In a milestone moment, mental health has become a core part of CIMSPA’s occupational professional standards.

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Elevate has had its busiest show to date, with almost 200 exhibitors, 115 seminars and 200 speakers over two days.

Global group exercise specialist, Les Mills, is inviting operators to sign up to its Workout for the World event on 20 June, in support of UNICEF.

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Nuffield Health’s free programmes delivered social value of £166 million in 2025 and the company is now aiming to generate £2 billion by 2030.

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After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, Fusion Lifestyle has called in administrators after a “prolonged period of financial difficulty.”

The UK’s trade body for the physical activity sector, UK Active has announced that Cameron Saunders will take over from Huw Edwards as CEO in April.

Former England rugby union player and contestant on the BBC’s celebrity Traitors show, Joe Marler, is fronting a men’s mental health initiative in the run up to Valentine’s Day.

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Life Leisure is raising awareness for the physical and mental wellbeing of men with the launch of Andy’s Man Club, at Stockport Sports Village.

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Charity running programme provider, Realbuzz, is sponsoring a new nationwide movement initiative, The Nation’s 5K challenge, started by fitness coach and endurance athlete Esmée Gummer.

Unless urgent action is taken to increase physical activity this generation of children will face poorer health, lower happiness and reduced life chances over the next decade and beyond.

Nuffield Health is set to roll out its new Long-Term Conditions Rehabilitation Programme, aiming to offer 50,000 free places across the UK every year from 2027.

Fresh from her Women’s Rugby World Cup victory, Rosie Galligan was at the official launch of a landmark site for The Gym Group.

GLL has confirmed it is taking over the Jubilee Hall Gym in London's Covent Garden next month: an iconic community space that was previously operated by the Jubilee Hall Trust.

Operators interested in offering programmes to get people living with Parkinson’s disease active have until 2 October to apply for a grant from Parkinson’s UK.

Registered charity and leisure operator, BH Live has taken over the contract to run the leisure offering of Southampton City Council.

Parkrun – which organises 5k runs or walks at 9am every Saturday – has launched its first run in New York at Brooklyn Bridge Park as part of a push into the US.

UK Active, Sport England, CIMSPA and Women’s Aid have published new resources to help fitness and leisure facilities continue to create safer spaces for women and girls to be active.

The UK health secretary, Wes Streeting, has said that if everyone who is overweight reduced their food intake by 216 calories a day (equivalent to a single bottle of fizzy drink), obesity rates would be halved, while cutting 50 calories a day would lift 340,000 children and two million adults out of obesity.

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The World Avocado Organisation (WAO) has warned Wimbledon that banning avocados from its menus will reinforce outdated misconceptions about the sustainability of the fruit.

Everybody Health and Leisure, a charity operating facilities for Cheshire East Council in the UK, has taken over the Simply Gym site in Crewe – a large commercial gym and part of the Simply Gym portfolio.

The resilience of the UK fitness sector and its thirst for innovation was evident at Elevate which took place in London last week. Key takeaways were the need for data and communication.

Energy costs have pushed Active Nation into liquidation, despite the charity reporting the strongest trading period in years.

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Mytime Active has appointed Steven May as CEO. Previously operations director, he was already working as interim MD following the departure of Jason Stanton in February.

The duo have brought together a wellness trust and a GP federation to create a new model with clinical governance embedded at its heart, as Kate Cracknell reports