leisure industry news
The National Attractions Marketing Conference will see speakers representing some of the UK’s top visitor
13 Mar 2024
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has introduced safeguarding guidelines to protect children in out-of-school settings,
05 Mar 2024
Formerly known as Gantner Ticketing, Vintia is a state-of-the-art ticketing and booking solution for the
30 Jun 2023
Pocket Rocket Group has appointed Nick Mennell as director to head up business development and
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
The BLK BOX team is thrilled to unveil its design and construction work on the
02 Feb 2023
The second phase of the UK’s MSK (musculoskeletal) health hub pilot will see the service
In 2021, Pulse Fitness added to its ever-growing portfolio of leisure industry services with the
21 Dec 2022
Mark Sesnan, co-founder and CEO of GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited), has announced that he will
14 Dec 2022
Mystery shopper business Proinsight Research has merged with ReactCX, a customer experience measurement and market
For almost 20 years, CardsSafe has been helping golf courses, clubhouses, bike hire businesses and
10 Oct 2022
The first W3Fit – the newly-launched networking event led by David Zarb Jenkins – saw 170
21 Jul 2022
Devin Consulting, one of the UK’s largest independent pool and spa engineering consultancies, has appointed
15 Jun 2022
Mike Farrar has been announced as the new chair at UK Active. His tenure will
15 Jun 2022
Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to
15 Jun 2022
Oliver Lee OBE will be taking the position of CEO at Places Leisure from July.
More than 100 industry delegates met in person at the annual active-net event at Eastwood
24 Mar 2022
The North American thermal spa industry will come together once again on 9-12 May in
Jamie Cartwright is a co-owner of Hatton Boxing and founder of BOX12. In 2021 Jamie
10 Feb 2022
Customer demand for health clubs and gyms in the UK was ‘back to normal' during
12 Jan 2022
Mark Sesnan, co-founder and CEO of GLL, has been awarded an OBE in the New
22 Dec 2021
HCM has confirmed that the UK government's £1bn support package for the hospitality and leisure
18 Nov 2021
An initiative set up by the Rio Ferdinand Foundation in partnership with The Gym Group
07 Oct 2021
The Wellness Tourism Association (WTA) has unveiled the 2021 installation of its Wellness Travel Consumer
29 Jul 2021
As the leisure and attractions industry continues to recover and look to the future, IAAPA,
22 Jul 2021
Planning approval has been granted to what is set to become one of the first
13 Jul 2021
A consultation on social prescribing and other similar health programmes will look to "uncover the
08 Jul 2021
ukactive has set out its vision to develop a national strategy for the UK's public
08 Jun 2021
Active IQ has launched two new qualifications – the Level 2 Diploma in Health and
24 Mar 2021
It is unlikely that the UK will see a Work Out to Help Out scheme
15 Feb 2021
ukactive has published six 'policy calls', which it says are crucial in order to help
12 Feb 2021
Safe Space, supplier of lockers and changing room solutions to the fitness and leisure industry,
25 Nov 2020
Up to 100k people will benefit from the free gym and physical activity sessions, thanks
23 Nov 2020
Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres will be able to open their doors when the
11 Nov 2020
Andy Burnham and shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens have joined Paralympic legend Tanni Grey-Thompson in
27 Jul 2020
Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus
10 Jul 2020
England and Scotland have become the most recent countries to announce their spas will reopen,
11 May 2020
The UK government has given the go-ahead for one-to-one personal training outdoors, as part of
01 May 2020
The physical activity sector has been left in shock by news that Steve Franks, the
22 Apr 2020
The UK government has launched a "major effort" to tackle loneliness and social isolation during
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Green Gym Group partnered with Xplor
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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“Social media is causing huge amounts of poor mental health and a lot of fitness influencers don't understand the damage they’re doing”
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Jonny Wilkinson
Founder, One Living“You think that once you get what you want you’ll be free and full, but successes don’t resolve our problems or heal our core wounds”
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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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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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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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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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gives a deeper understanding of
what motivates consumers
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