Five times as many young people want to work in leisure sectors such as sport, arts, culture and entertainment as ... More

A new Leisure Team Member apprenticeship is now available for funded delivery, giving the sports and physical activity sector a ... More

National Apprenticeship Week, the annual celebration of the impact of apprenticeships on businesses, individuals and the economy, is upon us ... More

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

The government's autumn budget – the last fiscal event before the UK leaves the European Union in March – has ... More

Luxury boutique hotel collection, the Eden Hotel Collection has entered launched an apprenticeship programme with the International Beauty and Holistic ... More

A programme designed to help get more young people to train as sports coaches has received nearly £1m of National ... More

Celebrity Maitre D Fred Sirieix – best known for his role in Channel 4’s First Dates – has teamed up ... More

The number of people starting new apprenticeships has fallen by a third, igniting worries that the government’s new apprenticeship levy ... More

To coincide with National Apprenticeship Week in March, Leisure Opportunities is undertaking an employer survey on the industry’s needs and ... More

Danny Drayson has been on a journey from school drop-out to fitness and young person development ambassador at Life Leisure ... More

The physical activity sector’s best performers in workforce development were announced last night (30 November) at the Active Training Awards ... More

More apprentices will be offered a route into the sports and leisure industry following a decision by Fusion Lifestyle to ... More

A third of fitness professionals are considering or have considered leaving the physical activity sector, an industry report is set ... More

More than 1,400 swimming teachers across the UK will join a major new training framework designed to combat the national ... More

Abi Wright, the co-founder and managing director of Spabreaks.com, has been named as a finalist at the inaugural everywoman in ... More

The D-Day Museum in Portsmouth, UK, has secured £4.7m (US$6.3m, €5.3m) from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a complete ... More

The physical activity sector's chartered professional body has received £1.2m (US$1.6m, €1.3m) from Sport England to create a highly skilled ... More

UK-based independent hotel group Macdonald Hotels & Resorts is continuing to invest in its wellness offering with the launch of ... More

Conservative MP Steve Double has been elected chair of the cross-party Parliamentary group responsible for addressing issues relating to the ... More

Lifetime Training has signed a deal to provide level 2 and 3 apprenticeship programmes across Serco Leisure's portfolio of fitness ... More

Belfast’s Crumlin Road Courthouse is getting set to be transformed into a £25m luxury hotel. Signature Living Group, the hotel ... More

Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) is partnering Zurich Community Trust to launch a pilot scheme to get more older people active. ... More

Sport and leisure industry training provider ICON Training has been shortlisted in two categories at the annual Times Education Supplement ... More

Leisure industry organisations including GLL, Future Fit Training and Les Mills UK were some of the winners at this year’s ... More

Sport England has kicked off a review of the current coaching qualifications framework in an attempt to upskill physical activity ... More

The UK’s fitness workforce is “ill-equipped” to deal with the needs and requirements of a modern-day, diverse customer base – ... More

GLL, Everyone Active and Fusion Lifestyle are among the nominations for this year’s Active Training Awards – which has been ... More

Several UK sports organisations – including national governing bodies and Premier League football clubs – have received millions of pounds ... More

Leisure and travel giant TUI is to create more than 2,000 new apprentices in the UK by 2020 – the ... More

Labour leader Ed Miliband has outlined plans that would guarantee apprenticeships for every school leaver in England who "gets the ...

Lifetime Training has partnered with FitPro affiliate PTA Global to create a new Level 3+ personal training course for instructors ...

Tara Dillon was today (2 February) unveiled as the new CEO of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport ...