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The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has linked up with SkillsActive to improve professional standards in the fitness industry.
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12 Sep 2005
SkillsActive – the Sector Skills Council responsible for the tackling the skills gap in the health and fitness industry – is calling for health club employees to take part in the second Working in Fitness Survey.
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14 Jul 2005
Health club operator Esporta has sold 13 non-core clubs to Virgin Active as part of its ongoing strategy to focus on the premium sector in the UK.
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14 Jul 2005
Operators and suppliers in the fitness industry have hailed the first SIBEC UK event a resounding success.
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14 Jul 2005
Penetration rates and private memberships in UK clubs are up according to the latest survey of the fitness industry.
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05 Jul 2005
The Club Sportif Health Club in Wilmslow, Cheshire, is the latest facility to join the expanding énergie Fitness Clubs chain.
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05 Jul 2005
SkillsActive is sponsoring a new skills development bursary aimed at coaches or leaders working with young people.
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16 Jun 2005
The only listed health club company left in Britain, LA Fitness, has agreed a £140m takeover by private equity group MidOcean.
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09 May 2005
Leicester Tigers and former England Rugby International player, Austin Healey, has officially opened the Nautilus@Rugby School gym.
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26 Apr 2005
Lord Carter, the chair of Sport England, has published the report commissioned by Gordon Brown and Tessa Jowell to examine the better co-ordination of effort and resources in sport.
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11 Apr 2005
SkillsActive is developing a foundation degree framework for the health and fitness sector and is calling on members of the Register of Exercise professionals (REPs) to offer their views.
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05 Apr 2005
Public leisure facilities have joined forces to offer unlimited use of gyms, swimming pools and exercise classes at 65 centres throughout London.
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05 Apr 2005
Leisure Connection has secured its second Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project, which will provide the London Borough of Brent with a £16m sports facility.
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15 Mar 2005
The government’s proposals to extend family-friendly working rights have been welcomed by trade unions but raised fears in the leisure sector that they could create an “enormous burden” on small companies and cause major disruption throughout the industry.
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07 Mar 2005
Following the successful introduction of a SHOKK gym at its Dukeries Leisure Centre a year ago, Newark and Sherwood District Council has opened two further youth gyms and plans to unveil a fourth by Easter.
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03 Mar 2005
Ontario’s government is encouraging its public to make physical activity and fitness a key part of their lifestyle in 2005.
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17 Feb 2005
Working alongside SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council for Active Leisure and Learning, the Register of exercise Professionals (REPs) is involved in the launch of an industry-wide consultation for yoga.
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01 Feb 2005
Health Club Management has outlined its view of the forthcoming year, predicting that the next 12 months will herald a level of corporate activity which has not been since since valuations fell in 2001-2.
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27 Jan 2005
The chairman of LA Fitness, Peter Jacobs, has confirmed that the company is reviewing a number of serious expressions of interest for the company.
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15 Dec 2004
Irish health and fitness club chain Jackie Skelly Fitness is to invest 3m euros (£2m) in a new 30,000sq ft (2,800sq m) centre in Navan, Co Meath.
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09 Dec 2004
Three health club industry figures have launched an investment vehicle to capitalise on new opportunities in the leisure, health and fitness sectors.
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27 Oct 2004
The Register of Exercise Professionals’ (REPs) Working in Fitness 2004 survey has shown that three out of four fitness professionals would recommend their employer to a friend, but it also found that poor and arbitrary terms and conditions – especially among men and women at the same level – remain a major concern.
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28 Sep 2004
Property developer Terrace Hill has sold the freehold investment of the Virgin Active health club in Thundersley, Essex to AXA Real Estate for £6.6m.
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27 Aug 2004
Aludel, operator of the ladies-only health club chain Reviva, has been placed in administrative receivership.
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11 Aug 2004
Andrew Holt, managing director of Parkwood Leisure, the public sector leisure management division of Parkwood holdings, has said the time could be right for the company to enter the private health and fitness market.
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10 Aug 2004
Premier International Qualifications (Premier IQ) is a new awarding body established to provide colleges and training providers with health and fitness-related courses.
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20 Jul 2004
Health and fitness club operator Esporta is to invest £100m in a rapid rollout of its racquets business, which could see a further 10 tennis clubs added to its UK portfolio.
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19 Jul 2004
With the licensing of SkillsActive as the Sector Skills Council for the UK last year, the Register of Exercise Professionals has begun to take on more responsibility to be the largest qualification-based register operating across the whole of the UK.
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22 Jun 2004
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has launched its first award scheme, the Lifetime Achievement Awards, to celebrate exemplary conduct, dedication and efficiency among fitness professionals.
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25 May 2004
Charles Clarke, secretary of state for education and skills, has announced the licensing of People 1st to become the Sector Skills Council for the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism industries.
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20 May 2004
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