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Fitness First UK has confirmed to HCM that it's in the process of restructuring, citing rising costs and working from home which has undermined some ... More

What are the effects on public health of gyms and leisure centres being shut during lockdowns? Could more people be suffering worse symptoms – or ... More

Thousands of COVID-related deaths could be prevented if successive governments had tackled the country's obesity crisis in time, according to Dame Sally Davies. The former ... More

A new initiative has been launched to engage and empower women working in the UK fitness industry. Called RISE, the collective will collaborate with industry ... More

Health club operator Total Fitness has completed a turnaround of its fortunes, reversing a "steady decline in membership" in the past 12 months. The company, ... More

Budget operator énergie Fitness has named Neil King as its new CEO. The announcement was made at the 2018 évolution Conference – énergie's annual franchisee ... More

The Smithsonian Institute will receive an additional US$82m (€72.5m, £56.7m) in funding for 2017, should outgoing US President Barack Obama’s budget request be approved by ... More

US President Barack Obama’s budget request for the fiscal year 2016 has included US$3bn (€2.7bn, £2.1bn) for the National Park Service’s (NPS) critical conservation, preservation ... More

Scientists have warned of the dangers of purchasing weight loss or workout supplements over the internet, amid increasing evidence such products are at risk of ... More

Having a friendly array of staff and PTs to make members feel welcome is the single most important factor for loyal gym users, according to ... More

Landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations (JCFO) has been chosen to create a thirteen acre public park next to the Golden Gate Bridge in ... More

US president Barack Obama has proposed funding for a US$1.2bn (£721.m €863.5m) multi-year restoration initiative that could see the creation of new jobs at tourism ... More

The US secretary of the interior has announced the Statue of Liberty will reopen to the public on Independence Day - following repairs to extensive ... More

Wakefield Council has announced that the new £10m flagship Sun Lane Leisure Centre will open to the public on 20 October. The facility will include ... More

Image: Camp Curry in the Curry Village area The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has confirmed that six recent visitors to Yosemite National Park ... More

Atkins, the international engineering and design consultancy, has been appointed to lead the £17.5m (US$27.4m) renovation programme at the Statue of Liberty in New York, ... More

US secretary of the interior Ken Salazar has announced that the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in New York is to undergo a US$27.25m ... More

Work is due to start on Wakefield ONE - a new £10m swimming pool and fitness complex in Wakefield - today (6 June) as part ... More

Health and fitness operators have "much work to do" if they want to improve consumers' perception of them, according to the first ever national Net ... More

Research companies Leisure-net and The Retention People (TRP) have joined forces to launch a new customer service survey for the health and fitness sector. Taking ... More

Leisure-net and The Retention People (TRP) are to carry out the health, fitness and leisure sector's biggest customer service survey. The research, which will take ... More