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Activity levels are still rising among English adults according to Sport England’s new Active Lives Survey, which covers November 2024 to November 2025.  According to ... More

Mandarin Oriental has appointed Simone Biles, one of the most decorated gymnasts in the world, as its first-ever ambassador for global wellness in a long-term, ... More

Anna Bjurstam, strategic advisor for Six Senses and founder of spa consultancy Raison d’Etre, told fitness and wellness professionals at the recent HCM Summit in ... More

Physiologist and co-founder of Future Practice and Pillar Wellbeing, Oli Patrick opened the HCM Summit in London this morning with an inspiring talk about consumer ... More

Research from the University of Oxford has found that people using weight loss drugs return to their original weight less than a year after stopping ... More

Following success in watersports such as sailing, canoeing, windsurfing and swimming at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, The Clean Water Sports Alliance is stepping up ... More

Boutique operator Heartcore is paying damages to a violinist whose career was cut short following an accident during a class in 2019. Maya Meron suffered ... More

The UK government acknowledged in its recent budget that economic recovery depends on the health of the nation, but failed to find the investment needed ... More

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

Luxury fitness chain Equinox has hit the headlines with a new year membership campaign that barred new members from joining on 1 January. “It’s not ... More

Dr Fiona Bull, head of the physical activity unit at the World Health Organization (WHO), has stated that “demonstrating impact is key” for the physical ... More

UK Health and Fitness operators' level of engagement with technology has been researched for the second year as part of a three-year study part funded ... More

Industry research and educational organisation the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has announced that the UK is the latest country to be highlighted on its new ... More

A new report from The World Health Organization (WHO), Global Status Report on Physical Activity 2022, has revealed that physical inactivity between 2020 and 2030 ... More

UK Active has released its final report on COVID-19 cases among health club, leisure centre and swimming pool customers. The report, called Safe and Essential, ... More

The Como Group has announced plans to open its first luxury boutique hotel in France in the world-famous wine region of Burgundy. Como Le Montrachet ... More

Paralympic champion and ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has issued a rallying cry for the UK to become the most active nation in the world ... More

ukactive has published new data from the National ReferAll Database (NRD) – the UK’s first open-access database for exercise referral schemes. The data shows that, ... More

SH Hotels & Resorts has revealed it will take its Treehouse boutique hotel brand outside London in 2023, when it opens its second UK site ... More

Dr Nicola Finley, doctor and integrative medicine practitioner at Canyon Ranch, Tucson, spoke with GWI’s VP of research and forecasting, Beth McGroarty, for the latest ... More

Being open to failure will help businesses survive in the Coronavirus landscape, according to Cathy Feliciano-Chon, founder of Hong Kong-based brand comms agency, CatchOn– a ... More

Leading organisations in the physical activity sector have urged chancellor Rishi Sunak to provide urgent financial support for the sector's 60,000 self-employed workers. The heads ... More

The ICC Cricket World Cup has been credited with delivering a £350m economic boost to the UK. An economic impact and benefits analysis, carried out ... More

The Conservative Party has promised to invest £550m in grassroots football – if it wins the general election. The funding is part of a larger ... More