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Equinox has created an educational programme for its performance coaches that will enable them to train members who are on weight loss drugs by learning ... More

A new gym, named after one of Britain's most famous sporting heroes, has opened at Edinburgh University's Pleasance Sports Complex. The opening of the Eric ... More

Hand Picked Hotels (HPH) has launched its new Spa Therapist Apprenticeship programme, working alongside national provider Armonia Training Academy and industry veteran Diane Hey. Designed ... 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

Sports charity Sported has teamed up with TSB Bank to launch a community sports programme looking to nurture the "next generation of community leaders". The ... More

The number of people doing group exercise increased by 3.76 million during 2017, according to research by Exercise Move Dance UK (EMD UK), the national ... More

Fitness franchise énergie Group has opened thé Yard - a new signature training concept that will be rolled out at its énergie and Fit4less clubs ... More

A planning application for Belfast’s proposed Casement Park stadium has finally been submitted after a 32-week consultation period. Ulster Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) revealed that ... More

Leisure and travel giant TUI is to create more than 2,000 new apprentices in the UK by 2020 – the latest sign that the “earn ... More

GLL (Greenwich Leisure Ltd) has signed a partnership agreement with a professional body to help support and develop its workforce through an accredited training programme. ... More

Fabienne Lindholm has been named international education director for skincare brand Babor. In her new role, Lindholm will be based at the company’s headquarters in ... More

Health clubs should invest more in star fitness instructors to reflect their value to the business and ensure that the industry retains its top talent. ... More

Lifetime Training scooped a trio of awards as the leading lights of physical activity sector training gathered in Marlow last night (26 November) to celebrate ... More

Nikos Kouremenos, area spa director for Raison d’Etre, is set to hand over spa operations of Soma Bay Thalasso & Spa in Egypt as he ... More

A senior official of the Bangkok Attorney-General’s Office is on 24-hour watch in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Phuket Town, Thailand, after ... More

Alton Towers and Staffordshire University have teamed up to offer a Foundation Degree in Visitor Attraction and Resort Management at the UK university’s business school. ... More

The physical activity sector’s leading training providers gathered in Marlow last week to celebrate 2014’s top achievers at the Active Training Awards. More than 150 ... More

The finalists have been named for the Active Training Awards 2014, which will see the physical activity sector’s top training providers honoured for their efforts ... More

Children's activity and sport provider Fit For Sport has strengthened its management team with two new appointments to support ongoing expansion. Anita De Villiers has ... More

ukactive and the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) have teamed up to launch the Active Training Awards – a ... More

The government has announced it will team up with the tourism and hospitality sector to focus on improving skills, increasing the quality and quantity of ... More

Premier Training International (PTI) has embarked on an international partnership with Talwalkars – one of India’s largest health club chains – to provide ongoing education, ... More

Leisure-net Solutions and David Monkhouse Consulting have announced they are to merge as of 1 April, having found significant synergy between the two leisure consultancies ... More

Lifetime Training, in partnership with DC Leisure, has been awarded the title of Apprenticeship Provider of the Year at the 2013 Active Leisure Awards ceremony. ... More

The creative arts will have a new home in Bath following Bath and North East Somerset Council’s go-ahead for a new Centre for the Arts ... More