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Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis on people's physical activity levels and there have been calls ... More

People can feel real, powerful benefits from having a gym or health club membership even if they never step inside the facility they are members ... More

Fitness industry leaders, including UK Active CEO Huw Edwards, will take to the stage at Active-net this week to discuss sustainability and decarbonisation in the ... More

The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end on 31 March leaving thousands set for closure or service ... More

Younger men at independent gyms are more likely than any other consumer group to accept increases in their membership fees, while older women at leisure ... More

Industry body, UK Active, has revealed a new council to represent the voice of members to its board. The group will be chaired by industry ... More

4 Global – a partner in the Moving Communities initiative – has completed an initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market, ... More

OnePT Rochdale has been named as club of the year at this year's ukactive Awards, the second year the operator has claimed victory. The centre ... More

Leisure-net has revealed plans to transform its active-net business event from an annual face-to-face gathering into a monthly hybrid event. With a different theme each ... More

Fitness, sport and leisure sector professionals who have continued to deliver services to their communities throughout the pandemic are to be celebrated at industry networking ... More

Gym and health club members in England have flocked back to fitness facilities in droves since the reopening of the sector on 2 December. Now, ... More

Leisure-net is running a repeat of its initial Post Lockdown Recovery Survey, in order to gauge consumer confidence within the fitness industry following the second ... More

Almost a quarter of public swimming pools across the country remain closed – nearly a month after they were given the green light to reopen. ... More

Today (10 August) is the last day for companies to enter the follow-up survey to Leisure-net's Supplier and Operators Confidence Survey, which was first conducted ... More

The UK's fitness industry can finally get back to business on Saturday 25 July, following the government's announcement today (9 July) that gyms and leisure ... More

Almost 60 per cent of UK parents plan to resume their children’s swimming lessons – even if spectator restrictions imposed to meet social distancing guidelines ... More

A national survey looks to gauge the UK public views on – and appetite for – reopening the UK's pools for swimming lessons. Leisure-net has ... More

DataHub has launched a contact tracking app, specifically designed for the fitness and physical activity sector. The customer-facing Tractiv8 allows gym, health club and leisure ... More

In a major headline figure for operators, nearly 90 per cent of consumers say they intend to spend the same or more on being active ... More

PureGym has become the latest fitness operator to deploy a digital offering in a bid to increase visibility and engage with non-members during the COVID-19 ... More

A new report has revealed the likely timescales and shape of the UK fitness market's recovery from the COVID-19 lockdown, finding that 88 per cent ... More

How will customers engage with gyms and health clubs after lockdown? What will their new spending patterns be? How regularly will they attend? In a ... More

Delegates who were supposed to be attending the annual Active-net event this week – but instead find themselves in a lockdown – are being offered ... More

Research carried out by Leisure-net shows that fitness operators could be missing out on a lucrative revenue stream, if they fail to engage with Gen ... More

The physical activity sector event active-net has announced that Atlantic rower and mental health campaigner Kelda Wood is to be the after-dinner speaker at its ... More