Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark

The leading awarding organisation for the physical activity sector, Active IQ, is urging social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram to take greater responsibility for the role they play in shaping public health behaviours.

The UK's National Sector Partners Group (NSP) has called on the new government to pledge to make the UK the most physically active nation in Europe, which it says would deliver an additional £3.6 billion in economic growth, £1 billion in NHS savings and £71 billion in wellbeing benefits..

Industry body CIMSPA, which represents workers in the physical activity sector, has created an online platform to support training and career development.

With the UK General Election imminent, industry strategist, Martyn Allison, says it’s time for the sector in the UK to stop asking for money and show the next government solutions.

With just a few weeks until the General Election, CIMSPA has launched a manifesto for the next UK government.

The HCM team were busy at the recent FIBO Global Fitness event in Cologne, Germany, distributing a special FIBO edition of HCM in support of the event as its global media partner.

In a newly-launched manifesto, physical activity sector stakeholders are calling for the next UK government to promote active environments, cut red tape and elevate the status of PE in schools.

As the sector in the UK welcomes more members and sees record market value, Leisure DB’s David Minton explains The State of the UK Fitness Industry Report 2023

A £40m pilot for the delivery of weight loss drugs, such as Wegovy, is creating opportunities for the sector

World Active has finalised its charter, which it plans to adopt at its first-ever general assembly held during the FIBO Global Fitness in Cologne in April.

Another year of challenges lies ahead. Kath Hudson asks key players how they intend to optimise the opportunities presented by the market

Questex’s Sibec Europe-UK, Europe’s leading hosted buyer event for the fitness industry, has announced that representatives from EuropeActive – Sibec Europe’s association partner – will present the keynote address.

Europe Active has reinvented itself over the pandemic, rallying the sector, progressing the public health agenda, and opening itself up to global collaboration. Its CEO talks to Kate Cracknell

Global Wellness Day (GWD) headquarters has revealed #ThinkMagenta as the theme of its 2022 event scheduled for 11 June.

For this unprecedented year, we asked a stellar line up of industry big hitters, from around the globe, to give their thoughts on how COVID has shaped the health and fitness industry and where we go from here

'Emerging successfully out of a crisis as significant as this pandemic requires visionary leadership, creative thinking and innovative collaboration' says David Stalker

Industry body EuropeActive has published a sectoral manifesto which outlines the aims and objectives of the "entire ecosystem of the European fitness and physical activity sector" for the next five years.

Business rates in England will be abolished for one year for firms in the leisure and hospitality sectors with a rateable value below £51,000.

The major parties need to "discuss prevention in the same breath as they discuss funding the NHS", according to Jack Shakespeare, director of children, young people, families and research at ukactive.

Disability sports charity Activity Alliance has called on political parties to commit to giving disabled people 'equal opportunities to live full and active lives'.

Global Wellness Day – an international celebration offering a range of free health and wellness activities to the public – will be celebrated this year in more than 4,000 locations in 100 countries on 9 June.

Ukactive has launched a five-point manifesto designed to improve the health of the nation, urging all parties to adopt policies within it ahead of the forthcoming general election on 8 June.

Only nine per cent of toddlers are getting the required levels of physical activity according to data from the British Heart Foundation National Centre (BHFNC).

More than one in five adults in England are unable to swim, according to statistics released today (23 March) by the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA).

MPs attending the first ever first Parliamentary Debate on physical activity have agreed the government has a large role to play in kickstarting a reversal of the current trend towards inactivity.

Shadow health secretary and respected activity advocate Andy Burnham will return as a headline speaker for ukactive’s National Summit 2014 next month, one of several high-profile thought leaders due to feature.

Is ukactive's campaign to tackle inactivity on track to achieve its goals?

A growth in cycling numbers could lead to huge UK health benefits and a reduction in NHS spending, according to a report conducted by Cambridge University and commissioned by British Cycling.

Does the sector need to cement its intent to combat physical inactivity with a bold ‘physical inactivity kills' message, asks Kate Cracknell