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Following a £500,000 investment, Everybody Health and Leisure has unveiled a new 100-station Technogym fitness suite at Crewe Lifestyle Centre. Areas include cardio, resistance, free ... More

Consumers’ growing interest in exercise, health and wellness have been highlighted by changes to the UK government’s inflationary measures, with sportswear and healthy food 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

Discount rail and bus travel and £10m in vouchers to key attractions – funded by the National Lottery – are among the measures announced in ... More

A report commissioned by Parkrun has estimated that allowing mass-participation outdoor events carries an "exceptionally low risk" of COVID-19 transmission. The study, by Professor Clive ... More

The UK's travel, tourism and visitor attractions markets have been "decimated" by COVID-19 – and remain under immense pressure. Analysis published by the Office for ... More

There has been no improvement in the way the UK population feels about its personal wellbeing in the past year. The latest figures from the ... More

The total turnover of all British hospitality businesses is set to reach £100bn during 2018 – an increase of £2bn on the 2017 figure of ... More

Theresa May has appointed minister for sport and civil society Tracey Crouch to a newly created position as minister for loneliness. The move comes as ... More

As the global spotlight falls on the soon-to-be married Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Britain’s tourism industry is predicting a boost from the upcoming Royal ... More

The value of Olympic and Paralympic sports to the UK now stands at £19bn (€21.42bn, US$25.17bn), according to researchers at Sheffield Hallam University. Using data ... More

Scotland’s tourism sector is outshining the rest of the UK when it comes to employment, with worker numbers increasing at more than twice the rate ... More

The number of jobs in the UK’s tourism sector grew by more than twice as much as other sections of the economy in the five ... More

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is calling on employers to drive a radical overhaul of offices to encourage physical activity around the workplace and help tackle the ... More

VisitBritain has turned to famous adventurer Bear Grylls and smash period drama Downton Abbey to help entice tourists to the UK through its new magazine. ... More

An increasing number of people in the UK are feeling positive about their lives, according to a report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). ... More

Nine-time Paralympic champion Lord Holmes and former head of diversity at London 2012, Stephen Frost, are among four new advisers brought into tackle the UK ... More

British inbound tourism maintained its momentum in the first half of 2015, setting a new record for overseas visitor numbers, according to new figures from ... More

The hotel, leisure and sport sectors look set to end 2014 on a positive note after construction contracts reached their highest level in more than ... More

Trying to convince international tourists to visit more UK cities than just London could backfire if money is siphoned out of existing domestic tourism budgets, ... More

London tourism chiefs have created a two-week long lifestyle package fit for any A list celebrity as part of a prize which will be offered ... More

Tourism’s enhanced reputation as an economic driver and creator of jobs, together with its position as the lifeblood of a number of marginal constituencies, could ... More

Two of Britain’s landmark cities are home to some of the world’s costliest hotel stays, according to figures published by Hotels.com. The data revealed that ... More

Figures from the latest Labour Force Survey show that the tourism industry is helping to drive the UK’s economic recovery through job creation. The numbers ... More

British inbound tourism continued its jumbo-jet trajectory in the first half of 2014, setting a new record for overseas visitor numbers, according to new figures ... More