 Aug 2017
Fitness franchise énergie Group has opened thé Yard - a new signature training concept that
01 Mar 2017
A planning application for Belfast’s proposed Casement Park stadium has finally been submitted after a
13 Sep 2016
Leisure and travel giant TUI is to create more than 2,000 new apprentices in the
10 Aug 2016
GLL (Greenwich Leisure Ltd) has signed a partnership agreement with a professional body to help
19 Jul 2016
Fabienne Lindholm has been named international education director for skincare brand Babor. In her new
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
29 Feb 2016
Health clubs should invest more in star fitness instructors to reflect their value to the
27 Nov 2015
Lifetime Training scooped a trio of awards as the leading lights of physical activity sector
23 Jun 2015
Nikos Kouremenos, area spa director for Raison d’Etre, is set to hand over spa operations
27 Apr 2015
A senior official of the Bangkok Attorney-General’s Office is on 24-hour watch in the intensive
27 Feb 2015
FitPro has signed a partnership deal with the Middle East Exercise Sports Academy (MEESA) for
08 Jan 2015
Alton Towers and Staffordshire University have teamed up to offer a Foundation Degree in Visitor
01 Dec 2014
The physical activity sector’s leading training providers gathered in Marlow last week to celebrate 2014’s
27 Oct 2014
The finalists have been named for the Active Training Awards 2014, which will see the
22 Oct 2014
Children's activity and sport provider Fit For Sport has strengthened its management team with two
07 Aug 2014
ukactive and the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) have
12 Jun 2014
The government has announced it will team up with the tourism and hospitality sector to
06 May 2014
Premier Training International (PTI) has embarked on an international partnership with Talwalkars – one of
28 Mar 2014
Leisure-net Solutions and David Monkhouse Consulting have announced they are to merge as of 1
27 Nov 2013
Lifetime Training, in partnership with DC Leisure, has been awarded the title of Apprenticeship Provider
17 Jun 2013
The creative arts will have a new home in Bath following Bath and North East
24 Apr 2013
The Institute of Sales and Marketing Management (ISMM) has recognised Leisure Connection for its Sales
11 Apr 2013
Builders have begun work on the £1.1m project to develop the Hospitality Guild's flagship training
26 Mar 2013
The Sports & Leisure Facilities Forum is a unique event for purchasing decision makers from
30 Oct 2012
Welsh deputy minister for skills, Jeff Cuthbert, has announced a further £5m funding for additional
18 Jul 2012
A new study published in medical journal The Lancet has claimed that sedentary lifestyles and
14 Jun 2012
Work has now started on the installation of one of the country's "first club-based artificial
03 Feb 2012
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has confirmed that members across its entire 79-club UK estate will
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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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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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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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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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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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New launch, Salus House, elevates boutique wellness with
high service levels and a partnership with Technogym
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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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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers
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