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A new four-day “celebration of physical activity” – combining a conference, awards night and a
two-day programme of events, designed to get communities active – is to replace the Flame
Conference and Awards this year.
news •
13 Feb 2018
The UK division of Ben Dunne Gyms has been acquired by JD Gyms in a multi-million-
pound deal.
news •
06 Feb 2018
ukactive’s CEO Steve Ward says the charity
is focused on turning “promises into action”
HCM issue 1 2018
The ex-footballer’s new venture sees him
partnering with a health clinic in Dubai
HCM issue 1 2018
Keynote speaker Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards
talks to us about going to the Calgary
Winter Olympics and the power of sport
HCM issue 1 2018
Drayson celebrates rise from school drop-out to UK fitness industry's Outstanding Individual of 2017
Danny Drayson has been on a journey from school drop-out to young person development
ambassador at Life Leisure – and has now landed Active Training Awards' Outstanding
Individual of the Year title along the way.
news •
13 Dec 2017
Frank Reed’s gym chain Sweat! has received £3.75m (US$5m, €4.2m) worth of equity
investment that will see a roll-out of five new clubs in the next 12 months – doubling its
portfolio of sites.
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05 Dec 2017
Twelve areas across England will take part in a groundbreaking pilot to reach physically
inactive communities. The public body Sport England will allocate £100m in National Lottery funding
over four years in an effort to transform the way sport and activity is offered – rallying local
organisations and using what it described as “an intense focus” on barriers to activity.
news •
05 Dec 2017
Experts from the sport and physical activity sector have a major role to play in delivering
the mayor’s London Plan, according to chief executive of London Sport Tove Okunniwa.
news •
02 Dec 2017
Frame founders Pip Black and Joan
Murphy on why their brand is focused on
feelgood fitness rather than aesthetics
HCM issue 11 2017
Activities such as cycling and running can improve memory function and help
maintain a healthy brain as we get older, according to an international study.
news •
15 Nov 2017
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has called on the government to help make physical
activity a ‘national religion’ and harness its potential to tackle some of the biggest
challenges faced by society.
news •
01 Nov 2017
Debenhams is partnering with former Virgin Active co-founder Frank Reed to launch in-store
gyms as part of the retailer’s strategy to attract more customers and a younger female
base.
news •
26 Oct 2017
More than 5.1 million Britons, including three-quarters-of-a-million schoolchildren, got
active on National Fitness Day 2017, ukactive figures have revealed.
news •
25 Oct 2017
A group of unemployed people has taken part in an innovative health and fitness
programme designed to help them find work.
news •
03 Oct 2017
Manchester United legends Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and Phil
Neville are behind plans for a new university designed to combine sport, education and
wellbeing.
news •
22 Sep 2017
JD Gyms is close to establishing its first combined retail and fitness site in Salford, and is
aiming to open another 12 gyms over the course of 2018.
news •
07 Aug 2017
Andy Burnham, mayor of Manchester and former Labour Party leadership hopeful, has
thrown his weight behind the city’s plan to increase the physical activity of its residents.
news •
31 Jul 2017
Global fitness brand Les Mills has teamed up with a commercial property company to offer
office employees the chance to get fit while at work – the first time the brand has been
involved in such a project.
news •
21 Jul 2017
Sheffield-based boutique gym TRIB3 has appointed a chief financial officer as the company
expands into mainland Europe and beyond.
news •
19 Jul 2017
Greater Manchester has exceeded its target of getting one million people to be regularly
active, which is expected to save more than £640,000 (US$817,200, €732,700) in NHS
costs in the first year alone.
news •
15 Jun 2017
FORM – a boutique gym and personal training facility – that will focus on exercise and
nutrition has opened on the banks of the River Irwell in Salford, Greater Manchester.
news •
07 Jun 2017
In 2017 Forum Events will be celebrating 20 years of
the Facilities Management (FM) Forum, an event
dedicated to professionals responsible for the FM
their organisations
product innovation •
30 May 2017
Australian fitness franchise F45 has sold 50 franchises in the UK with 15 studios expected
to be up and running in the country by the end of year.
news •
19 May 2017
Two more industry greats have been added to the list
of experts at this year’s Retention Convention.
product innovation •
11 May 2017
The government of Canada and Quebec municipality have each pledged to invest US$4.4m
(€4m, £3.4m) for the construction of a large-scale aqua-gym complex in the town of
Dolbeau-Mistassini, the government of which will fund the same amount.
news •
27 Apr 2017
Sports minister Tracey Crouch MP will deliver this year’s keynote address at Elevate, the
UK’s largest cross-sector event focused on tackling physical inactivity.
news •
12 Apr 2017
Explorer Bear Grylls will be launching his indoor fitness programme in London at
trampoline park provider Oxygen Freejumping this Friday (7 April 2017).
news •
04 Apr 2017
A look ahead to the highlights of this cross-sector event, which focuses on the huge challenge of tackling inactivity
HCM issue 4 2017
The Retention Convention will focus on the impact a happy workforce has on retaining
leisure centre, gym and health club members at its event in May.
news •
08 Mar 2017
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CEO, BeyondActiv“We have a fantastic opportunity in front of us to realise our vision of a happier and healthier world”
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