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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

Dawn Tuckwell and Cheryl Hersey, founders of Action Group, have sold the company to their team via an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). Both will remain ... More

Premier Global NASM, which is owned by US-based Ascend Learning, has announced it's winding up its operations in the UK. It is not clear why ... More

Evolution Wellness has closed all its Fitness First operations in Hong Kong. The pandemic’s impact and the government’s Zero COVID strategy proved too much for ... More

HCM has confirmed that the UK government's £1bn support package for the hospitality and leisure industry, which allows businesses to claim a cash grant of ... More

Erin Lee has been appointed as executive director of the World Halotherapy Association (WHA). The WHA is a physician-backed association formed to ensure a global ... More

Educational organisation The Power of Touch (TPOT) has launched the nominations process for its second annual Shine Your Light Awards to celebrate excellence in the ... More

A new international design challenge has been launched this month, inviting freelance designers in the themed entertainment to pitch their concepts for the next immersive, ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has unveiled its latest trends report containing its top nine wellness trends for 2021. Predictions range from a focus on ... More

Fitness instructors, personal trainers, coaches and other self-employed physical activity workers in Wales are being given extra financial support through Sport Wales. The grassroots sports ... More

The Medical Wellness Congress (MWC) is launching a monthly webinar series after its inaugural event was postponed until 28-29 June 2021. Conference director Vladi Kovanic ... More

The fitness sector is mounting a challenge to overturn the government's decision to ban group exercise in tier 3 areas in England, calling the ruling ... More

Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres will be able to open their doors when the current lockdown measures in England come to an end on ... More

A discussion panel about future wellness trends saw spa and wellness industry experts offer their take on what’s in the pipeline for the industry in ... More

Duncan Bannatyne, CEO of Bannatyne Group, which runs spas, health clubs and hotels, says the coronavirus shutdown could cost the company £30m. Speaking to Sky ... More

1Rebel, the London-based boutique studio operator, has announced a new initiative to help support its freelance instructors through the current period of COVID-19 uncertainty. Speaking ... More

Arts Council England (ACE) has responded to the "massive and unsustainable loss of revenues" caused by COVID-19 by announcing an emergency £160m (US$191.2m, €176.4m) emergency ... More

The founder of a fitness studio which offers a co-working space for freelance PTs and their clients says the model will "disrupt the fitness market". ... More

The Smithsonian and the Getty Research Institute are among the cultural institutions that will soon be able to display a unique archive of images of ... More

Diversity was among the topics up for discussion at this year's MuseumNext conference in London, with Shaz Hussain, assistant curator at the London Science Museum, ... More

The Museums Association (MA) is set to launch the latest round of its Transformers Influence programme – a scheme designed to help people in the ... More

New York-based shared workspace specialist WeWork has announced Bjarke Ingels as its chief architect, and he will be responsible for advising and developing the company’s ... More

Employment contracts for PTs working in the health and fitness sector are under the spotlight following questions in the House of Commons about terms offered ... More

On 5 April, Soho House New York will host Curated Conversation: Self-Care For Leaders – a conversation between Janera Soerel, founder of Second House, and ... More

A personal trainer hoping to secure contracts and minimum levels of pay for fitness professionals has received backing from the largest union in the UK. ... More