Industry insights Golden opportunity As a result of the pandemic, the fitness sector is presented with a massive opportunity to make friends with the healthcare sector to improve the health of the nation and drive up penetration. Kath Hudson reports on what is happening and where the opportunities lie
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Research Girls allowed Research from the Women’s Sport Foundation has found teenage girls experience less enjoyment and more self-consciousness around activity than boys. What can the industry do to keep them engaged?
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Industry insights It’s not for me There are a number of populations who don’t feel truly welcomed, or catered for, in fitness settings. Yet it doesn’t have to be this way. View on turning pages View online
Industry insights Any body welcome Although 70 per cent of people with
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24 Nov 2022 Mark Braithwaite moves from 1Life to launch LATC for Sandwell BC Mark Braithwaite is to join Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council as chief operating officer. Braithwaite,
formerly CEO of leisure management contracting firm 1Life, will start with Sandwell on 11 January. More>>
24 Nov 2022 Fit tech – 10 of the best Black Friday deals Black Friday, which falls on 25 November, will be one of the busiest retail days of 2022,
marking the start of this year’s Christmas shopping season. Now extending into ‘cyber week’
and finishing on Cyber Monday, it's a time when shops and companies offer significant
discounts on their products. More>>
24 Nov 2022 UK fitness industry fights for continuation of government energy support from April 2023 A number of the UK's local authorities and their leisure management partners are in
crisis due to rising energy costs, with around 40 per cent saying leisure centres and swimming
pools will be closed or services reduced before March 2023 unless they receive immediate
confirmation of additional grants from the government. More>>
23 Nov 2022 Therme Group plans US$200m urban wellbeing resort in South Korea Thermal wellbeing organisation and developer Therme Group has partnered with the Incheon
Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) to create a year-round wellbeing destination in the South Korean
city of Incheon. More>>
23 Nov 2022 Instagram’s most popular UK gyms revealed A list of 250 of the UK’s most popular gyms on Instagram has crowned Psycle in Oxford Circus
the most posted club. According to the list drawn up by Versaclimber UK, it has accrued 14,200
posts on the social media network. More>>
New CryoLounge+ chair offers 'comfortable cold' experience from fitness-kit.net WellnessSpace Brands, recently rebranded from HydroMassage, has opened pre-orders for its
CryoLounge+ chair – a new hot and cold therapy and compression solution for wellness and
fitness facilities. More>>
Innerva's innovative power-assisted equipment for wheelchair users wins award from fitness-kit.net Innerva’s new access range, comprising the power-assisted Rotary Torso and Torso Dip,
addresses the issues caused by prolonged wheelchair use. Innerva’s head of product
development, Matt Holland, developed the range for gyms and leisure centres. It is a
creation that recently won him the Future Leaders Award from Innovate UK, the UK’s
innovation agency.
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Serco Leisure Operating Limited is one of the UK’s leading national operators of leisure centres, destination venues and elite sporting facilities.
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Everyone Active operates leisure centres in partnership with local councils across the UK. Today, Everyone Active manages 200 leisure facilities and cultural services in partnership with more than 60 different local authorities nationwide.
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It’s time to give more people more ways to move. Myzone is an innovative heart rate monitor and community engagement tool to track physical activity and calories burned both accurately and in real time.
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