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Insurance company, Vitality, has published a report into the exercise habits of British women, and explores the critical barriers preventing many from meeting physical activity ... More

Moving Communities, the data platform which tracks participation at public leisure centres, has teamed up with Saturday morning 5k run organiser, Parkrun. This collaboration will ... More

Now in its third year, David Lloyd Leisure has taken its Blaze Community Games international, as well as announcing the launch of a family version ... More

New research from Flinders University in Australia has found that breast reduction surgery can change women's participation in physical activity. Excluding women with a history ... More

Entrepreneur Steven Bartlett, perhaps most famous for his role in BBC's Dragon's Den, has invested in Until, provider of high-end workspaces for PTs and wellness ... More

Coopah, an AI-enabled community-focused training app for runners, has just completed its first RunStart Academy. The new eight-week coaching course was designed to gift the ... More

A new high-end workspace, designed for the use of personal trainers, coaches and other health and wellness professionals, will open in central London in November. ... More

A report commissioned by Parkrun has estimated that allowing mass-participation outdoor events carries an "exceptionally low risk" of COVID-19 transmission. The study, by Professor Clive ... More

Closing gyms and leisure facilities during any possible future lockdown would be "unthinkable", according to Catherine McKinnell, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North. McKinnell – ... More

Organisers of some of the UK's largest mass participation sports events – including the London Marathon – have joined forces in an attempt to recoup ... More

Fitness and physical activity operators in the UK have begun closing facilities and cancelling events, ahead of the predicted peak in the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak. ... More

Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) will officially open on 24 January. The facility, which forms the centrepiece of the Sheffield Olympic Legacy ... More

A medical practice is opening its very own fitness club, as part of plans to improve the health and wellbeing of its patients and staff. ... More

Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) has named professor Rob Copeland as the first director of the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC), set to open later this ... More

The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) will open its doors at Sheffield Hallam University later this year. Forming the centrepiece of the Sheffield Olympic Legacy ... More

American broadcaster HBO plans Game of Thrones attraction in Northern Ireland, Leisure Media becomes the first global media partner of FIBO, plans approved for floating ... More

Sport England is to invest £3m in the popular Parkrun movement, with a focus on helping more women and people from lower socio-economic groups to ... More

The value of Olympic and Paralympic sports to the UK now stands at £19bn (€21.42bn, US$25.17bn), according to researchers at Sheffield Hallam University. Using data ... More

A day of mass participation running is being organised by UK Sport and parkrun to coincide with London hosting the 2017 World Athletics Championships. The ... More

The health and fitness industry’s finest came together in their hundreds last night (28 June) to recognise the achievements of their peers, as the 2017 ... More

Physical activity advocate Dr Zoe Williams has called for support and funding for new initiatives designed to forge closer links between the fitness sector and ... More

The threat to the existence of public parks is a threat to the nation’s physical and mental health, a select committee has been told by ... More

More than 300 sporting events will be held across Ireland from 10 September as part of the nation’s participation in this year’s European Week of ... More

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 ... More

Parkrun has closed down its operations in Bristol’s Little Stoke park following a dispute with the local parish council over money. In April, Stoke Gifford ... More