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SOFI 2015 report: More gyms, more members, more money
BY Jak Phillips | 18 Jun 2015
Technological innovation and an enhanced consumer experience helped the UK health and fitness industry to gain more gyms, more members and a greater market value over the past year, according to the 2015 State of the UK Fitness Industry (SOFI) Report.
Fitbit fever as wearable tech giant floats on New York Stock Exchange
BY Jak Phillips | 18 Jun 2015
Wearable tech giant Fitbit will float on the New York Stock Exchange later today (18 June) in one of the most highly-anticipated IPOs of the year.
Waterlooville Leisure Centre beefs up gym as part of £3m extension
BY Jak Phillips | 18 Jun 2015
Waterlooville Leisure Centre has opened its new three-storey gym to the public as work progresses on a £3m transformation for the centre.
Andy Murray teams up with crowdfunding platform to tap investment opportunities
BY Jak Phillips | 17 Jun 2015
Andy Murray has entered a long-term partnership with London-based equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, which will see the tennis star advise on health, sport and wearable tech as well as investing in start-ups.
Freedom Leisure lands 15 sites with mid-Wales contract win
BY Jak Phillips | 17 Jun 2015
Freedom Leisure has secured a 15-year contract with Powys County Council to operate 15 sites in mid-Wales.
Nuffield Health gyms beef-up beauty offering with new Elemis tie-up
BY Jak Phillips | 16 Jun 2015
Nuffield Health has chosen luxury British skincare brand Elemis to provide spa and beauty treatments at 22 wellness suites across its UK health club empire.
Exclusive: Asda planning fitness studio concept
BY Jak Phillips | 16 Jun 2015
Asda is bidding to help customers shed pounds from their waistline as well as their shopping bill through a new in-store functional fitness concept.
3,000 fitness fans pack Ally Pally for Reebok and Les Mills One Live event
BY Jak Phillips | 16 Jun 2015
Alexandra Palace played host to a sea of sweaty bodies on Saturday (13 June), as more than 3,000 instructors and consumers jumped into their gym kit for the London leg of the Reebok and Les Mills One Live tour.
Generation inactive a ‘ticking time-bomb’ for NHS, warns ukactive report
BY Jak Phillips | 15 Jun 2015
Only half of seven-year-olds are meeting recommended physical activity guidelines of 60 minutes per day, according to a landmark ukactive report which lifts the lid on youth inactivity.
Xercise4Less wages war on budget rivals in Milton Keynes
BY Jak Phillips | 15 Jun 2015
Xercise4Less is to launch a new £1.5m gym in the already-crowded Milton Keynes market as it seeks to steal a march on its low-cost rivals.
Sports Leisure Legacy Project gathers steam
BY Jak Phillips | 12 Jun 2015
An ambitious initiative to track the progress and development of the UK sports & leisure centre over the last six decades has won support from a number of key industry bodies ahead of a key consulting session next month.
Olympic legend Daley Thompson launches ‘old-school’ gym concept
BY Jak Phillips | 12 Jun 2015
Olympic legend Daley Thompson has opened a new gym in Putney, London, with a team of former Great Britain athletes on hand to help members reach their personal best.
1Life to oversee major gym revamp at Grantham Meres Leisure Centre
BY Jak Phillips | 12 Jun 2015
Leisure operator 1Life and South Kesteven District Council have kicked off a £600,000 investment to transform the fitness facilities at Grantham Meres Leisure Centre and bolster its thriving GP referral programme.
Architect Richard Rogers to lead inquiry into how design affects behaviour change
BY Jak Phillips | 11 Jun 2015
Richard Rogers – the architect behind the Lloyd’s of London building and the Millennium Dome – has launched a parliamentary inquiry into how design in planning can affect behaviour change.
Swimming, gym and sports participation numbers slide in Sport England survey
BY Jak Phillips | 11 Jun 2015
The number of people engaged in regular physical activity in England fell 1.4 per cent between October 2014 to March 2015, with swimming and fitness suffering the largest exoduses.
Active populations vital for successful cities: study
BY Jak Phillips | 10 Jun 2015
New research has reinforced the long-held view that cities which strive to promote physical activity gain a significant economic advantage.
LUX* Hotels & Resorts partners with fitness leader for wellness concierge service
BY Helen Andrews | 10 Jun 2015
LUX* Resorts & Hotels has partnered with personal trainer to elite athletes Stephen Price, of fitness and wellness company SP&Co London, to launch a new Wellness Concierge service for guests at the operator’s properties in Mauritius and the Maldives.
Tanni Grey-Thompson hails physical activity vision of new sports minister
BY Jak Phillips | 10 Jun 2015
ukactive chair Tanni Grey-Thompson has praised sports minister Tracey Crouch’s first major speech as showing a clear understanding of what is required to tackle Britain’s physical inactivity crisis.
Vivafit reaches into fresh territories with Asia openings
BY Kath Hudson | 10 Jun 2015
Portugese health club operator Vivafit is expanding its reach with the signing of the first franchised club in Taiwan, belonging to an American/Taiwanese couple. The 170sq m (1,830sq ft) Taipei club is expected to be the first of a chain of some 150 Vivafit clubs in Taiwan.
£36m Huddersfield Leisure Centre springs into action
BY Jak Phillips | 10 Jun 2015
A new £36m leisure centre has opened in Huddersfield boasting a wealth of exercise and play facilities. The centre replaces the ageing Huddersfield Sports Centre, which has now closed.
     
