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A new report published by Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has found that its Catalyst programme has led to British heritage being more resilient and less ... More

Northern Ireland’s only burial ground with a Jewish section is to have a visitor centre added to it that will tell the history of the ... More

UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) have made a number of appointments to strengthen the mental health support system within the UK's ... More

Physical activity sector leaders, parliamentarians and leading figures in health and business have called for the strengthening of preventative health measures in the UK. During ... More

The British Museum in London is set to host the largest ever exhibition of the manga comics and graphic novels to be held outside of ... More

Tracey Woodward, global CEO of Aromatherapy Associates and The Refinery, has announced that she will be stepping down from her post as of the end ... More

David Stalker, former CEO of ukactive, has been named CEO of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for fitness tech company Myzone. Stalker will lead ... More

The British Government is recruiting a new dedicated countryside and heritage disability champion, whose role will be to focus on improving disabled access to the ... More

The figures revealed in today's Active Lives Children and Young People research have been described an "urgent wake-up call" and a "national disgrace". Published today, ... More

Lord Ivar Mountbatten and former Olympic swimmer and world champion Mark Foster have launched a fundraising drive to help people who have become tetraplegics as ... More

A visitor centre in Sherwood Forest – home to the world-famous tales of Robin Hood – has opened its doors in Nottinghamshire, UK, following a ... More

Les Mills International (LMI) has announced that Clive Ormerod will become its new CEO. Ormerod is currently chief marketing officer for the business. The move ... More

The government has signalled its intention to agree on an Industrial Strategy for the UK tourism industry – as long as the sector delivers on ... More

The inaugural Sporting Champions awards have been held to highlight the successes of a talent development programme that aims to help athletes at all stages ... More

Sir Roy Strong, the former director of London's V&A Museum, has said that national galleries and museums across Britain should introduce lower entrance fees across ... More

Former Sport England CEO Jennie Price has joined global strategy consultancy Portas Consulting as an expert adviser. Price has been tasked with advising Portas and ... More

A new arts and heritage centre is planned for the Oldham in the UK that will tell the history of the town near Manchester, from ... More

The Glion Institute of Higher Education in Switzerland will host a three-day conference on Innovation and Technology, and what it means for the spa and ... More

Lady Cobham CBE has called for increased focus on work-based training opportunities, in order to tackle the challenges presented by a rapidly changing business environments. ... More

The International SPA Association (ISPA) has announced that Marcus Buckingham will be the day two General Session keynote at the 2019 ISPA Conference & Expo, ... More

Children in developed countries are not moving enough to maintain healthy growth and development – according to a report by the Active Healthy Kids Global ... More

Swiss art power couple Iwan and Mauela Wirth – founders of Hauser & Wirth – will open their first hotel project in the Scottish Highlands, ... More

With work well underway to develop a Peter Pan-themed literary visitor attraction in Scotland, its patron, Joanna Lumley, has spoken to Attractions Management about the ... More

Dudley Zoo in the West Midlands, England is set to invest £6m (US$7.7M, €6.8m) in an expansion which will include utilising a network of wartime ... More

MoveGB has named Leigh Phillipson as director of partnerships. A consumer tech specialist, Phillipson joins MoveGB from beauty treatment booking company Treatwell, where he was ... More