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Fitness industry leaders, including UK Active CEO Huw Edwards, will take to the stage at Active-
net this week to discuss sustainability and decarbonisation in the physical activity sector. For the first time,
key debates from the event will be streamed live and free of charge on the HCMmag.com website.
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28 Mar 2023
The Moving Medicine initiative and Wattbike were among the winners of this year's Elevate
Innovation Awards.
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10 May 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.
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13 Jul 2021
Government plans for a major shake-up of Post-16 vocational education have been met
with disappointment from the leisure industry, after the newly-proposed routes into skilled
employment appeared to overlook the sector.
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12 Jul 2016
Sport England has pledged to work with CIMSPA to produce a new workforce strategy by
the end of 2016 as it seeks to crank up efforts to professionalise the physical activity
sector.
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20 May 2016
A new campaign looks to get more disabled people physically active by making sport and fitness
activities more accessible.
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09 Nov 2018
Not-for-profit health body ukactive has launched a new scholarship initiative to fast-track
talented disabled people into senior leadership positions across the physical activity sector.
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27 Oct 2016
Physical activity sector representative body ukactive has reported a strong set
of annual financial figures, with turnover increasing by £2.3m and profits up
123 per cent.
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18 Dec 2014
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 physical activity sector’s best performers in workforce development were announced
last night (30 November) at the Active Training Awards 2017.
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01 Dec 2017
Work to improve physical activity sector apprenticeships through the Trailblazer initiative
has made another leap forward, with the foundations now in place for three new sets of
standards.
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04 Dec 2015
The physical activity economy is now a US$828bn (€752bn, £655bn) market – and its value is
expected to grow further to US$1.1tn (€1tn, £870bn) by 2023.
news •
15 Oct 2019
A new leadership learning initiative aims to transform knowledge sharing in the physical
activity sector.
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06 Jun 2019
Leisure industry organisations including GLL, Future Fit Training and Les Mills UK were some of
the winners at this year’s Active Training Awards.
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01 Dec 2016
The physical activity sector is making good progress at Westminster, but there are still battles ahead, says Steven Ward
HCM issue 5 2017
Myzone has signed a partnership deal with TRX, which will see it becoming the heart rate monitor
partner of the suspension training specialist.
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29 Jul 2021
The Pokémon Go craze got people off the sofa and walking for fun. So what can fitness providers learn from this success?
HCM issue 9 2016
The health, fitness and activity sector is ramping up its sustainability drive to net-zero with the
launch of a new alliance called the Sport Environment and Climate Coalition (SECC).
news •
22 Mar 2022
Leading trade bodies representing the physical activity sector have called on the government to
introduce "urgent additional measures" in order to keep gyms and leisure facilities afloat during the
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
news •
18 Mar 2020
Andy Burnham and shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens have joined Paralympic legend Tanni Grey-
Thompson in calling on the government to support the physical activity sector by providing ring-
fenced financial support.
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11 Nov 2020
Tanni Grey Thompson has outlined her vision on how the physical activity
sector can play "the fullest
role in improving the health of the nation".
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13 Oct 2021
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
ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has pledged that the voice of the physical
activity sector will be heard ahead of the proposed general election amid fears that Brexit
could "suffocate" the campaign.
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19 Apr 2017
VAT rebates and an extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are among the list
of "crucial policies" the government needs to adopt, in order for the UK's physical activity
sector to open in a safe and economically sustainable way.
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04 May 2020
Registration to attend the Elevate exhibition on 9-
10 May at London’s ExCeL is reported to be up 70
per cent on last year’s figures.
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22 Feb 2018
CIMSPA, the professional development body for the UK’s sport and physical
activity sector held its first AGM yesterday (7th November) and a record number
of members voted on the future business plan and trustees.
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08 Nov 2013
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 Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has announced its new name and brand at its annual summit held in
London today. As part of plans to expand its reach and become a representative body for the entire
physical activity sector, the association will now be known as ukactive.
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22 Nov 2012
Sport England CEO Tim Hollingsworth has called for the sport and physical activity sector to
think about the way it addresses the challenge to get people from all backgrounds more
active.
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08 May 2019
Leaders in the health and fitness sector are preparing to attend the annual Fitness Industry Association
(FIA) Summit this week, held at the Congress Centre in central London on 22 November.
news •
19 Nov 2012
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