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The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has released new data on the US’ wellness economy, valuing it at US$1.8 trillion. According to the organisation's recent report – called The Global Wellness Economy: United States – the US is the world’s leading wellness economy and is now double the size of China’s
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The fitness sector’s pivot to active wellbeing is being discussed in a new weekly podcast, called The Conveners, and hosted by chair of GM Active and director of Miova, Andy King with industry veteran, John Oxley, as a guest presenter. As leisure, health and social care converge, the duo will invite guests to
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Everyone Active has launched a golfing brand, Everyone Golf, after new contract wins made it the UK’s second-largest golf operator in the UK, with ten courses. Unveiled this week, the new brand includes a refreshed look and feel across the sites, a website for booking, which has live updates and fly-through
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UK Active has announced details of its annual health and fitness industry awards ceremony, which will take place in Birmingham on the evening of Thursday 3 October at the International Convention Centre. The trade body has created 16 award categories for 2024, including new additions, with the Outstanding
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Social enterprise, Places Leisure, which is part of the Places for People Group, has appointed Belinda Steward as MD. Steward was previously MD at Derwent FM, which is also part of Places for People (PFP). Before joining PFP she held a number of leadership roles, including for hospitality brands such as
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Having redefined the model of public-private collaboration in Spain, Go Fit is now expanding into Italy and has ambitious plans to grow its estate, memberships and profits. Speaking exclusively in this month’s HCM, Go Fit’s new CEO, Mário Barbosa, talks about the company’s ambitions to enter new markets,
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Recovery, social wellness and longevity were talking points at PerformX recently, tipped by many speakers as upcoming trends, while the exhibition halls featured infrared saunas, compression therapy and ice baths. The UK is currently lagging behind the US – where ice bath searches increased by more than 500 per
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Industry experts are gathering in Cologne for today's European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF), followed by FIBO from 11-14 April, which will feature almost 1,000 exhibitors. EuropeActive is partnering with FIBO for the 11th time to run EHFF and this year's theme is Futureproofing your business through strategic
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Oxygen Consulting is about to launch its first UK Padel Report, which investigates this fast-growing sport. Brought to the UK around 2012, padel has really taken off in the past couple of years, with David Lloyd Leisure and GLL being among the first operators to invest. Offering a sociable experience and being
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Global publishing outfit, Leisure Media, has announced details of its new annual conference for decision-makers across the health, fitness and wellness markets. The event – the HCM Summit –
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Disturbing new research has found BMI completely fails as an accurate measure of obesity in children, calling into question the foundation for all past and present government child obesity policies. For nearly a generation, weight-to-height ratio charts and BMI for age and sex have been used to diagnose
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Edinburgh Leisure has appointed Jen Holland as chief executive. She will take over from June Peebles on 18 March. A qualified accountant, Holland has been director of strategic commissioning and partnerships at Scottish Borders Council since March 2019 and has a wealth of sector experience and insight, having
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North Herts District Council has entered into a ten-year partnership with Everyone Active to run five of its leisure centres from 1 April. The facilities were previously run by trust, Stevenage Leisure Ltd (SLL). The contract covers North Herts Leisure Centre in Letchworth, one of the first leisure centres
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The British Standards Institution (BSI) has introduced safeguarding guidelines to protect children in out-of-school settings, such as health clubs and sports facilities. The Child safeguarding: Provisions for out-of-school guidelines are applicable to all providers of activities for children in
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The UK government acknowledged in its recent budget that economic recovery depends on the health of the nation, but failed to find the investment needed to boost the prevention agenda. In a nod to the physical activity sector, health secretary, Victoria Atkins, announced that the health service would be investing
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Research by the University of Sydney is the first to objectively measure whether daily steps are able to offset the health risks of sedentary behaviour. The results, which were published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, found that 10,000 steps a day can reduce risk of premature death by 39 per
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Manchester Metropolitan University and the UK Sports Institute have joined forces to launch the Centre of Excellence for Women in Sport: a global hub for female health. Aiming to work with elite athletes, as well as wider public health, the centre will bring together experts and conduct high-quality, hands-on
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Everyone Active has taken over as operator of the London Aquatic Centre on behalf of the London Legacy Development Corporation. The stunning venue, designed by the late Zaha Hadid and built at Queen Elizabeth Park in East London for the 2012 Olympics, has two 50-metre pools, a dive pool, a 100-station gym, a
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In the same week as tennis legend, Andre Agassi, was appointed to the board of Life Time, the company has released strong year-end results, achieving record revenues and EBITDA. Total revenue increased 18.2 per cent to US$558.8 million (€516 million, £442 million) for the fourth quarter and 21.6 per cent to
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According to a pilot study by Yale School of Medicine, exercise can not only slow down the neurodegeneration associated with Parkinson’s Disease, there is evidence it can also reverse the damage. Parkinson’s is currently the most increasingly prevalent neurological disease and estimated to impact more than 12
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The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data of their employees to be used for attendance checks and the resulting salary payments. Enforcement notices have been issued instructing the organisations in question to stop the processing of biometric data for
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CIMSPA has published its 2024-2030 strategy Releasing the Power of Our Profession, which sets out how the sector’s 600,000-strong workforce can be supported and professionally recognised. Introducing the strategy, CIMSPA CEO, Tara Dillon, says the strategy is the result of a collaboration with
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Mark Hewlett, founder of padel tennis operator Soul Padel has told HCM the company is in the process of securing seed investment status, which will enable backers to get tax breaks on investments in the business to drive growth. The status is coming via the UK government HMRC seed enterprise investment
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While strength training gives valuable muscular gains it doesn’t give the heart health benefits of aerobic exercise, according to new research from Iowa State University. The newly-released research – Aerobic, resistance, or combined exercise training and cardiovascular risk profile in overweight or obese
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Xponential has passed ownership of Stride Fitness – the running brand it bought in January 2019 – to Shaun Grove, president of Rumble Boxing, with no payment changing hands. The company will trade as Stride Fitness Franchising Inc going forward, with Xponential providing handover support. Stride was
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