National Fitness Day began with a bang this morning as Britain’s leading TV and Radio stations beamed ukactive’s live kick-off event to millions across the country. BBC Breakfast and Sky News were broadcasting live from the London launch event, while BBC Radio 5 Live and Global Radio (the company behind Capital Radio, Radio X, LBC, […]
Today we delivered 2 sets of EIGER Pro Standing Desks to two of Manchester’s leading digital companies – PushON and The Big Partnership. Both of them were keen to have the chance of spending less time in their respective offices glued to a chair. It’s always rewarding to meet people who are genuinely enthusiastic to […]
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is today launching a new campaign with the health and wellbeing of small business owners, their staff and the self-employed at heart. The new drive from FSB will help its members – and the wider 5.5 million-strong small business community across the UK – reap the benefits of a […]
Today we met up with the MD of Dreamr, Mylo Kaye, one of Manchester’s top app development companies. Mylo is one of Manchester’s inspirational business people. Ten years ago he was homeless. Today Dreamr is on course to turnover £1M. Dreamr is a very cool company with an office space to match. Mylo was delighted […]
Today we delivered an EIGER Standing Desk to Rachel Wilkinson MD of Wilkinson Chiropractic in Ilkley (UK). Rachel is passionate about maintaining a healthy spine and also living an active every day life. We have a lot in common. Rachel gave us a superb insight to the strain put on the human spine through incorrect […]
We’ve spent a lot of time in Manchester over the last 18 months being a part of the business accelerator program – Entrepreneurial Spark. Manchester is an exciting and forward thinking UK city, perfect to test active working with our EIGER Pro standing desk. So we’re now rolling out an offer to all Manchester based […]
Denise Lewis is a UK Olympic Gold medallist and a full time mother. Her household is extremely active (as you may have guessed!) but she understands they are not the norm. Just 23 per cent of boys and 20 per cent of girls meet the national recommended level of activity, according to a survey by […]
Five years ago the London Olympic Games came to a close. They were inspirational and the UK was fixated. At the time, the country was promised that the end of the Games would not mean the end of the success story, that there would be a lasting legacy for sport participation. But it hasn’t happened. […]
Ex England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio wants Ofsted to focus on physical activity as much as academic achievement. Assessing how physically active pupils are as part of a school’s performance would have a positive impact on the childhood obesity problem. One in three UK children leave primary school overweight or obese. Research suggests that without […]
UKactive Chair Tanni Grey-Thompson appeared on international news network CNBC to urge the Government to tackle the ‘toxic’ toll of sedentary working cultures by incentivising employees to be active. The legendary Paralympian and cross-bench peer noted that ‘physical inactivity costs the UK £20bn each year and is the cause of 37,000 premature deaths’ with desk-bound office […]
