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07 Apr 2026
Wakefield Council has confirmed plans to transition its swim school provision to STA’s new 1-7
27 Nov 2025
Sport England has announced 27 new partnerships that will benefit from its place-based approach, which
08 Oct 2025
JD Gyms is moving closer to its target of 100 sites across the UK, with
28 Feb 2025
Total Fitness grew revenue by 15 per cent year-on-year in 2024, to £46.1 million, thanks
12 Aug 2024
UAE fitness chain, GymNation, has acquired a Fitness First club in Dubai, to merge with
26 Jul 2022
Total Fitness says its membership numbers are back to pre-COVID-19 levels. With fifteen clubs in
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
15 Mar 2022
Plans for a new spa in Leeds have been unveiled by The Bannatyne Group as
06 Jul 2021
Over a third of real estate investors intend to buy more hotels across Europe, according
19 Dec 2020
Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part
29 Jul 2020
JD Gyms has acquired the gym estate of Xercise4Less, following the budget chain calling in
21 Aug 2019
Work has begun on a £20.8m leisure centre in Pontefract in West Yorkshire. The Five
13 Aug 2019
The UK's Art Fund has announced the latest winners of its New Collecting Awards, chosen
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
21 Jan 2019
Local culture, heritage and creative industries in five parts of the UK are set to
17 May 2018
The winners of this year’s Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence have been announced, with
17 Apr 2018
British architects HawkinsBrown have won planning and listed building consent for their regeneration of a
28 Feb 2018
The new £5m Minsthorpe Leisure centre in Wakefield will open its doors on 15 March,
22 Aug 2017
The Bannatyne Group has expanded its spa portfolio with a £1m refurbishment of the Colchester,
05 Jul 2017
London practice Twelve Architects have been granted unanimous approval by the local government of Russia’s
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
10 Apr 2017
Construction has commenced on a new £3.8m (US$4.7m, €4.4m) visitor centre for the famous Yorkshire
20 Feb 2017
Famed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will have a series of bronze sculptures, inspired by the
16 Sep 2016
Wakefield Council has revealed plans to replace three existing swimming pools in West Yorkshire with
09 Sep 2016
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats has agreed a deal to stay at the Belle Vue ground as
08 Sep 2016
The Bannatyne Group – which operates a portfolio of health clubs, spas and hotels in
08 Aug 2016
Don't miss the Licensed, Leisure and Entertainment Premises Conference on 28 September 2016 in London. Chaired by
05 Aug 2016
The UK government will spend £14.5m (US$19m €17m) on the restoration of 39 cathedrals across
04 Aug 2016
Details of a new £5m leisure centre planned for Minsthorpe in West Yorkshire have been
11 Feb 2016
The home of Super League team Wakefield Trinity Wildcats has been put up for sale
29 Sep 2015
Castleford Tigers Rugby Football Club’s plans to build a new stadium in Glasshoughton, West Yorkshire,
10 Aug 2015
A new £200m investment fund seeking opportunities to acquire leisure properties has completed its first
07 Jul 2015
Castleford Tigers Rugby Football Club’s plans to build a new stadium has taken a major
02 May 2015
An estimated 250,000 people turned out to line the route of the inaugural Tour de
12 Mar 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has chosen David Chipperfield Architects to design
20 Feb 2015
Wakefield Council has given planning permission for Castleford Tigers’ ambitious £135m stadium complex. As well
18 Feb 2015
The government will invest £800,000 in improving cycling facilities in Yorkshire and promoting this year’s
12 Feb 2015
Absolute Performance has provided strength and conditioning equipment for new gyms at two education establishments
14 Jan 2015
Castleford Tigers CEO Steve Gill has said the weather damage caused to Wheldon Road stadium
12 Dec 2014
Major League Baseball (MLB) team Atlanta Braves has released new renderings of its planned SunTrust
11 Aug 2014
There's no such thing as a summer lull at the Heritage Lottery Fund, which last
10 Jul 2014
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP), Wakefield, UK, has taken home a £100,000 prize from The Art
27 May 2014
A new £370m mixed-use ‘village’ is to be built in Islington on the site of
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Vicci Wells shares insights from the
recent Class of 2035 report into
physical activity in Generation Alpha
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New insight from Deloitte and Grant Thornton shows record growth, but the real shift is towards identity and perceived value, revealing opportunities to deepen engagement with members
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