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Fitness facilities and swimming pools have returned to business across Northern Ireland and Wales.
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04 May 2021
In spite of this, most adults who are classed as physically active maintained their exercise habits
during 2020.
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30 Apr 2021
Independent gyms in the UK have fared better during the pandemic than larger corporate operators
in holding on to their members, according to new research.
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29 Apr 2021
Being physically active lessens the chance of a person becoming seriously ill with – and dying as a
result of – a COVID-19 infection.
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14 Apr 2021
Health clubs, leisure centres and fitness studios in England have opened their
doors today (12 April)
for the first time during 2021.
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12 Apr 2021
A total of £100m has been allocated to 266 local authorities across England, to
support the recovery of publicly-owned leisure centres and health clubs.
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23 Mar 2021
Scotland’s health clubs and leisure centres can now begin to prepare for reopening, after First
Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that indoor fitness facilities can open their doors on 26 April.
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17 Mar 2021
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford, says the Welsh government is considering breaking the gym
sector down into different categories, based on 'risk', and reopening some gyms and health clubs
before others.
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12 Mar 2021
The Budget announcement has left the UK's physical activity sector with "unanswered
questions" and vowing to continue to fight for additional support, says Huw
Edwards, CEO of ukactive.
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04 Mar 2021
When the government’s rent moratorium comes to an end, operators could face problems. We ask the experts how to resolve rent issue and avoid an economic ‘long COVID’
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Hundreds of gyms, swimming pools and leisure centres have been forced to
close and thousands
more are at risk unless they receive urgent, tailored, financial and regulatory
support from the
government.
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28 Feb 2021
PM, Boris Johnson, has confirmed that gyms, swimming pools and leisure centres in
England will reopen on 12 April if current virus containment continues.
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22 Feb 2021
The re-opening of gyms in Wales has been pushed back by the country's First
Minister – just two
weeks after one of his ministers promised that health clubs and leisure centres
would be among the
first businesses allowed to reopen.
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22 Feb 2021
Data published today (17 February) shows that for every 100,000 visits to UK gyms and leisure
centres during 2020, only 1.7 people went on to test positive for COVID-19.
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17 Feb 2021
ukactive has published six 'policy calls', which it says are crucial in order to help the physical activity
sector survive and recover from the financial pressures caused by the pandemic.
news •
15 Feb 2021
EuropeActive and ukactive have today (3 February) secured a new partnership
agreement
which will
see the industry bodies work closer together following the UK's exit from the EU.
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03 Feb 2021
The physical activity sector is in need of bespoke and substantial financial support in order for it to
survive the COVID-19 pandemic, according to industry body ukactive.
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28 Jan 2021
Sport England has vowed to tackle inequality and create a nation of 'more equal, inclusive and
connected communities' through physical activity.
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26 Jan 2021
The government needs to provide the fitness and physical activity sector with a plan which
will not
only provide immediate, essential measures to secure its future, but also help it to recover
and
grow.
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12 Jan 2021
The UK physical activity sector will lose around £400m a month during lockdown.
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07 Jan 2021
The closing of gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools under COVID-19
restrictions is costing the NHS £7.25m a week in lost social value. The figure has been calculated
based on the loss of health interventions – physical and mental – normally offered by the sector.
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07 Jan 2021
ukactive has called on the UK government to draft a new National Physical Activity Plan
and provide further sector-specific financial protection for operators in the activity sector,
to support the industry through the UK's third lockdown.
news •
05 Jan 2021
Forcing gyms, health clubs and leisure centres to stay shut in tier 4 areas is unthinkable,
according to industry insiders – especially if the lifting of these measures will have to
wait until people have been vaccinated.
news •
21 Dec 2020
Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight under
a variety of new restrictions announced during an emergency press briefing this evening
by prime minister, Boris Johnson.
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19 Dec 2020
As COVID-19 cases increase across much of the UK, the fitness industry is standing fast,
with the latest data from ukactive showing that the prevalence of COVID-19 in people who
have used gyms remains extremely low.
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18 Dec 2020
Industry body ukactive has intensified its challenge to overturn the government's decision to ban
group exercise in tier 3 areas in England after more regions, including London, entered the
highest level of restrictions.
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15 Dec 2020
The House of Lords' 'National Plan for Sport and Recreation committee' has invited
sporting organisations and members of the public in the UK, to provide their views on how
to tackle the barriers which prevent people from taking part in sport and physical activity,
as part of an inquiry into the government's performance in relation to participation.
news •
09 Dec 2020
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 "baffling" and one which "defies
belief".
news •
09 Dec 2020
Gyms, health clubs, leisure centres and fitness studios in England are back in business today as
the one-month lockdown ends.
news •
02 Dec 2020
This year's UK government Spending Review, announced in Parliament by chancellor Rishi Sunak on
25 November, offers the physical activity sector opportunities to "transform communities", according
to industry body, ukactive.
news •
26 Nov 2020
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