RKF news

The US spa industry is making steady, meaningful progress, with revenue reaching US$23.5 billion (€21.6 billion, £18.3 billion) in 2025, a 4.2 per cent increase ... More

Anytime Fitness has opened a gym in Sydney Airport to support the 40 million travellers passing through each year and the 30,000-strong airport workforce.  The ... More

Places Leisure has announced a new strategic partnership with COPA as the preferred apprenticeship delivery partner for its leisure centres, following a six-month pilot. COPA ... More

The Gym Group has exceeded expectations with its 2025 results and upgraded the outlook, with 20 gyms planned for this year and 75 over the ... More

A report from UK Active and Les Mills has found that 43 per cent of adults are failing to meet the Chief Medical Officer’s strength ... More

Spa and leisure management software company Trybe has secured a US$30 million (€26.9 million, £21.6 million) investment from Five Elms Capital, a growth investor in ... More

Beyond Activ  APAC took place at the Crowne Conference Centre in Melbourne, Australia from 2-3 December, 2025. The event welcomed 550 delegates, representing 180 business ... More

Sport England’s continuous improvement tool, Quest, is being updated for 2026 with two new products to simplify the process – Quest for Facilities for individual ... More

The impact of weight loss drugs on skeletal muscle mass and the importance of exercise and strength training has been revealed in a new report ... More

Grassroots sport and exercise boost the UK economy by £36.2 billion every year, according to Sport England’s latest social value of sport and exercise research. ... More

Of the 60 companies chosen by the UK government to be vanguard employers in the Keep Britain Working Review, seven are from the fitness industry. ... More

UK employee representative organisation, CIMSPA (The Chartered Institute of Sport and Physical Activity) has begun issuing qualifying health and fitness professionals with postnominal letters and ... More

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has released a report that captures microtrends emerging across the spa and wellness industry according to each of its initiatives. ... More

UK Active, Sport England, CIMSPA and Women’s Aid have published new resources to help fitness and leisure facilities continue to create safer spaces for women ... More

EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise, has announced the appointment of Dan Rees as CEO, who will take up the role on ... More

Qualified physical activity professionals in the UK will soon be able to add letters after their names, as CIMSPA has announced plans to introduce professional ... More

From this week, the weight loss drug, Mounjaro, will be available from GPs in the UK and doctors' surgeries are understood to be bracing themselves ... More

The much-anticipated UK government’s Spending Review (SR) 2025 was delivered yesterday (11 June), which sets departmental budgets until 2028-9. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the SR ... More

Sport England has confirmed that Simon Hayes will take over from Tim Hollingsworth as CEO. Hollingsworth announced his departure in February following seven years in ... More

Physical participation figures are the highest ever, but inequalities remain with the same groups still losing out, according to the new Active Lives Adult Survey ... More

A Sussex hospital-based stroke rehabilitation programme, delivered by health instructors and NHS physiotherapists, has seen far-reaching benefits and there are now hopes to extend it ... More

NHS England has released a report, Harnessing the benefits of physical activity that suggests it is keen to collaborate with the physical activity sector. The ... More

The national governing body for group exercise in the UK – EMD UK (Exercise, Movement and Dance) – is calling for government support, as new ... More

Loughborough University in the UK has teamed up with Vitality to launch a Women in Sport Research and Innovation Hub. Headed up by Professor Jo ... More

Sport England has announced investment into 53 areas highlighted in the top 10 per cent of the UK in terms of inactivity, social need, deprivation ... More