The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is set to end on 31 March leaving thousands set for closure or service cuts.

HCM gives a briefing on Elevate as the UK industry welcomes the return of this health and fitness event to London’s Excel

The lowdown on the UK’s largest physical activity trade show

The UK Government’s chief medical officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, will be a keynote speaker at the Elevate Thought Leaders’ conference, 8-9 May at ExCeL London. The free-to-attend conference is a feature of the Elevate exhibition and will debate the major issues impacting the fitness, health and sporting world.

Now in its fourth year, Elevate continues to explore the benefits of physical activity for health and wellbeing.

Physical activity outside of school is vital for child health and could play a major role in helping children meet government recommendations, according to research from the University of Bristol.

More than 20m UK adults are increasing their risk of heart disease and costing the health service as much as £1.2bn (US$1.5bn, €1.4bn) each year because of physical inactivity, a British Heart Foundation (BHF) report has revealed.

London’s first boutique, boxing-themed gym is set to open in January 2017 - with backing from Anthony Joshua MBE, the IBF heavyweight world champion.

From education to lively demonstrations and debate, we presents the highlights from LIW 2016

Operators in the sport and leisure sector have an opportunity to develop their offer as a result of the government’s childhood obesity strategy, according to Public Health England (PHE).

A group of the UK’s leading exercise referral experts have expressed concern at the initial low uptake of such referrals, offering recommendations to improve the situation in a new white paper.

Given the UK's growing health crisis – alongside the continued rise and fall of dieting trends – the question of the health club sector’s role in offering people specialist programmes and choices to help weight management is becoming increasingly pertinent.

Walking could be just as important as biological imperatives like eating, providing the key types of movement the body needs to remain healthy, according to author and scientist Katy Bowman.

Recent suggestions from health expert Dr Mike Loosemore, head of exercise medicine at UCL’s Institute of Sport Exercise and Health, posit that most people in the UK are so far away from the government’s recommended exercise guidelines that they give up before they even start.

How can we change the nation’s psyche and get people moving? We ask our panel of experts

The health and fitness industry should be focusing on how people can squeeze time for exercise into their lives, as opposed to purely telling people why physical activity is important, according to Health Club Management editor Kate Cracknell.

Public health campaigns must focus not only on the science of why people should exercise, but also on the practicalities of how physical activity guidelines can be easily and enjoyably achieved, says Kate Cracknell

Parents have been warned to "take off the blinkers" over how active their children are to prevent an increase in childhood obesity levels, according to new research from the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

Whether its having sex, doing the gardening or taking the stairs, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) is urging people to get moving in its latest campaign.