soft skills news

TV presenter and journalist, Ben Shephard, has developed a six-part online training course for fitness professionals, teaching soft skills. Shephard has spent more than 25 ... More

Pocket Rocket Marketing has launched a training academy to deliver education to the health, fitness and wellness industry. Speaking to HCM, director Cheriee Wales said ... More

Gym and health club members in England have flocked back to fitness facilities in droves since the reopening of the sector on 2 December. Now, ... More

Industry veteran Richard Millard has joined Future Fit Training as non-executive ambassador, a new consulting role created to enable the training organisation respond to sector ... More

The EHL Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality (SSTH) hosted the first Swiss Medical Spa & Hospitality Think Tank on 6 June 2019 in Chur-Passugg, ... More

Fitness operators who recognise and reward their best instructors are more likely to retain customers, build brand loyalty and see improvements in their financial results. ... More

A new training programme for fitness professionals aims to boost the effectiveness of personal trainers by covering areas where skills are currently lacking. The PT ... More

The Gym Group is seeking staff from the hospitality sector to help fuel its expansion as the gym chain looks to inject extra dynamism and ... More

Work experience is more important than academic qualifications, according to operators taking part in the latest Fitness Industry Confidence Survey. The findings follow a growing ... More

A new Diploma in Health, Fitness and Sales from Premier Training International (PTI) aims to increase business acumen and commercial nous among new PTs after ... More

Physical activity employers are concerned by the lack of soft skills possessed by young personal trainers (PT) and believe these qualities require greater prominence within ... More

After Starwood’s plan to add robot butlers to its workforce in as many as 100 hotels worldwide was branded a “gimmick” by a UK workers’ ... More

A new fitness qualification has been launched combining the Level 2 Fitness Instructor qualification and Les Mills International Instructor certification. The FitEx qualification, launched by ... More

SkillsActive, the industry's sector skills council, acts as a conduit between Government, related organisations and sector employers. Its role is to ensure that employers' needs ... More

The founders of the the Transforming a Generation (TAG) initiative, aimed at unemployed, disenfranchised teenagers and young adults, are looking to expand the scheme following ... More