Sheffield Hallam news

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

HCM editor, Liz Terry, has called on the sector to step up to assist the NHS with stroke rehabilitation to avoid millions being left with ... More

The Exercise for Health Summit (EfHS), organised by EuropeActive, kicked off today at the Melia Castille in Madrid, with the timing designed to coincide with ... More

A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due to rising energy costs, with 40 per cent saying leisure ... More

As the UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss prepares an energy bailout, UK Active has sent a letter to the government warning of a “major ... More

4 Global has expanded its Data Hub (DataHub) platform into Europe. The announcement was made at the Europe Active-hosted Active Leadership Forum in Berlin. DataHub ... More

UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) is backing research to investigate the lack of older adults accessing facilities for exercise and the barriers they face. The ... More

Key organisations from the UK’s leisure industry are lobbying the government for financial support to help operators manage the impact of rising energy prices. A ... 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

The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs across Europe continues to be at "extremely low levels". Data from the ... More

HCM has confirmed that the UK government's £1bn support package for the hospitality and leisure industry, which allows businesses to claim a cash grant of ... More

The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs, leisure centres and swimming pools in the UK continues to be at ... More

There is "incredible resilience" in the sports and physical activity sector – but the industry requires further support to bounce back from the devastating effects ... More

A new pioneering approach looks to help cancer patients prepare for and respond to treatment by offering them a combination of exercise, nutrition and psychological ... More

Budget fitness operator The Gym Group has generated £1.8bn in social value since 2016. Pre-pandemic, the company – which operates 186 gyms around the UK ... More

ukactive has called on the UK government to draft a new National Physical Activity Plan and provide further sector-specific financial protection for operators in the ... More

This year's UK government Spending Review, announced in Parliament by chancellor Rishi Sunak on 25 November, offers the physical activity sector opportunities to "transform communities", ... More

A new, Europe-wide initiative will look to chart the case rates for COVID-19 across European gym sector. Conducted in partnership by the Advanced Wellbeing Research ... More

Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England will address the physical activity sector at this month's ukactive National Summit. Whitty has been named as ... More

The latest study into the infection rates recorded at gyms has shown that the average infection rate at gyms and health clubs across Europe sits ... More

More than 100 sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to give the sector a ... More

Every £1 spent on community sport and physical activity in England generates £3.91 in return for the economy and society. A wide-ranging study by the ... More

Publicly listed operator, The Gym Group (TGG) says it has retained 80 per cent of its members during lockdown, while internal research shows it expects 92 ... More

Former sports minister Richard Caborn has called on the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park to be used as a model for steering the country’s post-pandemic economic ... More

Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) will officially open on 24 January. The facility, which forms the centrepiece of the Sheffield Olympic Legacy ... More