People with depression should be prescribed exercise and then monitored for the first 12 weeks of their regime – similar ... More

Frequent strenuous exercise increases the risk of developing motor neurone disease (MND) in people with certain genetic profiles. Over recent ... More

The UK government has extended the ban on commercial evictions until 25 March 2022. Announcing the move today (15 June), ... More

Operating a further four weeks at reduced capacity will place serious pressure on English fitness facilities – if the government ... More

People experiencing homelessness are being offered free access to leisure centres by Oxford City Council. A scheme launched this month ... More

IHRSA has appointed Elizabeth Clark as its new president and CEO. Clark joins the industry body from the National Confectioners ... More

Rainer Schaller's RSG Group is bringing its John Reed brand of health clubs to the UK for the first time. ... More

The government needs to urgently set out its plans to support physical activity and fitness businesses, if it intends to ... More

Glofox will begin offering health clubs, gyms and fitness studios instant access to financing, following a deal struck with Stripe ... More

Hong Kong-based Bricks Group has revealed plans to launch its health club chain, U Time, in Europe and the UK. ... More

Gymbox has signed a partnership agreement to provide members of flexible workspace provider WeWork with both in-person and on-demand fitness ... More

The number of health club members returning to gyms since lockdown has beaten all expectations, according to Rebecca Passmore, UK ... More

David Lloyd Clubs has enrolled former Labour Party deputy leader Tom Watson to help raise the profile of its new ... More

TRIB3 has secured a franchise deal which will see it open 20 studios across Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The ... More

ukactive has published new data from the National ReferAll Database (NRD) – the UK’s first open-access database for exercise referral ... More

The US fitness industry is mobilising to support the Gym Mitigation and Survival (GYMs) Act, which could provide up to ... More

Physical activity gives structure and meaning to people’s lives, according to new research. A study, published in the Journal of ... More

TRIB3 has opened a major new corporately owned boutique gym [or store in TRIBE3-speak] in Edinburgh – its first site ... More

The Gym Group has outperformed all of its own expectations in the six weeks of operations since reopening its 180+ ... More

Irish health club chain West Wood Club is launching a new outdoor exercise concept at its clubs. CEO Alan Leach ... More

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a webinar series to explore the future of physical activity and sport in ... More

There were more than one million admissions made to NHS hospitals during 2019-20, where obesity was a factor. The figure ... More

Nearly four in five (73 per cent) Britons are failing to meet NHS recommendations on exercise, as a result of ... More

A new job retention scheme, backed by National Lottery funding, has been launched to support fitness and sports professionals in ... More

Nuffield Health is offering NHS staff a 40 per cent discount on membership fees across its UK network of 113 ... More

One in three councils in England are expecting to close at least one of their leisure centres permanently during 2021. ... More

Indoor group exercise can recommence in England and Scotland today (17 May), as part of the easing of lockdown measures. ... More

Thousands of health clubs, swimming pools and leisure centres are under the threat of permanent closure, unless the government provides ... More

Anytime Fitness UK has revealed that April was its busiest month for new memberships since it began trading in the ... More

A court has given Virgin Active the green light to erase the rent arrears it had accrued during pandemic lockdowns. ... More

The physical and mental health of women in the UK has been put under unprecedented pressure by the pandemic, according ...

CIMSPA has issued a new policy to help ensure fitness and physical activity training is delivered safely online. Delivering sport ...

EuropeActive and ukactive have today (3 February) secured a new partnership agreement which will see the industry bodies work closer ...