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19 Jun 2026
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Elevate has had its busiest show to date, with almost 200
18 Nov 2025
Sandwell Leisure Trust launched its rebrand to Kore Sandwell on Monday 17 November. The name
31 Oct 2025
Everyone Active, Sarah Watts and Sandwell Leisure Trust were among those to be honoured at
09 Jun 2025
Sandwell Leisure Trust in the UK has teamed up with Stronger Wellness to open a
14 Nov 2023
MyFitApp, a global leader in member mobile apps, has revealed that it has integrated with
24 Nov 2022
Mark Braithwaite is to join Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council as chief operating officer. Braithwaite, formerly
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
06 Jul 2022
Virgin Active and Myrtha Wellness have joined forces to open a health club and wellness
13 Mar 2021
A battle to save Virgin Active is continuing, as the company works to secure a
11 Feb 2021
Virgin Active investors are understood to be preparing a £60m+ funding injection into the fitness
04 Jan 2021
David Lloyd Leisure has become the latest operator to have its auditors flag up the
31 Dec 2020
Virgin Active has become the latest big-box operator to signal its intention to raise cash
12 Jan 2018
Neil King, the managing director of 1Life Management Solutions, is set to join énergie Fitness
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
25 Aug 2017
British architecture practice FaulknerBrowns have been selected to design a £50m (US$64m, €54.3m) indoor sports
15 Jun 2017
A roll-out of fitness classes and improved member experience helped revenue at Virgin Active rise
29 Mar 2017
South African investment group Brait, which owns a controlling stake in Virgin Active, has scrapped
16 Feb 2017
Virgin Active's value took a slight dip in the third quarter of the financial year,
01 Aug 2016
Nuffield Health has become the UK’s second largest fitness provider after completing a deal to
14 Jun 2016
Nuffield Health will today (14 June) announce that it has secured 35 sites from Virgin
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
28 Oct 2015
Virgin Active has continued its three-year, £100m investment in its UK portfolio with the unveiling
16 Sep 2015
Virgin Active founder Sir Richard Branson has announced the gym chain is gearing up for
07 Jul 2015
Proposals to regenerate wasteland in the heart of London’s Shoreditch area through a modern mixed-use
23 Jun 2015
Virgin Active has announced an impressive set of financial figures as it gears up for
08 May 2015
Virgin Active has announced the launch of its long-awaited Discovery Lab – a creative hub
16 Apr 2015
Global fitness chain Virgin Active has been sold to South African investment firm Brait. Virgin
14 Aug 2012
Image: Tasmania's Port Arthur is one of the recipients Australian tourism minister Martin Ferguson has
04 Apr 2012
A number of law firms have been appointed to the new Legal Panel Framework, which
18 May 2010
The Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company (S&N) is offering a number of its pubs on
22 Jan 2009
A new £7m visitor attraction has been unveiled by the Royal Society for the Protection
26 Nov 2008
The Event Show, taking place on 21-22 January 2009 at Olympia in London, UK, has
18 Feb 2004
Wonderland Sydney, the Australian amusement park, is to close on 26 April. A statement released
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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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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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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New launch, Salus House, elevates boutique wellness with
high service levels and a partnership with Technogym
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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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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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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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Stephen Price
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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Strength training is evolving,
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preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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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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Chair of UK Active’s Independent Council and GM at 3-1-5“There are so many dedicated people in the independent sector – they work hard because they’re passionate about changing lives”
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With corporately-owned clubs,
franchise networks, investments
and proprietary tech, Viva Leisure’s
ecosystem is redefining how
gyms scale and generate revenue.
Its CEO speaks to Kate Cracknell
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