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3566 to 3585 of 4774 news stories
SOFI 2015 report: More gyms, more members, more money
BY Jak Phillips | 18 Jun 2015
Technological innovation and an enhanced consumer experience helped the UK health and fitness industry to gain more gyms, more members and a greater market value over the past year, according to the 2015 State of the UK Fitness Industry (SOFI) Report.
Fitbit fever as wearable tech giant floats on New York Stock Exchange
BY Jak Phillips | 18 Jun 2015
Wearable tech giant Fitbit will float on the New York Stock Exchange later today (18 June) in one of the most highly-anticipated IPOs of the year.
Waterlooville Leisure Centre beefs up gym as part of £3m extension
BY Jak Phillips | 18 Jun 2015
Waterlooville Leisure Centre has opened its new three-storey gym to the public as work progresses on a £3m transformation for the centre.
Andy Murray teams up with crowdfunding platform to tap investment opportunities
BY Jak Phillips | 17 Jun 2015
Andy Murray has entered a long-term partnership with London-based equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, which will see the tennis star advise on health, sport and wearable tech as well as investing in start-ups.
Freedom Leisure lands 15 sites with mid-Wales contract win
BY Jak Phillips | 17 Jun 2015
Freedom Leisure has secured a 15-year contract with Powys County Council to operate 15 sites in mid-Wales.
Nuffield Health gyms beef-up beauty offering with new Elemis tie-up
BY Jak Phillips | 16 Jun 2015
Nuffield Health has chosen luxury British skincare brand Elemis to provide spa and beauty treatments at 22 wellness suites across its UK health club empire.
Exclusive: Asda planning fitness studio concept
BY Jak Phillips | 16 Jun 2015
Asda is bidding to help customers shed pounds from their waistline as well as their shopping bill through a new in-store functional fitness concept.
3,000 fitness fans pack Ally Pally for Reebok and Les Mills One Live event
BY Jak Phillips | 16 Jun 2015
Alexandra Palace played host to a sea of sweaty bodies on Saturday (13 June), as more than 3,000 instructors and consumers jumped into their gym kit for the London leg of the Reebok and Les Mills One Live tour.
Generation inactive a ‘ticking time-bomb’ for NHS, warns ukactive report
BY Jak Phillips | 15 Jun 2015
Only half of seven-year-olds are meeting recommended physical activity guidelines of 60 minutes per day, according to a landmark ukactive report which lifts the lid on youth inactivity.
Xercise4Less wages war on budget rivals in Milton Keynes
BY Jak Phillips | 15 Jun 2015
Xercise4Less is to launch a new £1.5m gym in the already-crowded Milton Keynes market as it seeks to steal a march on its low-cost rivals.
Sports Leisure Legacy Project gathers steam
BY Jak Phillips | 12 Jun 2015
An ambitious initiative to track the progress and development of the UK sports & leisure centre over the last six decades has won support from a number of key industry bodies ahead of a key consulting session next month.
Olympic legend Daley Thompson launches ‘old-school’ gym concept
BY Jak Phillips | 12 Jun 2015
Olympic legend Daley Thompson has opened a new gym in Putney, London, with a team of former Great Britain athletes on hand to help members reach their personal best.
1Life to oversee major gym revamp at Grantham Meres Leisure Centre
BY Jak Phillips | 12 Jun 2015
Leisure operator 1Life and South Kesteven District Council have kicked off a £600,000 investment to transform the fitness facilities at Grantham Meres Leisure Centre and bolster its thriving GP referral programme.
Architect Richard Rogers to lead inquiry into how design affects behaviour change
BY Jak Phillips | 11 Jun 2015
Richard Rogers – the architect behind the Lloyd’s of London building and the Millennium Dome – has launched a parliamentary inquiry into how design in planning can affect behaviour change.
Swimming, gym and sports participation numbers slide in Sport England survey
BY Jak Phillips | 11 Jun 2015
The number of people engaged in regular physical activity in England fell 1.4 per cent between October 2014 to March 2015, with swimming and fitness suffering the largest exoduses.
Active populations vital for successful cities: study
BY Jak Phillips | 10 Jun 2015
New research has reinforced the long-held view that cities which strive to promote physical activity gain a significant economic advantage.
LUX* Hotels & Resorts partners with fitness leader for wellness concierge service
BY Helen Andrews | 10 Jun 2015
LUX* Resorts & Hotels has partnered with personal trainer to elite athletes Stephen Price, of fitness and wellness company SP&Co London, to launch a new Wellness Concierge service for guests at the operator’s properties in Mauritius and the Maldives.
Tanni Grey-Thompson hails physical activity vision of new sports minister
BY Jak Phillips | 10 Jun 2015
ukactive chair Tanni Grey-Thompson has praised sports minister Tracey Crouch’s first major speech as showing a clear understanding of what is required to tackle Britain’s physical inactivity crisis.
Vivafit reaches into fresh territories with Asia openings
BY Kath Hudson | 10 Jun 2015
Portugese health club operator Vivafit is expanding its reach with the signing of the first franchised club in Taiwan, belonging to an American/Taiwanese couple. The 170sq m (1,830sq ft) Taipei club is expected to be the first of a chain of some 150 Vivafit clubs in Taiwan.
£36m Huddersfield Leisure Centre springs into action
BY Jak Phillips | 10 Jun 2015
A new £36m leisure centre has opened in Huddersfield boasting a wealth of exercise and play facilities. The centre replaces the ageing Huddersfield Sports Centre, which has now closed.
     
 


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