SkillsActive news

The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has introduced a new points system to record Continuing Professional Development (CPD), as part of efforts to make the ... More

Fitness and leisure qualification body Active IQ has strengthened its team with the addition of three senior appointments. Former YMCA head of quality and operations ... More

The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), has been taken over by Sports Coach UK “in its entirety”. The deal was announced today (24 January 2017). ... More

CIMSPA, the professional body for the UK sport and physical activity sector, has kicked off a full governance review as it bids to fulfil its ... More

Sport England has pledged to work with CIMSPA to produce a new workforce strategy by the end of 2016 as it seeks to crank up ... More

Sport England’s funding to SkillsActive – the owner of fitness professional register REPs – has ceased and its partnership is under review as the quango ... More

The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has issued a defiant rebuttal to online rumours that it is close to collapse, saying that 2016 will be ... More

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 ... More

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 ... More

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 ... More

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 ... More

More than two thirds of the UK fitness sector’s workforce is female, according to the Working in Fitness Survey 2015. The research – which saw ... More

Awarding organisation Active IQ recently gathered physical activity sector employers, training providers and representatives from key industry bodies to explore the hot topic of industry ... More

Physical activity sector skills bodies will meet in the coming weeks to discuss the future of industry learning and development, amid growing calls for these ... More

Sport England has given a boost to grassroots sport with £12m being awarded to specialist organisations which help to get people more active. The funding ... More

The owner of Sports Leisure Management (SLM) has acquired wellness intervention provider Weight Management Centre as it bids to cement its position as a leading ... More

Hair and Beauty Industry Authority (Habia) has appointed Gill Morris to the newly created position of partnership director. In this role, Morris will build and ... More

Hair and beauty apprenticeships that ensure trainees are ‘salon-ready’ when they qualify have been given government approval. Statistics from the Hair and Beauty Industry Authority ... More

Keiser UK has appointed Neil Troutman as new master instructor, tasked with building a team of master instructors to deliver Keiser’s M Series and Air ... More

SkillsActive has launched a new Quality Training Portal (QTP) – an online resource featuring thousands of quality assured training courses – which it says will ... More

The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has appointed a transitional management team to restructure the organisation in line with ... More

SkillsActive has launched its Register of Personal Development Practitioners in Sport (RPDPS) to help athletes achieve their potential by gaining access to qualified, professional guidance ... More

The British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology (BABTAC) has expressed its dissatisfaction and distrust of the new Habia registers launching later this month. Sector ... More

The government has revealed radical new plans in a shake up of the way apprenticeships are funded. The new scheme would see employers funded directly ... More