Active Leisure news

Operator Circadian Trust has launched a five-year growth drive designed to support health and wellbeing across South Gloucestershire, UK. The initiative will see a £2.4m ... More

Everyone Active has launched a golfing brand, Everyone Golf, after new contract wins made it the UK’s second-largest golf operator in the UK, with ten ... More

The UK's Good Work Pledge – an employer commitment to workplace wellbeing for employees – has come under the umbrella of CIMSPA. Created and launched by Lindsey ... More

Employers within the fitness and physical activity sector could do more when it comes to ensuring their workforces have the support they need to deal ... More

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts’ Luxury & Lifestyle Collection, has unveiled plans to open its first European resort hotel in ... 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

The Workforce State of Mind Survey, now in its second year, has begun to gather data to gain insights into how the mental health of ... More

VAT reform, adjustments in business rates and a fitness-led high street regeneration push could see the UK's fitness sector gain 5 million more paying members ... More

A consultation has been launched to review the current provision of fitness and leisure facilities available for disabled people. Driven by industry body, ukactive, the ... More

Leisure centre operator Everyone Active has formed a partnership with WW (formerly called Weight Watchers), which will see the two combining their exercise and dietary ... More

It is unlikely that the UK will see a Work Out to Help Out scheme being introduced, despite sports minister Nigel Huddleston saying he "understood" ... More

The merger of two tech firms will result in the creation of a business software company serving the wider fitness and boutique wellness industries. Integrated ... More

Physical activity body, ukactive, has revealed plans to create a new sector standard for active leisure, to act as a product and service quality trademark. ... More

Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus are among the measures introduced in the government's new anti-obesity ... More

Revenue management specialist Transaction Services Group (TSG) has acquired active leisure software and services provider Legend Club Management Systems for an undisclosed sum. Founded in ... More

EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise, has appointed Marcus Kingwell, the current managing director of AoC Sport, as its CEO. Kingwell has ... More

Creating opportunities for older people to get physically active represents a major driver for growth in public leisure, according to new research. A study by ... More

The first ever Community Leisure UK Awards will be held at The Lowry hotel in Manchester on 22 May 2019. Previously run under the Sporta ... More

The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) is shuffling its top team heading into 2019. The water-safety charity has appointed Mike Owen as chair, ... More

Water safety charity The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has named Jo Talbot as interim director of its awarding body, IQL UK. Talbot ... More

The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has introduced a new points system to record Continuing Professional Development (CPD), as part of efforts to make the ... More

Indoor cycling has been identified as the most popular group workout in the UK – beating pilates and yoga – by a new industry report from ... More

A huge majority – 87 per cent – of fitness professionals working in the physical activity industry think new recruits are entering the sector with ... More

Construction work has officially begun on the new £10m Ingleby Barwick Leisure Centre in Stockton-on-Tees. Designed by Ellis Williams Architects as a modern “leisure hub”, ... More

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