leisure centres news
14 Aug 2024
Everyone Active will take over the operation of Sheffield’s sports and leisure venues from 1
08 Aug 2024
Freedom Leisure has merged with 1610, a not-for-profit trust based in the west of England.
01 Aug 2024
Swimming pools need to be repositioned so they're prized as assets rather than considered a
17 Jul 2024
Mental Health Swims has been awarded almost £18,000 of lottery money to extend its mission
09 Jul 2024
The UK's National Sector Partners Group (NSP) has called on the new government to pledge
15 Jun 2024
More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to
The BLK BOX team is thrilled to unveil its design and construction work on the
15 May 2024
Improving physical strength and fitness, mental health and confidence are the main reasons for joining
21 Apr 2024
Charitable trust, Mytime Active, has removed all single-use plastic overshoes from its swimming pools and
17 Apr 2024
Everyone Active has launched a golfing brand, Everyone Golf, after new contract wins made it
13 Mar 2024
Edinburgh Leisure has appointed Jen Holland as chief executive. She will take over from June
13 Mar 2024
North Herts District Council has entered into a ten-year partnership with Everyone Active to run
23 Feb 2024
The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data
In today's rapidly evolving fitness industry, where many online courses promise secret formulas for entrepreneurial
Farrer tells government the physical activity sector is critical to fixing the UK’s sluggish economy
01 Feb 2024
Mike Farrar, chair of UK Active, has called on the UK government to deploy the
17 Jan 2024
Physiotherapy patients are being offered treatment in leisure centres thanks to a tie-up between London
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
19 Dec 2023
With between 18 and 30 per cent of the populations of developed countries living in
08 Dec 2023
A proposed change to the way councils organise the operation of their leisure facilities – including
21 Sep 2023
Improved mental health is now a stronger motivation for Brits to exercise than staying in
14 Aug 2023
Parkwood Leisure, in partnership with its subsidiary companies Legacy Leisure and Lex Leisure, has launched
26 Jul 2023
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
12 Jul 2023
Charitable leisure trust, Horizon Leisure, has acquired a former Sports Direct gym in Guildford and
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Fittech brands Fisikal and Keepme have announced an official integration. The new partnership will provide
21 Apr 2023
Overall physical activity levels among adults in England have returned to pre-pandemic levels, being in
15 Mar 2023
In an announcement made today in advance of tomorrow's Spring Budget (15 March), the UK
23 Feb 2023
The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end
16 Feb 2023
As the physical activity sector works to deepen its relationship with the health sector, a
10 Feb 2023
Lucy Frazer has replaced Michelle Donelan as culture secretary at the UK's newly-named Department for
02 Feb 2023
The second phase of the UK’s MSK (musculoskeletal) health hub pilot will see the service
24 Jan 2023
The damaging effect of the energy crisis due to government inaction and the impact on
11 Jan 2023
The UK government has announced it will be scaling back financial support for businesses as
10 Jan 2023
A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Sport England
21 Dec 2022
Mark Sesnan, co-founder and CEO of GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited), has announced that he will
21 Dec 2022
Garmin has released its Connect Fitness Report for 2022, which shows that users of its
19 Dec 2022
New laws designed to step up protection against terrorism at the UK's leisure facilities are
15 Dec 2022
Following a £500,000 investment, Everybody Health and Leisure has unveiled a new 100-station Technogym fitness
14 Dec 2022
Sport England has released the Future of Public Sector Leisure report which looks at how
12 Dec 2022
Children’s and young people’s activity levels are back to pre-pandemic levels, confirms Sport England in
24 Nov 2022
Mark Braithwaite is to join Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council as chief operating officer. Braithwaite, formerly
24 Nov 2022
A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due
09 Nov 2022
Innerva’s new Access range, comprising the power-assisted Rotary Torso and Torso Dip, addresses the issues
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“Since EGYM launched at Vivacity, the team has onboarded more than 1,200 members, with a retention rate of 85%”
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Green Gym Group partnered with Xplor
Gym for an all-in-one gym management
software solution to save time and
improve the member experience
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Life Fitness has reimagined cardio with the launch of its Symbio line which has been
designed with advanced biomechanics and offers deep levels of customisation
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Sustainability in the fitness industry is coming on in leaps and bounds as more
operators refurbish their gym equipment to save money and the planet
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At the heart of the Sydney Swans new headquarters in Australia is an elite
player-focused training facility by strength equipment specialist BLK BOX
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A major refurbishment of Sport Ireland Fitness by Technogym has
created a world-class public gym at the home of Irish sport
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We all know we need to stand more. Now an exciting new partnership between Physical and Teca Fitness expands this thinking into UK gyms and beyond
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Coaching workshops from Keith Smith and
Adam Daniel have been designed to empower
your team and transform your service
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Dr Matthew Wade and Georgie
Poole talk us through research
from UK Active and Savanta that
gives a deeper understanding of
what motivates consumers
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A new study has found major differences in the way males and females utilise fat during exercise, as Kath Hudson reports
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Jonny Wilkinson
Founder, One Living“When you follow things intuitively you realise you’re being guided, but I was never listening to that”
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Weight loss drugs are altering consumer behaviour, disrupting sectors from food retailing (smaller portions) to apparel (less fabric needed). We need to move fast to align with this new reality
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As the UK healthcare sector struggles with ever-increasing demand, health club operators are stepping in and offering members welcome medical support. Kath Hudson reports
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The Maybourne Group has unveiled its all-new London
hotel The Emory. Megan Whitby goes behind the scenes
at Surrenne, its cutting-edge health and wellness club
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Indoor bikes may remain stationary, but the discipline is in constant motion.
Innovators tell Steph Eaves how they’re keeping pace with the latest trends
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“The messaging we've got to get across now is about how it’s consistent, good practice that delivers compound results”
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Dr Tim Anstiss is developing coachbots that are supporting positive
behaviour change for operators such as Life Leisure and KA Leisure
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Disappointment about being
passed over for promotion
gave Neil Randall, the resilience
he needed to climb the ranks.
He talks to Kath Hudson about
the challenges he faced early
in his career and the skills
he learned from them
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Mariah Rooney
Founder, Trauma Informed Weight Lifting“When people experience early life trauma it impacts their bodies and nervous systems. I became curious about how lifting weights could help them have the experience of strength”
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