ukactive news
14 Feb 2020
A report outlining membership habits and retention in the fitness sector will be released at
07 Feb 2020
Ukactive has called on HM Treasury to invest more in the physical activity sector, in
03 Feb 2020
Physical activity body ukactive is launching a new programme of regional events, aimed at providing
28 Jan 2020
The UK government is looking to create more physical activity opportunities for children by helping
24 Jan 2020
Active-net 2020 has revealed the agenda for the two-day educational, networking and business meetings event,
15 Jan 2020
A three-year research project will look to provide the physical activity industry with a better
12 Feb 2020
HIIT specialist, Speedflex, is set to launch a new studio at Gateshead International Stadium in
09 Jan 2020
Sport England is providing ukactive with funding that has allowed the non-profit organisation to expand
07 Jan 2020
The chancellor, Sajid Javid, has revealed that the government will present its budget on 11
16 Dec 2019
Ukactive has urged the incoming Conservative government to invest heavily in physical activity – in
11 Dec 2019
More than 40 sports industry leaders from across the UK have signed an open letter
09 Dec 2019
Representatives from the three main political parties have backed the view that physical activity has
05 Dec 2019
Almost half of children and young people (46.8 per cent) in England are doing the
30 Oct 2019
The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) is proud to be the industry leader
28 Nov 2019
The main political parties need to "discuss prevention in the same breath as they discuss
21 Nov 2019
The Sport and Recreation Alliance and ukactive will host sport and physical activity hustings with
19 Nov 2019
Huw Edwards, CEO of ukactive, has written to Boris Johnson, requesting that the Prime Minister's
11 Nov 2019
Sport England has published an update on its digital strategy, in which the grassroots organisation
08 Nov 2019
A study assessing the impact of physical inactivity on national economies has suggested that if
31 Oct 2019
The physical activity sector has called for the UK's party leaders to commit to improving
24 Jan 2020
Active-net 2020 has revealed the agenda for the two-day educational, networking and business meetings event,
30 Oct 2019
The time has come for Westminster to provide the same urgency and focus for the
13 Nov 2019
Who does your brand belong to? There used to be only one answer to this
25 Oct 2019
Hitting the gym, swimming and cycling are the activities people with visual impairments most want
18 Oct 2019
Physical activity bodies ukactive and EuropeActive have agreed to strengthen their partnership in the event
17 Oct 2019
The number of UK adults classed as physically active has increased by 1 million in
10 Oct 2019
The outgoing chief medical officer, professor Dame Sally Davies, has called for urgent action across
02 Oct 2019
Olympic champion Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill will add a bit of stardust to this year's ukactive
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HCM talks to Fraser Smith about founding his studio and why he picked miha bodytec as his supplier and EMS training for his USP
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Steve Mellor, owner of AMP Athletic, has installed Myzone to drive his business.
We find out how it’s enabling him to deliver great service to his members
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Class Boutique Fitness has collaborated with Physical Company to create a boutique studio offering that’s as inclusive as it is effective
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Technogym is helping Odyssey Health
Club launch new gym floor formats that
enhance the member experience
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Design
Third Space sold its boutique brand, Another Space, and launched
its sixth full-service club in the space of a few weeks, signalling its
intention to consoldidate its position at the top end of the market
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IHRSA Update
Kristen Walsh takes a look inside IHRSA’s
latest Profiles of Success report
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Abbeycroft Leisure - Inspiring better health and
wellbeing for Suffolk communities
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People
“We have 14 rockstar instructors, all freelance but all working for us on an exclusive basis, and haven’t lost a single one of them since we opened. We pay them well – they can earn €100+ for a full class. But even more important than that, they all feel involved in the business”
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Stephen Aucott & Matt Brown
Odyssey Health Club and Spa“We’d like to think we’re offering something unique that will encourage members to grow their own vegetables and
reconnect to their relationship with food”
People
HCM people
Amanda Daley
Professor of behavioural medicine, Loughborough University“PACE labelling would be a simple, user-friendly way of informing people, at a glance, of the amount of physical activity required
for the food they are considering eating ”
People
“All the research shows, if people aren’t exercising, it isn’t because of a lack of facilities. It’s because of the softer stuff: What do I wear? Who do I go with, because I don’t know anyone there? What do I need to take with me?”
People
HCM people
Duncan Jefford
Regional Director, Everyone Active“People don’t want to just come in and run on a treadmill or sit on a bike, they want an experience”
People
In addition to being one of the UK’s largest leisure management companies,
Parkwood Leisure is also a health and fitness operator at scale, with 73 gyms and over
100,000 members. MD Glen Hall tells HCM how two major reviews in recent years
have put the company on a new path
People
“Gyrotonic has continued to grow via word of mouth. I quickly had people from all sorts of backgrounds and all kinds of disabilities coming to me who the medical community couldn’t help. As I came across different people with different problems and limitations, I started to adapt the technique”
People
HCM people
Groupe Arkose
Groupe Arkose: co-founders“Bouldering is more than a trend: it’s fun and healthy, strongly aspirational, easily accessible, highly motivating and promotes social interaction”
People
“One day, as our estate continues to grow, it might even be that we create an Evolution Wellness membership and app – a way of aggregating across the total portfolio, allowing people to consume any of our brands by using credits from their digital membership”
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