Be Well Wigan Council has introduced a new evidence-based, healthy ageing programme that aligns with national and international guidelines.

Total Fitness has released results for its most recent financial year (to June 23), which saw a return to pre-COVID membership levels following a year-on-year uplift in membership numbers of 5 per cent.

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The Wigan Deal has saved £170m and enabled facilities to stay open by deepening engagement with the health service and the communities it serves

Wigan Warriors has reduced rehabilitation time with the help of a Matrix Fitness gym transformation

Total Fitness says its membership numbers are back to pre-COVID-19 levels.

The MD of Fitness First talks to Kate Cracknell about creating new products, new motivations and a whole new vision, as he’s tasked with reinventing the brand as a standalone enterprise

GM Active has launched a transformational leadership programme, designed to empower staff to play a greater role in wellness services

Myzone has announced it's partnering with Wigan Warriors as the rugby club’s official heart rate monitor supplier.

Wigan Council in the UK will take back the management of all its leisure centres and wellbeing services from 1 April 2021, following a 'mutual agreement to safeguard jobs and services'.

Australian health and fitness chain Jetts Fitness has opened its fifth UK club, Jetts Skipton, just 12 months since entering the UK market.

Jetts Fitness has opened a club in Skipton, Yorkshire, making it the fifth location the Australian gym chain has launched in the 12 months since entering the UK market in September 2017.

Edel Wigan, co-founder of aerial fitness operator Flying Fantastic, has revealed plans to take the concept outside of London.

The co-founder of Flying Fantastic talks about bringing the flying circus school concept to London from Buenos Aires

The finalists for this year's ukactive Awards have been revealed. The 2018 award categories have been divided into three groups – business excellence, specialist impact and individual achievement – and in total winners will be announced in 11 categories. Replacing the Flame Awards, this year's edition will feature an expanded Leisure Centre Operator of the Year award, which covers any club or centre – from independents, studios and boutiques to budget gyms, local authority centres and clubs that are part of a nationwide chain.

The MD of JD Gyms shares details of the next phase of the brand’s expansion

Low-cost fitness brand JD Gyms expects its portfolio of gyms to increase to around 18 by the end of the year.

Life Leisure's actilife health programme has been adopted by two North West leisure trusts planning to tackle the issue of inactivity in the community.

JD Gyms is expanding its portfolio from eight to ten sites with new facilities in Birmingham, West Midlands, and Batley, West Yorkshire.

The long-running saga of the sale of Fitness First’s UK clubs looks to be in its final act, as up to five operators are understood to have completed separate deals to buy out the nearly 70-strong portfolio – with DW Sports leading the way.

A new budget fitness gym has opened at the historic Pelican Centre in Tyldesley, Lancashire, following a £350,000 investment in the site by Wigan Council.

A new £5.3m sports and leisure hub designed to get families moving by offering a range of innovative activities has opened to the public.

JD Gyms has continued to grow its UK health club portfolio, with the recent launch of two sleek-looking sites in Coventry and Washington.

Oxygen Freejumping has announced plans to bring the bounce to Leeds this summer with a new £1.5m site in the city’s Cardigan Fields Leisure Park.

A consortium headed up by the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) has bagged a £4.5m (US$6.4m, €5.9m) grant to get people active across 18 locations in the UK.

Oxygen Freejumping has announced a new five-site deal with 5-a-side football operator Lucozade Powerleague which it says will make it the largest trampoline park operator in the UK.

Leisure and culture provider WLCT has rebranded as 'Inspiring healthy lifestyles' in a bid to better represent its mission of getting people in the north west of England more active.

Climbing, skating and active play facilities have been added to the new-look Howe Bridge Leisure Centre near Manchester, forming the final piece of the puzzle in the site’s £2.9m transformation.

Howe Bridge Leisure Centre has opened its brand new health and fitness suite – part of the ongoing £2.9m transformation at the WLCT-operated site.

Work is underway on a £5m Selby Leisure Village project in North Yorkshire, which will see a veritable treasure chest of active leisure options offered next to the new Selby Leisure Centre.