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Some of the UK’s top visitor attractions are failing when it comes to serving healthy food
to children, according to new research.
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19 Oct 2016
The leisure industry is again preparing for the sector's largest UK-based trade show, the Leisure Industry Week, which will be held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham next week (21-23 September).
news •
16 Sep 2010
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has announced that Glenn Earlam is joining the company
as chief executive officer on 30 June.
news •
13 May 2015
Leisure entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne is swapping life as a gym magnate for a stint in
the jungle after he was revealed as one of the contestants for this year’s I’m a Celebrity…
Get Me Out of Here!
news •
10 Nov 2015
Visitor attraction operator and developer Paragon Entertainment has announced that its
licensing division has secured the rights to distribute the highly-popular Ninja Warrior
obstacle courses to the leisure market.
news •
22 Jul 2015
Keeping up a regular workout regime may help to boost productivity and remove the need
for late nights in the office finishing off work, according to a new study.
news •
10 Jul 2015
Research has suggested that limiting access to food might increase motivation to exercise.
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29 Oct 2019
Obesity levels of adults in developing nations has almost quadrupled to an
estimated one billion since 1980, according to a report from a UK think tank.
news •
06 Jan 2014
Scientists at Washington State University have shown that berries, grapes and other fruits
can convert excess white fat into calorie-burning ‘beige’ fat.
news •
25 Jun 2015
The events are often pitched as the ultimate challenge, but participants in a recent French
Obstacle Course Race (OCR) faced an unexpected hurdle after their big day, as more than
1,000 runners contracted diarrhoea.
news •
02 Jul 2015
A new documentary has questioned
whether meat is the best type of protein
to build muscle mass. Experts weigh in
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Embed, a global supplier of revenue management
systems for the amusement and leisure industries,
has completed installation at 33 branches of D-Bat
sports training facilities.
product innovation •
09 Jan 2017
Emirati real estate developer Viva City Developments has announced that it will supervise
the creation of a record-breaking sports complex in Dubai.
news •
26 Nov 2018
Trade union members operating under the Glasgow Life banner are planning to
walk out in a dispute on overtime pay and shift patterns – with the strike set
to go ahead during the opening week of the Commonwealth Games.
news •
16 Jul 2014
A climbing facility will form the centrepiece of a £850,000 (US$1.1m, €969,100) makeover
at Portsmouth’s Mountbatten Leisure Centre, as it looks to attract a younger audience.
news •
21 Dec 2017
Volleyball England has launched a new initiative to increase numbers of participants and spectators in beach sports with funding for beach courts across the UK.
news •
27 May 2011
Leisure consultancy DP Associates, which so far has operated largely in the attractions sector, is looking to expand its services into the fitness industry.
news •
09 Mar 2011
Health clubs and gyms will be able to open their doors to individual training sessions on 30 April.
news •
16 Apr 2021
Ahead of the 2011 season, Innovative Leisure
has installed a major new high ropes course
at Sommerland Sjaelland in Denmark.
product innovation •
07 Jun 2011
Leisure industry heavyweights have raised concerns for the future after the UK voted to
leave the European Union (EU) following the referendum on its membership. KPMG – one of the big
four auditors along with Deloitte, EY and PwC – has said the decision is likely to cause CEOs within
the leisure and hospitality sector a great deal of uncertainty and concern.
news •
24 Jun 2016
Gym goers that guzzle back a protein shake post-workout to help build muscle mass and speed up
recovery could be doing themselves more harm than good, according to a recent documentary.
news •
28 Mar 2019
Whoop has raised US$200m in a Series F funding round, resulting in the tech start-up
being valued
at US$3.6bn.
news •
01 Sep 2021
A new class of drugs has been identified that dramatically slows the ageing process,
alleviating symptoms of frailty, improving cardiac function and extending a healthy
lifespan, according to a recent study.
news •
11 Mar 2015
Researchers at the University of Iowa Health Care, US, are working on an injectable
bioactive gel that encourages self-healing of cartilage caused by knee injuries, with hopes
it will result in a minimally invasive, practical and inexpensive approach for repairing
cartilage and preventing osteoarthritis.
news •
20 May 2015
Male friendships could provide positive health effects similar to those seen in romantic
relationships, especially when dealing with stress, according to a new study of male rats
by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
news •
09 Mar 2016
Cancer sufferers who exercise regularly have, generally, a better prognosis than inactive patients –
but science hasn't quite managed to agree why this is.
news •
13 Nov 2020
If men work out together at the gym it can have a positive impact on health, helping to relieve the stresses of the day, according to new research from the US
HCM issue 6 2016
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
Korean scientists have developed a dynamic way of adjusting the difficulty of
video games – by estimating the players' emotions based on in-game data.
news •
03 Oct 2022
Ardent Leisure is planning significant investment in its entertainment ventures after
offloading its health club business in a AU$260m (US$198.3m, €175.6m, £150m) deal to
private equity house Quadrant.
news •
25 Aug 2016
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