EMD news

The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end on 31 March leaving thousands set for closure or service ... More

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

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

The fitness sector is mounting a challenge to overturn the government's decision to ban group exercise in tier 3 areas in England, calling the ruling ... More

The sport and physical activity sector "hasn't done enough" to tackle persisting inequalities within the industry, according to a statement signed by more than 80 ... More

CIMSPA, has opened a consultation on the safe delivery of sport and physical activity online, to engage the industry in fine-tuning its new policy and ... 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

A new directory of group fitness classes – claimed to be the largest of its kind – aims to make it easier for people to ... More

Group exercise is being presented as a solution to two of society's growing problems – inactivity and loneliness. A study, published this week by EMD ... More

EMD UK chief executive Ross Perriam has announced he will step down from his role in June 2019 – igniting a search for his replacement. ... More

Ten national governing bodies of sport (NGBs) have been granted further financial support from funding body Sport England. The 10 NGBs will use the funding ... More

EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise, has appointed fitness industry veteran Nigel Wallace as its new chair. Wallace spent eight years as ... More

EMD UK will launch its Class Finder database – described as ‘an Expedia-style group exercise platform' – to consumers in the new year. Class Finder ... More

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has today (26 June) unveiled the largest ever shortlist for its Building of the Year competition. WAF – one of ... More

The number of people doing group exercise increased by 3.76 million during 2017, according to research by Exercise Move Dance UK (EMD UK), the national ... More

A new virtual reality therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety has been named the winner of the annual Shark Tank Student Competition ... More

Exercise, Move, Dance Partnership (EMDP) – the national governing body for group exercise – has rebranded itself as EMD UK. The rebrand includes an updated ... More

Exercise, Movement and Dance Partnership (EMDP) - the national governing body for group exercise in the UK - has launched its annual survey, as it ... More

Londoners are being encouraged to participate in physical activity with the launch of an app which distributes rewards for taking part. The app uses geo-fencing ... More

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

Public sector employees will be able to get a taste of military workouts for free after a tie-up between British Military Fitness (BMF) and Sport ... More

A brand new body set up to represent the group fitness market has laid out an ambitious growth target as it bids to make exercise ... More

More than two thirds of the UK fitness sector’s workforce is female, according to the Working in Fitness Survey 2015. The research – which saw ... More

Ohio’s Toledo Zoo has today (27 March) reopened its aquarium following a near three-year, US$25m (€21.5m, £16.4m) renovation, which has seen the interior of the ... More

Zumba Fitness has teamed up with the Exercise Movement and Dance (EMD) Academy and Lifetime Training, to launch the all-new Zumba Combo Qualification. The new ... More