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CIMSPA has published its 2024-2030 strategy Releasing the Power of Our Profession, which sets out how the sector’s 600,000-strong workforce can be supported and professionally ... More

The British Beauty Council has introduced the Future Talent Programme, a beauty-specific career development programme set to nurture a steady pipeline of talent to the ... More

Active IQ has been acquired by educational charity NCFE from its parent company, US-based Ascend Learning. The move follows Ascend's decision to close down its ... More

The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) and Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) have signed a partnership agreement for the delivery of lifeguarding courses for the next ... More

The Swimming Teachers' Association (STA) and Leisure Opportunities have extended their strategic partnership. The extension is part of an on-going effort to attract more swimming ... More

The first ever tourism sector deal aims to prepare the UK for an extra 9 million visits per year – and includes a commitment to ... More

Some of the UK's leading spa operators and consultants convened in Birmingham last week (14 November) for a CEO Summit to come up with potential ... More

The Swimming Teachers Association (STA) and Leisure Media have signed a strategic partnership designed to bridge the skills gaps faced by employers in the swimming ... More

The Gym Group has revealed plans to launch its own branded personal training academy. Working in partnership with Lifetime Training, The Gym Personal Training Academy ... More

More than 1,400 swimming teachers across the UK will join a major new training framework designed to combat the national shortage in qualified instructors. The ... More

CIMSPA – the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity – has agreed its first partnership with a non-UK provider. Beau Sejour ... More

Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring Budget was a “missed opportunity” for the government to demonstrate its commitment to tackling the nation’s physical inactivity crisis, ukactive executive ... More

Work to improve physical activity sector apprenticeships through the Trailblazer initiative has made another leap forward, with the foundations now in place for three new ... More

Sport and leisure training provider Icon Training is planning a complete overhaul of its training structure in a bid to provide structured career pathways spanning ... More

ukactive has announced the high-profile shortlist of candidates aiming to join the new ukactive Board of Directors, to be helmed by recently-appointed chair Tanni Grey-Thompson. ... More

Physical activity sector skills bodies will meet in the coming weeks to discuss the future of industry learning and development, amid growing calls for these ... More

Awarding organisation Active IQ has launched a new range of active leisure qualifications designed to help address the industry’s management skills shortage. The issue of ... More

Lifestyle Personal Training (LSF-PT) is bidding to bridge the gap between the fitness and medical industries by insisting that its team of over 400 PTs ... More

More than 55 per cent of UK fitness managers believe that exercise professionals are under-skilled for delivering social and psychological support to inactive people, according ... More

Is the health and fitness industry fully-qualified to deliver professional advice and guidance? That was the question as the SIBEC UK 2014 got underway with ... More

The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has appointed a transitional management team to restructure the organisation in line with ... More

The Compass Association (TCA) - the newly launched industry body for sports providers - has appointed its new board of directors. Linda Plowright, CEO of ... More

The Compass Association (TCA) - the newly launched industry body for sports providers - has appointed its new board of directors. Linda Plowright, CEO of ... More

Image: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with the England team The Football Association (FA) has officially launched its new £100m National Football Centre in ... More

A new Employer Ownership Fund has been launched in order to give employers direct access to public investment as part of efforts to improve the ... More