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Health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced plans for a 'radical' new public health service to encourage people in England to adopt healthier lifestyles.
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30 Nov 2010
The Scottish Government has launched a major new public health initiative, designed to encourage people across the country to increase their physical activity and boost the nation's health record.
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02 Mar 2010
Fred Turok, founder and chair of LA Fitness, has been unanimously elected chair of the Fitness Industry Association (FIA). Turok will replace current chair Harm Tegelaars, who will take up the role of president of the European Health and Fitness Association (EHFA).
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10 Jul 2007
Kirklees Council is to invest £30,000 in the development of an outdoor gym next to the children’s play area in Dewsbury’s Crows Nest Park.
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03 Apr 2008
Tony Hewitt, the founder and executive chair of the Parkwood Group, which owns
Parkwood Leisure, has passed away at the age of 68.
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08 Jan 2018
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has admitted that the cost of the Olympic stadium has increased by 77 per cent, from the £280m figure projected in the 2004 bid document, to a revised £496m estimate.
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15 Oct 2007
Scottish sports minister Shona Robison has helped mark the start of work on a new £31.5m swimming pool being developed in Dundee.
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01 Feb 2011
The redevelopment of Carnegie Leisure Centre in Dunfermline has received a funding boost after sportscotland agreed to contribute £1.1m towards the project.
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19 Dec 2008
The uncertainty surrounding the proposed aquatic centre for the 2012 Olympics has continued, after the project's architect, Zaha Hadid, claimed that Tessa Jowell's £75m budget is unrealistic.
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12 Dec 2005
A new outdoor gym, including a traversing wall, a basketball hoop, a football goal and a dance area, has been unveiled at the Forest Recreation Ground in Nottingham.
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17 Apr 2009
Islington Council is offering free tennis for over-60s in an effort to help more
residents get active and encourage people to try the sport.
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18 Apr 2013
Norman Basson, founder of Premier Training International, has announced his retirement after a number of years working within the health and fitness industry.
news •
29 Jun 2010
Plans have been unveiled to replace outdated facilities in Newark, Lincolnshire
with a new £13m leisure centre in nearby Balderton.
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19 Feb 2014
Mike Balfour, founder of Fitness First, one of the largest gym chains in the world, has resigned from the company's board.
news •
01 Oct 2009
Morgan Sindall has secured an £8.1m contract to deliver the new Mayesbrook Park Sports Arena in London, which will become one of the largest facilities of its kind in the UK.
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22 Jul 2011
Fitness pioneer Rodney Cullum has died at the age
of 67. Cullum, a former chief executive of Central
YMCA, passed away following a short illness.
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02 Mar 2009
A Sport England Olympic legacy grant will pay for almost one third of the
£500,000 cost to modernise facilities at Green Bank Leisure Centre in
Swadlincote in Derbyshire.
news •
29 Jan 2013
The multi-milion pound refurbishment of Sleaford Leisure Centre in Lincolnshire
is going well following a public briefing.
news •
28 May 2013
Graves Tennis and Leisure Centre in Sheffield is to become one of three regional headquarters of the
National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine.
news •
03 Jan 2013
Prime Fitness – the largest énergie franchisee in Ireland which controls eight of the chain's 14 clubs
there – has entered examinership as it battles to preserve what is left of the Jackie Skelly health club
chain.
news •
06 May 2015
The global fitness market is primed for explosive growth over the next decade, as
accelerated digitalisation and a convergence of big brands into the sector will spawn a
billion global fitness users.
news •
09 May 2016
World Gym International has launched a strength-only gym concept, which it
says will cater for a
need to provide franchisees with the option of a smaller-sized footprint and
strong unit economics.
news •
14 Aug 2022
The London Aquatics Centre, which was home to high drama in the London
2012 Olympics, opened its doors to the public on Saturday (1 March).
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01 Mar 2014
The revised plans for the Olympic Aquatic Centre have been unveiled with the new design featuring 5,000 fewer seats and a smaller overall footprint to help bring down costs.
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30 Nov 2006
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global
branding assets from Assessment Technologies Institute LLC, part of Ascend Learning in the
US.
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25 Mar 2024
Pocket Rocket Group has appointed Nick Mennell as director to head up business development
and sales consultancy.
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30 Jun 2023
ukactive CEO David Stalker reports on how the latest round of spending cuts are likely to affect the physical activity sector
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Rainer Schaller Global Group (RSG Group) has opened a huge flagship Gold's Gym club in the
German capital city Berlin.
news •
02 Jul 2021
The UK health and fitness industry increased its total market value by 1.4 per
cent to £3.86bn during the year to March 2012, according to the 2012 State of
the UK Fitness Industry report.
news •
07 Jun 2012
Everyone Active has taken over as operator of the London Aquatic Centre on behalf of the
London Legacy Development Corporation.
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06 Mar 2024
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Consumers’ growing love of strength training is to be welcomed, as this long-neglected modality has a renaissance, however, it’s vital we continue to make the case for cardio
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