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Everyone Active is supporting the health and wellbeing of its staff through the integration of Symbio, by HealthHero. Symbio gives access to a virtual GP ... More

Investing in employee health could create US$11.7 trillion in global economic value, according to a new report – Thriving workplaces: How employers can improve productivity ... More

Basic-Fit has signed up to trial Wellhub across its recently expanded Spanish network, giving access to subscribers and enabling them to use all 152 of ... More

Egym, has signalled its intention to become a dominant force in the corporate wellness sector with the acquisition of UK-based aggregator, Hussle. The integration gives ... More

Sharecare, a US-based digital health platform, has launched a corporate scheme called Get Active which aims to increase the exercise levels of employees through VR ... More

In his first speech as chair at UK Active, Mike Farrar said the physical activity sector must be “at the heart” of the NHS, the ... More

A new report by Deloitte, outlining the social and economic value of the global health and fitness industry, has been released by The Global Health ... More

Personal wellbeing should be the primary focus for the UK government's spending plans, according to an influential report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on ... More

The UK government is encouraging businesses to get their staff more physically active, as part of efforts to make the workforce healthier and more productive. ... More

Entrepreneur Angela Derks has launched The Australasian Sustainable Wellness Academy (ASWA), with enrolments now open for the first-ever Australian course of its type. ASWA – ... More

Companies can inspire productivity, profit and improved health and wellbeing among their staff by introducing biophilic amenities such as green fitness centres into their workplaces. ... More

The fast-approaching National Living Wage is either a great opportunity for the fitness industry to up-skill or a massive threat to the quality of staff, ... More

Nuffield Health is partnering with global financial services firm UBS to develop a major corporate fitness facility for 6,000 staff at its new London headquarters. ... More

An eight-month UK inquiry by a cross-party group of MPs and peers on mindfulness, found frontline public servants could be less likely to fall ill ... More

Evaluations of corporate wellness programmes need to expand beyond the conventional financial parameters of return on investment (ROI) and include physiological, psychological and social factors ... More

More than 150 spa-related businesses attended the eighth SPATEC Europe networking conference in Rhodes from 7-10 May, which focused heavily on the importance of employee ... More

The three-day SPATEC Europe 2014 has begun at the 401-bedroom Sheraton Rhodes Resort in Greece. Talks will be led by John Frieda Salons’ general manager ... More

Golden Globe award-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio has purchased a multi-million dollar unit in Greenwich Village, New York, US, boasting more than 50 wellness and health ... More

Overweight and obese populations in Ireland and Northern Island cost the island 1.64bn euro (US$2.16bn, £1.34bn) annually, according to new research. A survey by University ... More

Image: Betty Weinkle will head the new division Spa and wellness marketing company SpaFinder has launched a new corporate wellness division. The new arm will ... More

A study by Swedish university Karolinska Institutet has shown that devoting work time to physical activity can lead to higher productivity. A research team analysed ... More

Health club chain LA Fitness is to target the corporate sector as part of its efforts to attract more members. The company has launched a ... More

A new report commissioned by the Scottish Government has revealed that its plans to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol could reduce consumption by 5.4 per ... More

Sports trust Freedom Leisure is to launch a corporate wellness scheme called Freedom Work-Out, designed to encourage workforces throughout Sussex, where the trust operates 14 ... More