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A national survey looks to gauge the UK public views on – and appetite for – reopening
the UK's pools for swimming lessons.
news •
09 Jun 2020
Approaching half of the UK population (40 per cent) are exercising less during the current
lockdown than during the first in early 2020, while one in five is watching television,
streaming films and gaming more.
news •
04 Feb 2021
As Governments turn attention to a lockdown exit strategy, the world is bracing itself for a ‘new norm’
where social distancing and heightened hygiene requirements become a part of daily life.
product innovation •
08 May 2020
The UK physical activity sector will lose around £400m a month during lockdown.
news •
07 Jan 2021
Leisure-net’s lockdown 2 survey yielded findings that will set a course for the UK industry as it comes out of lockdown 3
HCM issue 1 2021
How will customers engage with gyms and health clubs after lockdown? What will their
new spending patterns be?
news •
07 May 2020
Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres are set to be among the first businesses allowed to
reopen in Wales when lockdown restrictions are lifted.
news •
02 Feb 2021
There has been a "surge in appreciation" of exercise during lockdown, with people turning
to physical activity to improve their mental health as well as to keep fit.
news •
28 May 2020
Anytime Fitness UK has unveiled a ‘Panel of Health’, tasked with supporting its members during
lockdown and beyond.
news •
28 Jan 2021
The city of Prague signalled it will allow gyms to reopen after the government of the Czech
Republic decided to speed up its lockdown exit due to a decline in the country’s infection
rate.
news •
28 Apr 2020
The number of health club members returning to gyms since lockdown has
beaten all expectations,
according to Rebecca Passmore, UK managing director of PureGym.
news •
04 Jun 2021
The restrictions on movement caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown are transforming the
UK's exercise habits, with home fitness workouts, cycling and walking now the most popular methods
of exercise, according to a Savanta ComRes study commissioned by Sport England.
news •
15 Apr 2020
In positive news, people are becoming more active and exercising with their kids more while in lockdown
HCM issue 4 2020
PureGym's operations in Europe have helped the business through lockdown, according to CEO
Humphrey Cobbold.
news •
13 Jul 2020
Leisure-net is running a repeat of its initial Post Lockdown Recovery Survey, in order to
gauge
consumer confidence within the fitness industry following the second lockdown.
news •
17 Nov 2020
The closing of gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools under COVID-19
restrictions is costing the NHS £7.25m a week in lost social value. The figure has been calculated
based on the loss of health interventions – physical and mental – normally offered by the sector.
news •
07 Jan 2021
HCM editor, Liz Terry, has launched a Parliamentary Petition calling for gyms to be in the
first wave of reopenings after the lockdown and for the government to fund a 'Work Out to
Help Out' scheme.
news •
20 Jan 2021
Sports minister Nigel Huddleston has said the DCMS is working closely with Sport England
to promote health and fitness during the current lockdown – and that it's using the sports
body to in turn engage with the fitness industry.
news •
30 Apr 2020
Physical activity body, ukactive, has revealed plans to create a new sector standard for
active leisure, to act as a product and service quality trademark.
news •
04 Nov 2020
Gym Group will look to further grow its 183-strong portfolio across England, Scotland and Wales
during 2021, as the demand for gym memberships has remained strong, despite the disruption
caused by COVID-19.
news •
11 Nov 2020
HCM Handbook editor, Kath Hudson, introduces the 2021 edition in which we have tried to make sense of this crazy period of history from lockdown 1.0 until freedom day and try to predict what could come next.
HCM Handbook 2021
A Datahub report has used modelling to predict what the next 12 months will look like for the UK fitness industry
HCM issue 5 2020
Gym and health club operators in Germany are believed to be considering joint legal
action against the German government, as gyms, health clubs and swimming pools in
Germany are forced to close their doors for the month of November as part of a
nationwide lockdown.
news •
28 Oct 2020
Gyms and leisure centres in Scotland are set to open on 26 April, provided that the rate of
coronavirus infections keeps falling across the country.
news •
28 Feb 2021
The physical activity sector is in need of bespoke and substantial financial support in order for it to
survive the COVID-19 pandemic, according to industry body ukactive.
news •
28 Jan 2021
Brawn, the recently-launched strength training app has launched virtual leaderboards for
its users across the UK and Canada.
news •
12 Feb 2021
The physical and mental health of women in the UK has been put under
unprecedented pressure by
the pandemic, according to Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.
news •
21 Feb 2021
Gains made getting people more physically active over the last few years were all but
'cancelled out' during the first seven weeks of lockdown, according to Sport England.
news •
26 Oct 2020
Physical activity levels in England have continued to fall from those recorded at the initial phase
of lockdown – partly due to schools, shops and workplaces reopening, giving people less time to
exercise.
news •
30 Jun 2020
The sport and physical activity sector is mounting a challenge to government plans to shut
down the
sector during "Lockdown 2", set to come into force on 5 November.
news •
03 Nov 2020
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