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Tech
New research into the digitisation of the health club sector has found both examples of best practice and room for improvement, as Dave Gerrish explains

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Interview
The legendary and much-loved CEO has forged a stellar career in finance and development, creating facilities that are changing lives and driving regeneration. She talks to Kate Cracknell

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HCM People
The Life Leisure execs talk about their radical approach to the provision of physical activity in areas of deprivation

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Policy
With the sector’s widespread view that the UK government’s new physical activity and sport strategy lacks vision, Martyn Allison dissects the finer details, while industry thought leaders also comment

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Editor's letter
A new initiative to drive awareness of the importance of developing physical literacy – from babyhood to old age –could transform the sector, says Liz Terry

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Mystery shopper
A new Quest mystery shopping initiative reveals how operators could do better when handling communications with hard-to-reach groups

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Life lessons
The founder of GLL reflects on the challenges he faced setting up the UK’s first charitable trust for leisure services

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Interview
As leisure provider GLL celebrates its 30th year of operations, its CEO and founder share their five-year vision

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Industry insights
Challenging trading conditions look set to give public sector leisure provision a shake up. Martyn Allison looks back at how trying times have impacted the public sector previously and talks us through the way things could pan out as councils rethink their priorities and sport and leisure pivots towards health and wellbeing.

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Insight
Sport England research reveals how men enjoy physical activity more than women

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