The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has introduced a new points system to record Continuing Professional Development (CPD), as part of efforts to make the system "easier to understand, manage and keep up to date" for its members.

Fitness and leisure qualification body Active IQ has strengthened its team with the addition of three senior appointments.

In the first of a two-part series on the evolution of ukactive, the organisation’s executive director Steven Ward looks at what’s changed over recent years

The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), has been taken over by Sports Coach UK “in its entirety”.

CIMSPA, the professional body for the UK sport and physical activity sector, has kicked off a full governance review as it bids to fulfil its responsibilities set out in the government sport strategy.

As the former CEO of ukactive is freed from the shackles of office, he offers his frank opinions on the fitness sector

Sport England has pledged to work with CIMSPA to produce a new workforce strategy by the end of 2016 as it seeks to crank up efforts to professionalise the physical activity sector.

Sport England’s funding to SkillsActive – the owner of fitness professional register REPs – has ceased and its partnership is under review as the quango moves forward with implementing the recommendations of the government’s new sports strategy.

The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has issued a defiant rebuttal to online rumours that it is close to collapse, saying that 2016 will be a “year of transformation” for the Register.

The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has won a ringing endorsement from the government to lead the way in professionalising the sport and physical activity sector and raising standards.

Work to improve physical activity sector apprenticeships through the Trailblazer initiative has made another leap forward, with the foundations now in place for three new sets of standards.

The physical activity sector needs to put co-operation above self-interest if it is to avoid what threatens to become a ‘bun fight’ over the creation of a new framework for sector skills and workforce development.

A new Diploma in Health, Fitness and Sales from Premier Training International (PTI) aims to increase business acumen and commercial nous among new PTs after employers noted a distinct lack of sales savvy among the current workforce.

More than two thirds of the UK fitness sector’s workforce is female, according to the Working in Fitness Survey 2015.

Awarding organisation Active IQ recently gathered physical activity sector employers, training providers and representatives from key industry bodies to explore the hot topic of industry training.

Physical activity sector skills bodies will meet in the coming weeks to discuss the future of industry learning and development, amid growing calls for these responsibilities to sit under a single organisation.

ukactive’s CEO David Stalker discusses the proposed move towards a single organisation covering all skills and workforce development for health and fitness

The owner of Sports Leisure Management (SLM) has acquired wellness intervention provider Weight Management Centre as it bids to cement its position as a leading public health delivery partner.

Keiser UK has appointed Neil Troutman as new master instructor, tasked with building a team of master instructors to deliver Keiser’s M Series and Air training courses.

Nicky Jobson looks ahead to the highlights in store for visitors to this year’s Leisure Industry Week

The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has appointed a transitional management team to restructure the organisation in line with the business plan approved by members in November.

EHFA's Cliff Collins gives details of EU initiatives that will impact the fitness sector in 2014

New products and trends from this year's Leisure Industry Week

Laura Dagg takes a look forward to the highlights of this year's Leisure Industry Week, which takes place in Birmingham later this month

SkillsActive has welcomed the positive results shown in a recent government report on sport and regeneration but also calls for more to be done to continue the Olympic legacy.

SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council for active leisure, learning and wellbeing has announced a partnership with 1st4sport Qualifications in order to bring advanced levels of collaboration between the respective organisations. 1st4sport has been heavily involved in the sector, engaging in partnerships with the FA,RFU, ECB and LTA to build qualifications that aiming to strengthen the industry.

The Register of Aquatic Professionals (RAPs) has officially been launched into its pilot phase.

SkillsActive and ukactive have launched a survey to determine what employers want for training solutions, in order to guide bids for a government scheme to invest £340m in skills training and career development.

The Habia Skills Academy is to develop a professional register for the spa, nails and beauty industries to help raise professional and quality standards and boost consumer confidence.

SkillsActive has launched a new register for the aquatics sector, which is designed to become a single qualification framework structure for the industry.