leisure sector news
17 Jul 2024
Community Leisure UK (CLUK) and The Richmond Group of Charities have joined forces to support
01 Jul 2024
Village Hotels has changed hands following a deal between the owner – an affiliate of
19 Jun 2024
With the UK General Election imminent, industry strategist, Martyn Allison, says it’s time for the
18 Apr 2024
The fitness sector’s pivot to active wellbeing is being discussed in a new weekly podcast,
09 Apr 2024
Oxygen Consulting is about to launch its first UK Padel Report, which investigates this fast-growing
28 Mar 2024
The first annual Private Sector Benchmarking report was released today (27 March). A collaboration between
In today's rapidly evolving fitness industry, where many online courses promise secret formulas for entrepreneurial
13 Mar 2024
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has introduced safeguarding guidelines to protect children in out-of-school settings,
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
13 Nov 2023
The UK's Good Work Pledge – an employer commitment to workplace wellbeing for employees – has come
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
14 Mar 2023
The UK government has declared that boys and girls should have equal access to sports
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
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
14 Dec 2022
Sport England has released the Future of Public Sector Leisure report which looks at how
24 Nov 2022
Mark Braithwaite is to join Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council as chief operating officer. Braithwaite, formerly
12 Sep 2022
As the UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss prepares an energy bailout, UK Active has
04 Jul 2022
A two-year research project will look to find ways to transform the UK's physical activity
01 Jul 2022
At UK Active’s Active Uprising event yesterday (30 June) in Birmingham, Hattie Jones, the head
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
21 Mar 2022
Lobbying is gearing up in advance of the Spring Budget this week, with UK Active
Jamie Cartwright is a co-owner of Hatton Boxing and founder of BOX12. In 2021 Jamie
10 Feb 2022
Cutting VAT for the pandemic-hit fitness industry could have saved businesses and jobs – just as
18 Jan 2022
The Workforce State of Mind Survey, now in its second year, has begun to gather
12 Jan 2022
The UK government should encourage – and make it easier – for doctors and other
23 Dec 2021
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs across Europe
20 Dec 2021
UK Active has sent letters to three government departments, asking for them to provide the
14 Dec 2021
A review of the state of 'digital maturity' of health club operators in the UK
10 Dec 2021
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs, leisure centres
03 Dec 2021
As global leaders meet for the COP26 climate summit, local authorities across England are partnering
26 Nov 2021
Active IQ - the UK’s leading awarding organisation for the leisure sector - has partnered
22 Sep 2021
Sports Minister, Nigel Huddleston, has joined gym-goers this morning to kick-off the annual National Fitness
21 Sep 2021
VAT reform, adjustments in business rates and a fitness-led high street regeneration push could see
26 Aug 2021
A consultation has been launched to review the current provision of fitness and leisure facilities
06 Aug 2021
KSL Capital Partners has acquired a majority interest in luxury health club operator Third Space
08 Jul 2021
ukactive has set out its vision to develop a national strategy for the UK's public
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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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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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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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Coaching workshops from Keith Smith and
Adam Daniel have been designed to empower
your team and transform your service
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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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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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“We need to remove the stigma of weight-loss drugs and build a relationship with the people who use them”
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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