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Half of UK adults aren't happy with their physical fitness levels, according to a study by Savanta
ComRes.
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20 Sep 2021
An award celebrating outstanding individuals in the fitness sector is to be named in honour
of Jan Spaticchia, who passed away suddenly earlier this year.
news •
14 Sep 2021
Health clubs, fitness studios, leisure centres and swimming pools will be able to reopen from 31
August.
news •
21 Aug 2020
The Scottish government has published its guidance on sport and leisure facilities – ahead of a
possible reopening date of 14 September.
news •
19 Aug 2020
New research from industry body, ukactive, has found gyms are almost risk-free
environments for COVID-19, with an estimated 0.020 positive cases per 10,000 gym visits
– results that are statistically insignificant.
news •
25 Aug 2020
A government investment of £1.75bn – to pay 50 per cent of rents across the
retail, hospitality and leisure sectors for six months – would save 375,000 jobs and offer a
return on investment of nearly £7bn.
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12 Aug 2020
Health clubs, gyms, indoor pools and leisure centres have reopened in Wales – nearly five
months after being forced to close as part of the nationwide lockdown. The latest easing of
regulations in Wales came into force on 10 August, one week after the country's pubs and restaurants
were able to throw open their doors to customers.
news •
11 Aug 2020
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.
news •
17 Mar 2021
The average UK adult spends more than twice as long making tea as they do exercising each week.
news •
23 Sep 2019
ukactive has launched two major new reports as part of its Business Intelligence service.
news •
20 Feb 2020
The best in class of the physical activity sector have been revealed at the ukactive Awards
2021.
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07 Sep 2021
Operating a further four weeks at reduced capacity will place serious pressure on English fitness
facilities – if the government doesn't urgently provide additional financial support.
news •
15 Jun 2021
Thousands of UK gyms could go out of business if they're forced to pay full rent payments,
which are due at the end of this month.
news •
08 Jun 2020
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.
news •
07 Jan 2021
BMF with Bear Grylls will look to active people across the continent with BeActive Hour, a
European-wide initiative set for 30 May.
news •
15 May 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.
news •
15 Dec 2020
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
UK Active has launched a programme designed to support the physical activity sector as it
targets Net Zero.
news •
21 Dec 2023
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
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
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.
news •
09 Dec 2019
A consultation on social prescribing and other similar health programmes will look to "uncover the
physical activity sector's full potential" and define its role in the wider healthcare system, supporting
the NHS.
news •
13 Jul 2021
Sport England and UK Active have signed a five-year partnership agreement which will see the
two organisations tackle inequalities within the sport and physical activity sector.
news •
10 May 2022
The UK government has confirmed that the PE and Sport Premium will continue to run during the
academic year 2021-22, resulting in around £320m being invested in physical activity.
news •
28 Jun 2021
ukactive has set out its vision to develop a national strategy for the UK's public leisure
sector and to define the sector's role in delivering physical activity to the nation.
news •
08 Jul 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.
news •
03 Feb 2021
New data from the ukactive Research Institute shows that for every 100,000 visits to UK
health clubs and leisure centres between April and August 2021, only one person went on
to test positive for COVID-19. The figure of one positive case per 100,000 visits is 60 per cent lower
than the 1.7 cases per 100,000 visits to fitness facilities reported between July 2020 and the end of
December 2020.
news •
02 Sep 2021
Improved mental health is now a stronger motivation for Brits to exercise than staying in
shape.
news •
21 Sep 2023
OnePT Rochdale has been named as club of the year at this year's ukactive Awards, the
second year the operator has claimed victory
news •
13 Aug 2021
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