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UK Active has released its final report on COVID-19 cases among health club, leisure centre and swimming pool customers. The report, called Safe and Essential, ... More

The number of people with a gym membership in Europe increased by 1 million (or 2 per cent) during 2021 – up from 55.2 million ... More

Clifford’s Tower in York, considered one of England’s most important buildings, has opened to the public following a £5m redevelopment. The structure is all that ... More

The ninth European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF) has kicked off at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany today (5 April). This is the first time ... More

The Global Health & Fitness Alliance (GHFA) has announced Andrea Bell is to serve as the new chair of its advisory council. She replaces Greg ... More

Sports data analysis and consultancy firm 4Global has appointed Kerstin Obenauer as chief customer officer as part of a new growth strategy. The company, which ... More

A new cancer prehabilitation programme is achieving groundbreaking results by bringing the health and fitness and activity sectors together with medics. Prehab4Cancer (P4C), a partnership ... More

Consumers’ growing interest in exercise, health and wellness have been highlighted by changes to the UK government’s inflationary measures, with sportswear and healthy food in ... More

The health, fitness and activity sector is ramping up its sustainability drive to net-zero with the launch of a new alliance called the Sport Environment ... More

Lobbying is gearing up in advance of the Spring Budget this week, with UK Active calling on the government to support the sector in tackling ... More

Industry reports show that when gyms reopened, fitness enthusiasts flocked back to their local gyms. While this is encouraging news, the one thing these reports ... More

Myzone has announced a partnership with workforce wellness platform Wellonomics. The partnership will see Myzone becoming available as a bespoke company-wide solution for Wellonomics clients ... More

On the 6th April, the day before the FIBO international trade show officially begins, the 9th European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF) will take place ... More

The UK government must offer greater clarity on how it plans to support the health and fitness industry when it comes to re-engaging people with ... More

Anantara will open its third Chinese property in ecotourism destination Anji County, in the northwestern Zhejiang Province. A popular escape for nature lovers, Anji County ... More

YOUR Personal Training (YPT), the UK’s largest PT management company, has created a dedicated recovery hub for members of the Waterside Hotel and Leisure Club. ... More

A brand new geothermal forest spa is set to launch in April near Akureyri, in Northern Iceland. The story behind Forest Lagoon began in 2014 ... More

Iyashi Dôme has been an industry pioneer for 20 years and is responsible for creating the authentic Japanese long infrared sauna. In 2004, founder Shogoro ... More

Developed by i-Tech Industries, i-Boost is a unique wellbeing solution based on technological innovation and customer focus. The concept has been created to align the ... More

The physical activity sector will have an essential role to play in delivering the UK government's plans to "level up" and tackle longstanding economic, social, ... More

Ground-breaking research has shown that cancer patients who followed a course of exercise ahead of surgery saw their tumours shrink markedly when compared to patients ... More

Customer demand for health clubs and gyms in the UK was ‘back to normal' during January 2022, according to proprietary search data from fitness marketplace ... More

More than 110,000 premature deaths could be prevented each year in the US if adults over the age of 40 added just 10 minutes of ... More

Entries are now open for the annual UK Active Awards. Following two years of unparalleled disruption, UK Active has added two COVID-19-related award categories which ... More

People with early-stage Parkinson’s should do regular exercise to slow down the progression of the disease. The finding comes from a six-year study that followed ... More