Sport England news
16 Sep 2021
Members from UK leisure and cultural trusts have stepped up and logged an impressive 21.5million
15 Sep 2021
Physical activity professionals in England will soon be able to access free, one-to-one learning with
26 Aug 2021
A consultation has been launched to review the current provision of fitness and leisure facilities
09 Aug 2021
A new initiative being launched today (9 August) aims to improve the application of digital
03 Aug 2021
A cross-party DCMS Committee in the UK has called on the government to launch a
30 Jul 2021
Industry body ukactive has joined the chorus of organisations across a number of sectors calling
09 Aug 2021
Power Plate has teamed up with Myzone to provide its community with new class experiences
22 Jul 2021
Planning approval has been granted to what is set to become one of the first
07 Jul 2021
There is a "clear case" to evolve the purpose and role played by the UK's
30 Jun 2021
Former racing cyclist Chris Boardman has been appointed the new chair of grassroots body, Sport
19 May 2021
A new job retention scheme, backed by National Lottery funding, has been launched to support
17 May 2021
Indoor group exercise can recommence in England and Scotland today (17 May), as part of
12 May 2021
There is "incredible resilience" in the sports and physical activity sector – but the industry
03 Sep 2021
“At least 40 per cent of all businesses will die in the next 10 years
30 Apr 2021
Sport England has reported a drop of 710,000 in the number of people classed as
28 Apr 2021
Sport England has teamed up with Youth Sport Trust to develop a new online resource
24 Mar 2021
It is unlikely that the UK will see a Work Out to Help Out scheme
23 Mar 2021
A total of £100m has been allocated to 266 local authorities across England, to support
17 Mar 2021
The government has said it has no plans to fund a Work Out to Help
17 Mar 2021
Budget fitness operator The Gym Group has generated £1.8bn in social value since 2016. Pre-pandemic,
15 Sep 2021
Suffice to say that the pandemic has completely changed the way fitness professionals work and
25 Feb 2021
What are the effects on public health of gyms and leisure centres being shut during
16 Feb 2021
Construction work has been completed on the £29m Sports Park project in Colchester. The new
12 Feb 2021
An area north of Sheffield City Centre in the UK is to be designed as
10 Feb 2021
A Parliamentary Petition calling for gyms to reopen first after the current national lockdown in
08 Feb 2021
The government has pledged to invest more than £10m to open school sports and swimming
04 Feb 2021
Approaching half of the UK population (40 per cent) are exercising less during the current
29 Jan 2021
Construction work has commenced on Great Yarmouth's £26m Marina Centre, with the venue set to
26 Jan 2021
Sport England has vowed to tackle inequality and create a nation of "more equal, inclusive
19 Jan 2021
Fitness, sport and leisure sector professionals who have continued to deliver services to their communities
18 Jan 2021
One of England's highest ranking police officers has called on government ministers to clearly define
14 Jan 2021
Less than half (44.9 per cent) of children and young people in England met the
05 Jan 2021
ukactive has called on the UK government to draft a new National Physical Activity Plan
09 Dec 2020
The House of Lords' National Plan for Sport and Recreation committee has invited sporting organisations
30 Nov 2020
Professor Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, has said exercise and physical activity
26 Nov 2020
This year's UK government Spending Review, announced in Parliament by chancellor Rishi Sunak on 25
25 Nov 2020
Up to 100k people will benefit from the free gym and physical activity sessions, thanks
20 Nov 2020
Major spectator sports in England will receive a combined £300m emergency cash injection to protect
19 Nov 2020
UK Parliament will debate COVID-19 restrictions on gyms and leisure centres on Monday 23 November,
17 Nov 2020
Leisure-net is running a repeat of its initial Post Lockdown Recovery Survey, in order to
11 Nov 2020
The Parliament will hold a debate on COVID-19 restrictions on gyms and sport on Monday
07 Nov 2020
Millions of people throughout the UK took part in physical activity during this year's National
04 Nov 2020
Physical activity body, ukactive, has revealed plans to create a new sector standard for active
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“We’re asking the music industry to reinstate the Online Music Fitness Licence and to simplify music licencing arrangements”
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Andy Janes and Jamie Whisken explain the vision behind
R1SE Bournemouth, and why Technogym was their choice
of partner in delivering their unique fusion boutique
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Everyone’s talking about
Booming membership sales, busy suburban clubs and members visiting during
the working day. Operators are reporting it’s good to be back. Kath Hudson finds
out what business has been like since the re-set button was pressed
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Active IQ is launching courses to upskill fitness professionals
to work in social prescribing, extending the reach of the industry
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Les Mills is launching a new digital network called
Les Mills Connect to help clubs build back better and
emerge from the pandemic with a stronger business
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Hybrid
The Gym Group has taken its digital hybrid strategy full circle,
piloting in-gym workout pods and studios with its home workout
delivery partner, Fiit. HCM talks to the team driving the project
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Billed as the ‘2021 Experience Tour’, Egym has taken its
connected gym floor experience on the road around the UK
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Life Fitness introduces Integrity SL, the next-generation LED console with intuitive functionality and digital connectivity
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GLL is best known for running leisure
facilities on behalf of local authorities
across the UK, but a lesser-known
part of its remit is its GLL Sport
Foundation which supports Olympic
hopefuls. Liz Terry finds out more
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HCM People
Colin Waggett
CEO, Third Space“We first started talking to KSL over two years ago, so this was not a rushed partnership”
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Running booms when health clubs and gyms are closed.
Could this enthusiasm result in treadmill training
becoming the new spinning? Kath Hudson reports
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Dr Davina Deniszczyc talks us through the findings of the first
Nuffield Healthier Nation Index, which has benchmarked activity
levels and attitudes to exercise among the UK population
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How have consumers responded to the
end of lockdowns? Cesar Carvalho shares
some bounceback numbers with HCM
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HCM people
David Beckham
Global partner, F45“This partnership with F45 is an exciting business venture for me”
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“It’s as much about capacity and programming in the clubs as it is about creating innovative ways to engage customers to come and use us”
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The appetite for health clubs is strong among consumers and investors – to take advantage of this, operators must figure out how to meet key challenges in operationally sustainable ways
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Featured supplier news
The best in class of the physical activity sector have been revealed at the ukactive Awards
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As Surge expands its offer with the launch of a third dedicated Electronic Muscle
Stimulation
(EMS) studio this summer – this time in Fleet Street, London – the brand reflects on the
vital role of its estate wide digital ecosystem, created in partnership with Fisikal,
designed to drive business efficiencies and commercial success.
Featured operator news
Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s leading public leisure facilities operators, helped
prevent more than 7,000 cases of stroke, dementia, depression and type 2 diabetes in 2019,
saving the NHS £16 million, a new social value report has shown.
Featured operator news
Award-winning leisure operator Everyone Active generated £342million in social value at its
sites across the country in 2019/20.
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