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The legislation intended to protect commercial tenants from eviction during the coronavirus (COVID-
19) pandemic has a loophole, which could see hundreds of gyms and leisure centres being hit with
legal action by their landlords.
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13 Apr 2020
Martin Long, CEO of DW Fitness First, has called on the government to speed up the
payment of furlough support.
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08 Apr 2020
Thousands of UK leisure and fitness facilities could close permanently, as operators struggle to deal
with the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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08 Apr 2020
The physical activity sector is adapting to the difficult circumstances caused by COVID-19
(Coronavirus), according to ukactive CEO Huw Edwards.
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30 Mar 2020
The UK fitness sector remains 'open until directed otherwise by the government' – and will continue
to
support the health of the nation as the UK adapts to life with Coronavirus.
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17 Mar 2020
Business rates in England will be abolished for one year for firms in the leisure and hospitality
sectors with a rateable value below £51,000.
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11 Mar 2020
ukactive has launched two major new reports as part of its Business Intelligence service.
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20 Feb 2020
Ukactive has called on HM Treasury to invest more in the physical activity sector, in order to
increase
its impact across the full breadth of societal issues facing the UK today.
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07 Feb 2020
Sport England is providing ukactive with funding that has allowed the non-profit organisation to expand its
management team with four new appointments.
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09 Jan 2020
The chancellor, Sajid Javid, has revealed that the government will present its budget on 11 March.
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07 Jan 2020
Ukactive has urged the incoming Conservative government to invest heavily in physical activity – in
order to improve the nation’s health.
news •
16 Dec 2019
Representatives from the three main political parties have backed the view that physical activity has
a major role to play in the nation’s health by reducing the burden on the NHS.
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09 Dec 2019
The Sport and Recreation Alliance and ukactive will host sport and physical activity hustings with the
main political parties ahead of the December general election.
news •
21 Nov 2019
Huw Edwards, CEO of ukactive, has written to Boris Johnson, requesting that the Prime Minister's
proposed business rate discount will be extended to gyms and leisure centres.
news •
19 Nov 2019
A study assessing the impact of physical inactivity on national economies has suggested that if all
adults aged 18-64 walked just 15 minutes more a day, the world economy would grow by an
estimated $100bn a year until 2050.
news •
08 Nov 2019
Attracting older members into health
clubs could drive significant growth for
the industry, but uptake is slow. How
can clubs secure the silver pound?
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Physical activity bodies ukactive and EuropeActive have agreed to strengthen their partnership in the
event of the UK leaving the European Union.
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18 Oct 2019
The number of UK adults classed as physically active has increased by 1 million in the past four
years.
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17 Oct 2019
The average UK adult spends more than twice as long making tea as they do exercising each week.
news •
23 Sep 2019
Disability organisation Purple has claimed that health club operators and gyms are losing "millions of
pounds of revenue" every year by "turning their backs on disabled consumers".
news •
16 Sep 2019
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) has said that "even a few minutes of exercise is good for you" –
hoping
that the simple message will encourage people to get more active. The new CMO guidance states that
any amount of physical activity is beneficial, overturning previous recommendations that physical
activity needed to last at least 10 minutes to bring benefits. The new guidelines are an update to
those released in 2011 and, for the first time, include tailored advice for pregnant women, new mums
and disabled adults.
news •
07 Sep 2019
Former Cabinet Secretary Lord Gus O’Donnell and the chair of the Royal College of General
Practitioners (RCGP), professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, have been named as keynote speakers for
this year's ukactive National Summit.
news •
24 Aug 2019
The ukactive board has named Huw Edwards as the not-for-profit body's permanent chief
executive.
news •
30 Jul 2019
Huw Edwards, acting CEO of ukactive, has called on the new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to
not let Brexit distract from the "most pressing issue" of our times – the health of the nation.
news •
26 Jul 2019
A Labour Government of the future would put wellbeing at the heart of all future policy
decisions, as well as place a duty on health services and public bodies in England to take
account of public health and wellbeing in their decision-making.
news •
02 Jul 2019
Creating opportunities for older people to get physically active represents a major driver for
growth in public leisure, according to new research.
news •
25 Jun 2019
Ukactive has set out on a membership consultation, asking for views on how the
not-for-profit health body can better support members' strategic goals.
news •
21 Jun 2019
CoachAi, a virtual companion that interacts with members through their smartphones, has
been declared the winner of this year's ActiveLab competition.
news •
13 Jun 2019
Leisure operators Everyone Active and GLL each picked up three gongs at the ukactive Awards
last night, held as part of the Active Uprising event at Manchester Central.
news •
07 Jun 2019
Huw Edwards, acting CEO of ukactive, has called for a "cultural shift" across government, in
order for it to recognise the crucial role that the physical activity sector can play in improving
the nation's health.
news •
06 Jun 2019
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