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29 Jan 2024
Europe’s largest fitness chain, Basic-Fit, has consolidated its position in France with the launch of
18 Jan 2024
A deal between one of the world’s biggest gym groups and a streaming giant involves
22 Dec 2023
Basic-Fit has acquired RSG Group’s Spanish portfolio of 47 clubs for €50m. RSG had signalled
07 Mar 2023
RSG Group is considering the sale of its Spanish clubs, which include more than 40
19 Feb 2023
Boutique operator TRIB3 is restructuring to refocus on international growth and franchising. The company will
19 Dec 2022
RSG Group has announced that Hagen Wingertszahn and Dr Jobst Müller-Trimbusch will take over the
Elevate, the premier event in the physical activity, fitness, sports therapy and performance sector, is
23 Nov 2022
Kevin Yates, founder and CEO of Trib3 has been awarded Entrepreneur of the Year in
03 Oct 2022
The first Holmes Place Boutique Studio, which provides group classes in a small, intimate format,
08 Mar 2022
Trib3 is making a play for the lucrative US fitness market. The franchised boutique operator
23 Nov 2021
Nuffield Health has reopened the historic Barbican health club in London, as part of ambitious
11 Jul 2021
Holmes Place has confirmed to HCM that it has disposed of 10 clubs from its
26 Apr 2021
Marc Jones has joined Fitronics, the company behind The Retention People (TRP) and CoursePro, in
Introducing Sprung Gym-Flooring, where innovation meets excellence in the world of flooring and sports solutions.
19 Mar 2021
Nuffield Health has acquired the lease for the historic Barbican health club site in London,
03 Jan 2021
UK-based boutique operator TRIB3 will open its first site in The Netherlands next year. Due
31 Dec 2020
Virgin Active has become the latest big-box operator to signal its intention to raise cash
21 Oct 2020
Be Military Fit (BMF) has completed a restructuring project, designed to transform the outdoor fitness
17 Aug 2020
Boutique fitness operator, TRIB3, has announced it will open a new global HQ and flagship
19 Jun 2020
Boris Johnson has hinted that social distancing measures might be reduced by 4 July in
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
08 Jun 2020
Ian Turley, COO of Holmes Place Germany, says it was important the operator took a
04 Mar 2020
Karl Dietrich, the former global development officer at easyGym, has been named chief development officer
03 Dec 2019
Fitness industry veteran Nick Coutts has been appointed chair of Danish fitness tech firm Motosumo.
05 Aug 2019
Fitness industry veterans Allan and Jonathan Fisher have completed a Series A capital investment deal
01 Jul 2019
Sangha Retreat by Octave Institute, a master-planned destination retreat for mindful living in China, has
10 Jun 2019
UK-based boutique fitness operator TRIB3 has opened its second studio in the Spanish capital Madrid.
28 Jan 2019
Boutique studio brand TRIB3 has launched a flagship club in Madrid, igniting a busy period
09 Mar 2018
Fitness equipment giant Core Health & Fitness has announced two major appointments, following the retirement
26 Oct 2017
European premium brand Holmes Place has grown its portfolio to more than 90 clubs after
22 Jun 2017
Richard Macklin has been appointed spa manager for the new Country Club & Spa at
31 May 2017
Matrix Fitness UK has named Matthew Pengelly as its new managing director. Pengelly, who has
25 May 2017
Jamie Waring has been named group director of operations for GOCO Hospitality, based at the
08 Mar 2017
The Retention Convention will focus on the impact a happy workforce has on retaining leisure
09 Dec 2016
Boutique fitness studio operator Barrecore is looking to expand “rapidly across the UK and Europe”
23 Nov 2016
UK-based DNA profiling company DNAFit will start offering its services to members of the Gold’s
28 Sep 2016
Health club operator Holmes Place has acquired Israel’s second largest fitness chain, Future Wave Fitness,
03 Jun 2016
A new app has been launched that enables UK gym owners to trade-in their old
26 Oct 2015
Leisure industry entrepreneur Daniel Jones has left his role as sales director of Physique Sports
21 Oct 2015
A new budget gym has been launched by fitness industry veteran Mike Walker, who hopes
23 Oct 2014
Everyone Active has appointed Mark Talley as group fitness development manager, with a brief of
21 Oct 2014
Equipment supplier Performance Health Systems (PHS) has appointed Chris Brown head of healthcare and medical
22 Jan 2014
Wexer Virtual is introducing its virtual screen-led fitness classes at more gyms. Club chains including
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Esther Fairfax
Founder, The Lotte Berk Foundation“My mother was the first person to take dance and create an exercise programme out of it”
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Absenteeism and presenteeism is
taking a huge economic toll, with
musculoskeletal problems and poor
mental health the biggest issues.
Can workplace wellness make
a difference? Kath Hudson investigates
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Although there’s much talk about working with
health services, research from SLC suggests
there’s much work to do before the sector is
ready for the challenge. Kath Hudson asks the
experts to identify barriers and solutions
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“I’ve grown a massive affinity for franchising. It’s so exciting to be able to provide the platform and toolkit for people to have their own successful businesses”
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New laws are about to come into force that will oblige health club operators to offer consumers better membership terms. It will be disruptive, but tackled well, will change the sector for the better
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Dr Paul Bedford talks
to Jak Phillips about
the double-edged
sword of the strength
training trend and his
ambitions for the sector
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You might be tempted to skip a service, but
experts say it will cost you in the long run.
Providers tell Steph Eaves why they their work
is important to the management of assets
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A new study from researchers at Yale shows HIIT can reverse nerve damage caused by Parkinson’s
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Liz Terry looks at which operators
are most recognised by consumers,
using Kantar’s latest brand insight
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Jennifer Maanavi
Founder, Physique 57“Our ‘why?’ is to improve the lives of our clients, not to make them feel defeated”
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Property experts say it’s a golden moment for health and fitness operators
to secure leases, as the sector has come through the pandemic with its
reputation largely intact and clubs are seen as desirable anchor tenants.
Kath Hudson finds out why landlords want to talk
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