HSE news

David Lloyd Leisure has been fined more than £2.5m after pleading guilty to charges brought under the UK's Health and Safety at Work Act. The ... More

US-based amusement franchise Dave & Buster’s has revealed plans to launch sites across the Middle East. The deal with Abdul Mohsen Al Hokair Holding Group ... More

Fitness Time, the largest network of sport and fitness clubs in Saudi Arabia, is embarking on an ambitious expansion drive which will see it open ... More

Up to 100k people will benefit from the free gym and physical activity sessions, thanks to a partnership between ukactive, NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I), ... More

Studio Studio Studio, a new interdisciplinary collaboration lab founded by Edoardo Tresoldi, have created a 26m (85ft)-high pavilion from cork and mesh with intimate spaces ... More

Two people have been killed and 15 seriously injured in India, following an accident at the Kankaria Adventure Park in Ahmedabad. The accident occurred when ... More

There are now more than 210,000 health clubs in the world, serving a total of 183 million members during 2018. The figure comes from the ... More

The seven-year-old boy who fell from a rollercoaster at Lightwater Valley theme park in Yorkshire, UK, on Thursday is now in a critical condition. The ... More

M&D Leisure – the owner of M&D’s theme park in Motherwell, Scotland – has been fined over an incident that saw one of its roller ... 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 11th annual Forum Hotel & Spa conference took place last week at the Four Seasons George V in Paris, bringing together spa and hospitality ... More

The finalists for this year’s Black Diamond Award, which honours the best spa manager of the year in Europe, have been announced. Finalists hail from ... More

A new guide document on swimming pool safety – which all UK pool operators will have to adhere to – has been unveiled during the ... More

High-performance media specialist 7thSense Design has announced that it will open a new office based in Orlando, Florida, in addition to its current offices in ... More

The D-Day Museum in Portsmouth, UK, has secured £4.7m (US$6.3m, €5.3m) from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a complete restoration of an original Landing ... More

A number of rides at theme parks in the UK have reopened after being shut down by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following an ... More

US-based gym operator Genesis Health Clubs has closed Fitness 2000 after it purchased all its assets for an undisclosed sum. Fitness 2000, which had been ... More

The health club industry generated US$83.1bn (€74bn, £64.6bn) in revenue worldwide in 2016, slightly up on the previous year, according to an International Health, Racquet ... More

A number of Merlin attractions have closed their river rapids rides, following the death of 11-year-old Evha Jannat, who was killed at Drayton Manor on ... More

An 11-year-old girl has died after an incident at a water ride at Drayton Manor Park in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, UK. Named by police as ... More

Merlin Entertainments has been fined £5m (US$6.5m, €5.7m) after last year’s horrific Smiler crash at Alton Towers, an accident which left five visitors with life-changing ... More

Merlin Entertainments has been to court today for health and safety breaches in relation to last year’s Smiler rollercoaster crash which left two people needing ... More

Alton Towers operator Merlin is due in court today for a verdict on the Smiler rollercoaster crash which left two people needing leg amputations and ... More

Inactive health club members who have been successfully engaged into revisiting their club are 45 per cent less likely to cancel their membership – compared ... More

Health clubs worldwide saw revenues slip to US$81bn (€72bn, £55bn) in 2015, despite an increase in members, according to a new IHRSA report. The 2016 ... More