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16 Jun 2021
The UK government has extended the ban on commercial evictions until 25 March 2022. Announcing
15 Jun 2021
Operating a further four weeks at reduced capacity will place serious pressure on English fitness
08 Jun 2021
Active IQ has launched two new qualifications – the Level 2 Diploma in Health and
11 May 2021
Jan Spaticchia, founder and chair of énergie Fitness has died aged 51 following a short
16 Apr 2021
Health clubs and gyms will be able to open their doors to individual training sessions
12 Apr 2021
Health clubs, leisure centres and studios in England have opened today (12 April) for the
Following a hugely successful event last year in Split, Croatia, a W3Fit EMEA, is heading
23 Mar 2021
A total of £100m has been allocated to 266 local authorities across England, to support
03 Mar 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled an additional £700m funding boost for sports and culture, as
28 Feb 2021
Hundreds of gyms, swimming pools and leisure centres have been forced to close and thousands
21 Feb 2021
The physical and mental health of women in the UK has been put under unprecedented
17 Feb 2021
Data published today (17 February) shows that for every 100,000 visits to UK gyms and
12 Feb 2021
The Cabinet Office has chosen leisure operator GLL as the "face" of England's COVID-secure physical
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01 Feb 2021
Wigan Council in the UK will take back the management of all its leisure centres
19 Jan 2021
Fitness, sport and leisure sector professionals who have continued to deliver services to their communities
07 Jan 2021
The closing of gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools under COVID-19 restrictions is costing the
04 Jan 2021
David Lloyd Leisure has become the latest operator to have its auditors flag up the
18 Dec 2020
As COVID-19 cases increase across much of the UK, the fitness industry is standing fast,
09 Dec 2020
The House of Lords' National Plan for Sport and Recreation committee has invited sporting organisations
Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
02 Dec 2020
Gyms, health clubs, leisure centres and fitness studios in England are back in business today
26 Nov 2020
This year's UK government Spending Review, announced in Parliament by chancellor Rishi Sunak on 25
25 Nov 2020
Up to 100k people will benefit from the free gym and physical activity sessions, thanks
23 Nov 2020
Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres will be able to open their doors when the
23 Nov 2020
In collaboration with ukactive, FunXtion has driven a global discussion with some of the world’s
19 Nov 2020
The UK government has launched a £1bn Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), providing grant funding
13 Nov 2020
The UK's physical activity sector is currently lobbying to have gyms and leisure centres classed
22 Oct 2020
The government has pledged to invest £100m in supporting public leisure centres this winter, as
06 Oct 2020
The UK and Scottish governments should classify gyms, health clubs, swimming pools and leisure centres
06 Oct 2020
Malcolm McPhail, group CEO of social enterprise Life Leisure, has stepped down from the role
25 Sep 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak's proposals to support the economy through the next six months of the
21 Sep 2020
Gyms in the UK are continuing to successfully control COVID-19 transmisssion, according to the latest
18 Sep 2020
The government has further extended protection from rent enforcement activity until the end of the
08 Sep 2020
Wattbike has secured £11.5m worth of new funding from Piper, a specialist investor in branded
27 Aug 2020
Over 22,000 jobs are at risk across the UK's public leisure sector, out of a
19 Aug 2020
The Scottish government has published its guidance for indoor sports venues and leisure facilities –
12 Aug 2020
A government investment of £1.75bn – to pay 50 per cent of rents across the
07 Aug 2020
Industry body, ukactive, has questioned the decision to close gyms and health clubs as part
27 Jul 2020
Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus
23 Jul 2020
A new family fitness focused operator is preparing to open its first site in Putney,
09 Jul 2020
The UK's fitness industry can finally get back to business on Saturday 25 July, following
02 Jul 2020
UK consumer confidence has improved significantly since the beginning of the lockdown, with a fifth
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The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based
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D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with
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director, Matt Aynsley, explain the rationale
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Epassi, a provider of workplace wellness benefits, is creating a fitter
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University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship
Goodwin Sports Centre following a major refurbishment
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GymNation is pioneering the future of
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to power and sustain its growth
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McFit, the original budget gym is undergoing
a transformation with a new look and
estate-wide overhaul, as Liz Terry reports
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“I would say those results, along with the team’s total lack of complacency – their desire to keep improving – have been the two big highlights of my first year ”
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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
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Industry suppliers are responding to the exponential increase in
consumer demand for strength training with a raft of new and
innovative launches and concepts, as Steph Eaves reports
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Imposter syndrome about a promotion taught the
CEO of SATS that behaving authentically is the most
important part of leadership. He talks to Kath Hudson
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Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a
health club, do fitness professionals need a grounding in counselling
to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
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Footballer and entrepreneur“Taking care of your physical and mental health is essential for a fulfilling life”
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Dr Jonathan Leary
Founder, Remedy Place“It was as though the whole world woke up at the same time”
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New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
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As more people join clubs to support their mental
health, fitness professionals need to be empowered to
take a holistic approach. Kath Hudson shares useful
tools discussed at the ACE summit on mental health
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Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
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Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
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