Kath Hudson talks to the new chair of UK Active’s Independent Council

The key to getting health club flooring right is down to blending performance, safety and branding, as Liz Terry discovers

Trade body, UK Active, and its partners have launched The Active Standard, a consumer-facing quality marque for members, as Paul Crane explains

Australian exercise and active health trade body, AUSactive, has partnered with the national Royal Life Saving and Swimming Pool & Spa Association to develop a position statement on cold water immersion therapy (CWI).

With the pandemic creating staffing challenges, we ask our experts how they’re responding

The 2022 AOAP Conference and Exposition and DIA Convention will be held in Florida from 7-10 February 2022.

A free-to-access training platform has launched to help the sport and fitness workforce confidently return to work, as lockdown measures are eased.

The sector should focus on young people, older people and workplace health for the biggest impact on our community, says Steven Ward

Scientists in the US have released a study indicating that exercise could lower the chances of women getting cervical cancer

A bottom-up approach to risk management can work for clubs, says Right Directions’ Gill Twell in her step-by-step guide

Corporate employers in the US investing in wellness plan to spend an average of US$594 (£357, €432) per employee on wellness incentives within their health care programmes for 2014, according to new research from the National Business Group on Health.

Chartered Insurance Broker, Independents, which has specialised in insuring gyms for nearly 15 years, has produced the first ever risk management guide specifically aimed at the gym sector.

Kristen Walsh reports on events at IHRSA's recent European Convention in Madrid, which attracted a record 600 delegates

The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) and Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) have reached an agreement to reform PPL's Exercise tariff - which covers the use of PPL-recorded music as an accompaniment to fitness classes.

Management company DC leisure has become the first operator to sign up to the new Health Commitment Statement (HCS).

Servicesport UK is one of the latest group of companies to join a scheme designed to help industry improve its safety record.