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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
Britain’s impending withdrawal from the European Union will present a broad range of
challenges for leisure training and qualifications, says one of the sector’s leading education
figures.
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28 Jun 2016
The Welsh rugby legend and this year’s SIBEC UK keynote speaker talks about exercise and mental health, and homophobia in sport
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Lifetime Training and Les Mills have announced a new partnership aiming to raise
standards across group exercise and fitness instructor training in England.
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20 Jun 2016
As the physical activity sector continues to refine its offering and extend services beyond
the four-walls of the gym, Active IQ has announced the creation of a new outdoor fitness
qualification.
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10 Jun 2016
Leisure solutions provider Pulse has teamed up with training provider Sideways8 to create
a new academy.
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09 Jun 2016
Buoyed by its backing from Sport England in the quango’s recent sports strategy, CIMSPA
has sought to carry forward this momentum with the signing of several new partnerships.
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09 Jun 2016
The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has
launched a new membership scheme for sector professionals, billed as an ‘alternative to
REPs.’
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27 Apr 2016
A new training programme for fitness professionals aims to boost the effectiveness of
personal trainers by covering areas where skills are currently lacking.
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26 Apr 2016
Sport England’s funding to SkillsActive – the owner of fitness professional register REPs –
has ceased and its partnership is under review as the quango moves forward with
implementing the recommendations of the government’s new sports strategy.
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13 Apr 2016
A new Level 4 strength and conditioning fitness qualification has been created to help
fitness professionals and sports coaches to carve a niche in the competitive world of elite
training.
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31 Mar 2016
Icon Training has announced a new collaboration with British Weight Lifting (BWL) to
broaden education and understanding of the fast-growing sport.
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11 Mar 2016
Third Space CEO Colin Waggett has laid out ambitions for his new health club chain to
become the standard bearer in London’s “embryonic” premium health club sector.
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25 Feb 2016
The government has given its backing to several new vocational qualifications for 16-19
year-olds preparing for a career in the physical activity sector.
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09 Feb 2016
The Gym Group is seeking staff from the hospitality sector to help fuel its expansion as
the gym chain looks to inject extra dynamism and personality on the gym floor.
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02 Feb 2016
Work experience is more important than academic qualifications, and secondary spend is a growing focus. Mike Hill of Leisure-net Solutions canvasses the views of some of the UK’s leading health and fitness operators
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Leisure professionals planning to attend this year’s Quest and CIMSPA annual conferences
will be able to save themselves a trip, after the bodies announced the meetings would be
combined into a two-day event.
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07 Jan 2016
Neil King, managing director of 1Life, explains the leisure operator’s root and branch transformation since 2013
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The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has
won a ringing endorsement from the government to lead the way in professionalising the
sport and physical activity sector and raising standards.
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18 Dec 2015
Sport England’s Active People Survey will be scrapped in favour of research that
explores different types of physical activity rather than just traditional outdoor sports.
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17 Dec 2015
The first government review on sport strategy in a decade included a number of initiatives
which will have ramifications for the sport and physical activity sector.
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17 Dec 2015
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
YMCA Awards has appointed Craig Potter head of commercial as the awarding
organisation aims to continue its transformation under director Rob May.
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02 Dec 2015
Active IQ commercial director Jenny Patrickson has been promoted to the role of
managing director as part of a series of personnel changes overseen by parent company
Premier Global.
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20 Nov 2015
The physical activity sector needs to put co-operation above self-interest if it is to avoid
what threatens to become a ‘bun fight’ over the creation of a new framework for sector
skills and workforce development.
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18 Nov 2015
Work experience is more important than academic qualifications, according to operators
taking part in the latest Fitness Industry Confidence Survey.
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06 Oct 2015
Leading fitness equipment suppliers are turning to partnerships with training providers to
offer their clients a wider range of fitness solutions.
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27 Aug 2015
A new Diploma in Health, Fitness and Sales from Premier Training International (PTI) aims
to increase business acumen and commercial nous among new PTs after employers noted
a distinct lack of sales savvy among the current workforce.
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13 Aug 2015
When it comes to saving lives, every second counts, so a newly-designed exercise
qualification has been launched to ensure emergency services workers are always ready
for action.
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14 Jul 2015
The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS UK) has announced Martin Symcox as the new
director of its training subsidiary, IQL UK.
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09 Jul 2015
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