Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has been named as a keynote speaker for the Getting Wales Moving conference, which will scrutinise Welsh government policy on issues relating to fitness, health and wellbeing.

More apprentices will be offered a route into the sports and leisure industry following a decision by Fusion Lifestyle to grow its programme from 150 to 500 over the next three years.

Budget gym operator Xercise4Less has become the latest firm to turn to Icon to provide training for its frontline staff.

Leisure industry organisations including GLL, Future Fit Training and Les Mills UK were some of the winners at this year’s Active Training Awards.

GLL, Everyone Active and Fusion Lifestyle are among the nominations for this year’s Active Training Awards – which has been expanded to include a day’s conference.

The number of training qualifications awarded across the leisure, travel and tourism sector has fallen for the second year running, according to official government statistics.

Icon Training has announced a new collaboration with British Weight Lifting (BWL) to broaden education and understanding of the fast-growing sport.

Training provider Icon Training has strengthened its senior management team with the addition of two new project leads and the promotion of Gary Denton to the role of director.

Sport and leisure training provider Icon Training is planning a complete overhaul of its training structure in a bid to provide structured career pathways spanning from entry level right up to the boardroom.

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The finalists have been named for the Active Training Awards 2014, which will see the physical activity sector’s top training providers honoured for their efforts in improving the workforce.

The growth in prominence of social media has opened up an array of marketing opportunities for the health and fitness industry, however marketing managers should be operating more like Richard Branson to improve their online strategies, says Icon Training CEO Julian Leybourne.

The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has announced that five employers in the sport and activity sector have committed to investing in the UK development body following its new business plan.

CIMSPA, the professional development body for the UK’s sport and physical activity sector held its first AGM yesterday (7th November) and a record number of members voted on the future business plan and trustees.

Budget gym operator easyGym has partnered with UK training provider Icon Training.

Icon Training has become the UK's first sport training provider to be given the go-ahead by the Education Funding Agency to provide its Ofsted Grade 1 training to 16- and 17-year-olds.

A new government-funded apprenticeships scheme has been launched to tackle the shortage of aquatic personnel in the UK leisure industry.

Welsh deputy minister for Skills, Jeff Cuthbert, has announced a further £5m funding for additional apprenticeship places for newly recruited young people aged 16-24.

Icon Training has been named as one of the UK's top training providers after achieving seven Grade 1's from a recent Ofsted inspection - the first time a leisure company has been assessed as outstanding in each category.