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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
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
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
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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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Social fitness the missing link to member engagement, according to a new Myzone report
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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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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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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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After decades of focusing on adult audiences, operators are starting to engage young people – unlocking growth opportunities while supporting the health and wellbeing of future generations
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People on weight loss drugs reduce their activity levels, according to a team at St John’s Hospital Illinois
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New legislation is exposing weakness
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health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
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A new report puts physical activity
at the heart of healthcare, says Muir Gray
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Would you stop selling memberships to prevent your club getting overcrowded?
How do you strike the balance between maximising profits and prioritising
the member experience? Kath Hudson talks to the experts
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The fitness industry is mourning the passing of Les Mills,
a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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The new CEO of UK Active talks to HCM about the gym-curious and
why he believes the sector can double in size by the end of the next decade
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World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe talks to Liz Terry
about the launch of Run X in partnership with Technogym
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