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17 Feb 2026
Angela Rippon has officially launched the second successive Let's Dance campaign on national television. This
30 Oct 2025
PureGym has achieved a milestone with the launch of its 700th gym, in West Yorkshire.
23 Oct 2025
"The fitness industry is facing an identity crisis," was Anna Bjustam's opening statement as she
23 Oct 2025
It’s been a great morning at the sell-out HCM Summit in London, with six inspirational
23 Oct 2025
After a networking breakfast, Leisure Media CEO, Liz Terry and PureGym chair, Humphrey Cobbold, have
12 Sep 2025
TDR Capital has taken on fresh investment and created a new fund for David Lloyd
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
08 Sep 2025
PureGym, Sir Chris Hoy, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The Royal Marsden NHS
12 Jun 2025
Top business leaders from around the world have been confirmed as speakers for the all-keynote
29 Apr 2025
Following strong full-year results, PureGym has revealed it's planning to launch 70 gyms this year,
02 Dec 2024
Following the completion of PureGym’s Blink Fitness acquisition, outgoing CEO, Humphrey Cobbold, and incoming CEO,
15 Nov 2024
PureGym has announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved its acquisition of Blink Fitness.
31 Oct 2024
It has been confirmed that PureGym is the winning bidder in the auction for US
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
26 Sep 2024
Pure Gym has raised the necessary funds to allow the purchase of Blink Fitness, which
23 Sep 2024
PureGym is preparing to launch four new group exercise formats – HIIT, weights, mobility and
31 Aug 2024
Susan Turner, CEO of PureGym Middle East, has told HCM the company is extending its
21 Aug 2024
The UK’s largest operator of affordable fitness, PureGym, has announced today that CEO Humphrey Cobbold
23 Apr 2024
PureGym saw revenues rise by 15 per cent in 2023, with the company announcing plans
02 Dec 2023
PureGym has delivered a positive set of third quarter results, with revenues increasing to £137.7m,
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
28 Sep 2023
PureGym’s holding company, Pinnacle Bidco, has completed the £805m refinancing which was announced on Tuesday
26 Sep 2023
Pure Gym’s holding company, Pinnacle Bidco plc, has set out to raise £805m through issuing
01 Sep 2023
PureGym added 190,000 new members in the first half of 2023 when compared with H1
19 Jan 2023
Pure Gym Arabia, the franchise partner of Pure Gym Group in the Middle East, has
22 Dec 2022
Rebecca Passmore was promoted to MD of Pure Gym in September 2020 – the same
24 Oct 2022
Pure Gym says it will open over 20 gyms across the UAE, with the first
26 Aug 2022
Pure Gym saw its Q2 revenues jump to £119m, a 9 per cent increase on
17 Aug 2022
Pure Gym has opened its latest location in the Middle East as part of a
15 Dec 2021
Pure Gym has dropped plans for an IPO which it revealed in August, opting instead
27 Aug 2021
PureGym says it is looking to expand its operations beyond Europe, after experiencing a strong
27 Jul 2021
The Pingdemic of people receiving notifications on their phones, telling them to self-isolate because of
21 Apr 2021
PureGym saw its group-wide revenue decline by £177m during 2020, as it lost 37 per
18 Feb 2021
Placing gyms and leisure centres at the front of the queue for reopening would be
28 Dec 2020
Polish medical insurance outfit, Medicover, has rescued Polish operator, Fitness World, out of administration. The
03 Dec 2020
PureGym will take its budget fitness concept to Saudi Arabia, after securing a franchise partnership
06 Nov 2020
PureGym is burning £4m of cash a week through its UK business, due to the
14 Oct 2020
The UK government is likely to face legal challenges from gym operators following the revelation
11 Sep 2020
PureGym has secured a £100m cash injection from shareholders to help deal with both the
27 Aug 2020
Pure Gym's overseas clubs returned to pre-COVID-19 profit levels in the first month of trading
13 Jul 2020
PureGym's operations in Europe have helped the business through the UK lockdown, according to CEO
01 Jul 2020
Industry body ukactive has today (1 July) hosted a delegation of government and public health
25 Jun 2020
Tanni Grey-Thompson, Chair of ukactive, Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of Pure Gym and ukactive board member
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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Pulse Fitness has created a
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The industry is embracing consumer-facing tech. Now it’s time to
streamline back-of-house systems with Orbit4, says Daniel Jones
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
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us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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Researchers have long known that the brain changes as a result of exercise. Now researchers believe this process is actually driven by the brain
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