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26 Mar 2024
Total Fitness has released results for its most recent financial year (to June 23), which
25 Jul 2023
Total Fitness is looking to expand its operations and upgrade its club portfolio after securing
14 Jul 2023
Fitness First has filed a Court Order for restructuring at Companies House in the UK
24 Mar 2023
London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH), the company behind plans to build a theme park resort
26 Jul 2022
Total Fitness says its membership numbers are back to pre-COVID-19 levels. With fifteen clubs in
20 Dec 2021
Boutique boxing brand UBX is coming to the UK and Ireland following the signing of
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25 Nov 2021
Total Fitness plans to launch a new-style health club model, with plans already in the
12 May 2021
A court has given Virgin Active the green light to erase the rent arrears it
11 May 2021
Jan Spaticchia, founder and chair of énergie Fitness has died aged 51 following a short
07 Apr 2021
Empowered Brands, the franchise investment business that acquired énergie Fitness out of a CVA in
26 Mar 2021
Total Fitness is entering into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), after being hit hard by
21 Oct 2020
Be Military Fit (BMF) has completed a restructuring project, designed to transform the outdoor fitness
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
24 May 2019
Female-friendly fitness operator Sweat! has closed its doors, just nine months after it revealed ambitious
02 Apr 2019
People who seek medical advice about weight loss have hugely different outcomes depending on how
23 Jan 2019
Alpamare's waterpark in Scarborough, UK, has fended off the threat of legal action from creditors
18 Nov 2018
UKinbound has publicly backed the government's much-maligned Brexit deal, saying that it would offer some
30 Oct 2018
The government's autumn budget – the last fiscal event before the UK leaves the European
17 Oct 2018
Five-a-side football centre operator Powerleague will begin restructuring its business after the firm's creditors accepted
11 Oct 2018
A proposed Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) to restructure 5-a-side football operator Powerleague would lead to
16 Jul 2018
The UK travel industry has offered a "cautious welcome" to the government’s Brexit white paper,
09 Feb 2017
The soon-to-be-built Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid and the Olympic Stadium in the Azerbaijani capital Baku
26 May 2016
A little known amendment to taxation laws means UK health clubs could be entitled to
30 Mar 2016
The potential sale of Fitness First UK has sparked “a significant amount of interest,” with
10 Dec 2015
Heritage theme park Dreamland is in troubled waters, entering into a voluntary debt plan just
29 May 2015
Pure Gym has emerged as the victor of the long-running race to acquire LA fitness.
11 May 2015
Fitness First CEO Andrew Cosslett believes the gym chain has put its darkest days behind
31 Mar 2015
Pure Gym is the reported frontrunner in a three-horse race to buy LA fitness for
23 Mar 2015
Sports Direct is bidding to scale up its dual-use gym and retail concept – part
19 Jan 2015
Not-for-profit trust Freedom Leisure has acquired three gyms formerly owned by LA fitness as part
18 Dec 2014
Arthur Laundy, owner of Laundy Hotel Group, and the former liquor-shop chain owner turned property
12 Nov 2014
LA fitness has outlined plans for growth and potential future investment as the operator confirms
27 Aug 2014
LA fitness has converted its flagship South Kensington club into the chain’s second LAX site,
26 Aug 2014
LA fitness CEO Martin Long has played down media speculation that LA fitness will offload
29 Jul 2014
Following the news that JD Sports plans to incorporate a JD Gym into its major
20 Jun 2014
Having launched the first Sports Direct Fitness.com gym earlier this week, the newest entrant to
18 Jun 2014
Sports Direct International has today taken over its first health club – the former LA
06 Jun 2014
Peter Weishar has been appointed dean of Florida State University’s College of Visual Arts, Theatre
30 May 2014
Fitness First has raised a new £115m debt facility that will be used to pay
14 May 2014
Sports Direct International – the company founded by Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley – is
25 Mar 2014
LA fitness has secured approval from the required majority of creditors for its company voluntary
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Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
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Members are telling us they need support with their mental and spiritual health and the industry is starting to see this need. Now’s the time to fast-track our response
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Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a
health club, do fitness professionals need a grounding in counselling
to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
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New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
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As health club operators move to incorporate recovery into their
offerings to meet growing consumer demand, Steph Eaves takes a
look at what cryotherapy and ice bathing can add to the equation
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Industry suppliers are responding to the exponential increase in
consumer demand for strength training with a raft of new and
innovative launches and concepts, as Steph Eaves reports
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Imposter syndrome about a promotion taught the
CEO of SATS that behaving authentically is the most
important part of leadership. He talks to Kath Hudson
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Will Orr has been talking to HCM about the company’s
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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
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