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Kevin Yates has been promoted to CEO at Lift Brands for the EMEA region. Yates will be leading the team as it gears up for ... More

Rebecca Passmore was promoted to MD of Pure Gym in September 2020 – the same day she went on maternity leave. This is one of ... More

Pure Gym has dropped plans for an IPO which it revealed in August, opting instead to raise £300m through an equity deal with investment firm, ... More

Buro Happold, has acquired acoustics and audio-visual consultancy Vanguardia Limited and its subsidiary Crowd Dynamics International. The move will strengthen Buro Happold’s depth of expertise ... More

A 300m-long superyacht is set to launch in 2025, carrying a scientific "strike force" tasked with studying the earth's climate and coming up with plans ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) celebrated recipients of its 5th-annual Global Wellness Awards and the winners of its Shark Tank of Wellness student competition, all ... More

Multi-disciplinary designer Clodagh, whose recent projects include the Six Senses Douro Valley and the reopened Six Senses Kaplankaya, will share her vision for truly integrated ... More

International architects Henning Larsen have won a hard-fought competition to design a 16-acre masterplan for the mammoth mixed-use Belfast Waterside development in the Northern Irish ... More

From secret music events for fitness to sports heatmaps and AI coaches, 16 innovative start-ups have been selected to launch London’s new Sport Tech Hub. ... More

In order to immerse delegates in the findings and applications of the new field of research of the science of happiness, the Global Wellness Summit’s ... More

The 20,000sq ft (1,858sq m) Ame Spa & Wellness Collective has opened its doors at Turnberry Isle Miami, setting a new standard in immersive spa ... More

Level Playing Field has expressed "disappointment" with Manchester United after the football club announced a three-year phased approach to accommodate increased disabled seating at Old ... More

As Sport England reveals its vision for sport and physical activity over the next five years, representatives from local government, physical activity operators, County Sport ... More

Marks Barfield Architects, the creators of the London Eye, have been tasked with designing a cable car across Chicago that will become an “iconic attraction” ... More

The creative director of Flanagan Lawrence has told CLAD about the British studio’s design for a ready-to-assemble theatre, which can be used to quickly and ... More

The Viceroy Hotel Group will open a “mischievous, provocative and rebellious” hotel in San Francisco which is designed to celebrate the city’s tradition of counter ... More

The physical activity sector has the potential to broaden its appeal to investors and gain ‘an even bigger wingspan’ if it can demonstrate its true ... More

International architecture practice Populous have been selected to design the £90m Bristol Arena. The winning team, comprising of Populous (with Feilden Clegg Bradley, BuroHappold and ... More

Dutch architectural firm MVRDV has been granted approval for the restructuring of a mixed-use 1970s complex in Paris, France. Originally designed by Pierre Dufau, the ... More

Following an announcement in November 2014 outlining five finalists shortlisted to design the £90m (US$135m, €119m) Bristol Arena, images of the proposals have now been ... More

Global facility management giant SMG, in partnership with Live Nation, has been named as the preferred bidder to operate the 12,000-seat Bristol Arena when it ... More

A shortlist has been announced consisting of five top architectural firms to design the Bristol Arena, a £90m (US$150m, €112m) venue on an old oil ... More

Image: Clubs will be encouraged to introduce meditation The UK's Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has signed a partnership deal with the Meditation Foundation. As a ... More

The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has announced plans to rebrand during 2012, to better reflect its role in working across the UK's physical activity sector. ... More

Junior equalities minister Lynne Featherstone has called for health club operators to stop using "models with perfect bodies" in marketing materials as it could potentially ... More