Department for Business news

New legislation will change the way health clubs in the UK manage their membership process, creating greater powers for consumers when it comes to contracts ... More

Lucy Frazer has replaced Michelle Donelan as culture secretary at the UK's newly-named Department for Culture, Media and Sport. She becomes the eleventh culture secretary ... More

The declining health of Britons is stalling the nation’s economic growth. This is the key message from Andy Haldane, chief executive of the Royal Society ... More

A collection of industry organisations, including The British Beauty Council, are working closely with the UK Government to present proposals for a package of industry-saving ... More

After a steadfast strategic campaign, the British Beauty Council, UK Spa Association, British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology (BABTAC) and the National Hair & ... More

Spas, beauty salons, hair salons, barbers and mobile beauty services are now closed for business in England, Northern Ireland, Wales, most parts of Scotland and ... More

During a turbulent 2020, the spa and wellness sector banded together as a community to survive and adapt. This year, the UK Spa Association (UKSA) ... More

The UK government has postponed the reopening of saunas, steamrooms and the recommencement of close-contact services, including facials, until 15 August at the earliest. The ... More

The UK Spa Association (UKSA) has announced saunas and steamrooms in England can reopen from 1 August. The trade body told Spa Business the announcement ... More

Following its announcement that grassroots sport could restart on 11 July and that gyms and spas could also reopen during July, the government has published ... More

The spa industry urgently needs government guidance about reopening, according to the UK Spa Association’s (UKSA) recent survey findings. Although progress has been made, the ... More

The UK's National Space Centre (NSC) in Leicester is building a new laboratory for the creation of virtual, augmented and mixed reality media, which it ... More

Immersive experiences based on Wallace & Gromit and Peaky Blinders are to be developed with UK Government funding, as part of the UK's modern Industrial ... More

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is driving for the sports and physical activity sector to have an important role in the government’s ... More

Tourism minister John Glen is the latest mover in British prime minister Theresa May’s cabinet reshuffle, after taking over as City minister. The government is ... More

Five science centres in the UK are to receive a combined £13m (US$17m, €14.2m) in funding to encourage new and different ideas that will help ... More

Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone and Hythe, has been re-elected as chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. Collins has been elected ... More

Merlin Entertainments chief Nick Varney has said the next UK government must hand over responsibility for promoting tourism to a new department, saying the Department ... More

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a multi-million pound funding pot to help repair infrastructure damaged by floods and drive a campaign to promote tourism ... More

A Sports Business Council will be established by the government in a bid to stimulate further growth and potentially shape policy in the sports sector. ... More

Work to improve physical activity sector apprenticeships through the Trailblazer initiative has made another leap forward, with the foundations now in place for three new ... More

Efforts to revolutionise physical activity sector apprenticeships have taken a solid step forward after the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills approved the frameworks for ... More

A coalition of leading leisure employers and industry organisations have today (23 October) launched a government-backed programme to revolutionise apprenticeships for the physical activity sector. ... More

Plans for a £600m (US$972m, €771.4m) aquarium in Bedfordshire, UK, have fallen through after planning permission for the project expired despite millions of pounds worth ... More

The Department for Business, Skills and Innovation is set to make an announcement about the funding of traineeships. The policy - ‘Traineeships: Supporting young people ... More