Features - Physical Activity Facilities

Join us at the paf forum this September 2025

We are delighted to announce the physical activity facilities forum will be taking place at The Belfry Hotel, Sutton Coldfield on 25th & 26th September.

physical activity facilities forum Scotland 2025

paf Scotland returns in 2025 We are pleased to announce we are back at Cameron House, Scotland hosting our physical activity facilities forum. This unique networking event has been designed to bring together operators of sports facilities, local authorities, universities, schools, architects, contractors with innovative industry suppliers in a relaxed and social environment. A real opportunity to do business

Interview with Steve Perrins

South Korean fitness brand, Drax, has launched operations in the UK, with the acquisition of equipment supplier Outdoor Fitness Concepts. Helen Adkins spoke to Drax Fitness UK’s CEO Steve Perrins to find out more

Building a Passivhaus leisure centre: St Sidwell's Point

Three years after opening, St Sidwell’s Point leisure centre in Exeter continues to serve as apioneering example of sustainable design in the UK, built and certified to Passivhaus standards

Boxing Clever

Combat fitness – with boxing at its core – has seen a remarkable surge in popularity in gymsand leisure centres in recent years, with boxing fitness becoming a staple offering foroperators looking to attract

Baz Moffat, The Well HQ

After receiving a MSc in health sciences from Bristol University, Baz Moffat won Silver in the 2008 World Rowing Cup. In 2021, she joined Dr Bella Smith and Dr Emma Ross to create The Well HQ, with a mission to educate the fitness industry in women’s health. This year the company announced their partnership with The Fitness Group, the UK’s leading fitness education training provider

Aspiring managers programme

We look at a new qualification tailored to aspiring managers that’s designed to be integral toGM Active’s Pivot to Active Wellbeing

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Renewing VS Stripping and Polishing

Tony Peak, sales manager at flooring solutions company Bona, examines how renewinga resilient floor compares to stripping and polishing

Game-changing design:Foster's vision for Man United

Work on the Foster + Partners’ £50 million project to modernise the men’s first team trainingcomplex for Manchester United Football Club has begun. We take a look at the plans