DW Sports news
14 Jul 2023
Fitness First has filed a Court Order for restructuring at Companies House in the UK
03 May 2023
Fitness First UK has confirmed to HCM that it's in the process of restructuring, citing
23 Jun 2022
Barry’s has entered the world of retail, opening a studio in the new Flannels flagship
27 Oct 2021
Fitness First UK has changed its pricing structure and is now offering a flexible membership
08 Jan 2021
Frasers Group will open three new regional flagship Flannels-branded retail stores during 2021 – each
24 Aug 2020
Billionaire Mike Ashley's Frasers Group has acquired the fitness assets of DW Sports for £37m.
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
12 Aug 2020
A government investment of £1.75bn – to pay 50 per cent of rents across the
03 Aug 2020
DW Sports is going into administration saying it's working to save its 73-strong gym portfolio.
16 Aug 2019
DW Fitness First has launched its new Kit & Collect service, aimed at increasing secondary
04 May 2018
Gym chain DW Fitness First has revealed its strategic vision to become the UK’s largest
20 Apr 2018
Fitness solution provider Reiver Fitness has signed a technology partnership with software specialist FunXtion. Reiver,
15 Jan 2018
DW Sports expects to offset losses of £8m (US$10.8m, €9m) from the last financial year
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
04 Nov 2017
Martin Seibold, former managing director of Fitness First UK, has been appointed CEO of Fitness
23 Aug 2017
Fitness First Bishopsgate, part of the DW Fitness First Group, has undergone a £1m refurbishment,
08 May 2017
Martin Seibold, the managing director of Fitness First UK, has left the company eight months
02 Mar 2017
The "annihilation" of mid-market fitness operators has been the biggest major change in the industry
01 Mar 2017
Celebrity Fitness and Fitness First Asia have merged to create one of the largest fitness
30 Sep 2016
DW Sports has become one of the largest health club operators in the UK in
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
30 Sep 2016
Quadrant Private Equity has agreed to acquire Fitness First Australia from hedge fund giant Oaktree
02 Sep 2016
The long-running saga of the sale of Fitness First’s UK clubs looks to be in
01 Sep 2016
DW Sports owner Dave Whelan expects to take over 63 Fitness First gyms within the
31 Aug 2016
The Gym Group has exchanged contracts to take over four sites from another operator –
28 Aug 2016
The fate of Fitness First looks likely to be settled within weeks. Industry sources indicate
01 Jul 2016
The potential takeover of Fitness First UK by Dave Whelan’s DW Sports would mark the
20 May 2016
DW Sports Fitness director Scott Best has moved into the booming boutique studio sector with
20 Apr 2016
Fitness First is planning to push ahead with the rollout of its microgym concept BEAT,
12 Jan 2016
Oxygen Freejumping has announced a new five-site deal with 5-a-side football operator Lucozade Powerleague which
04 Nov 2015
DW Fitness has bought seven former LA fitness sites from Pure Gym, Health Club Managment
20 Jun 2014
Having launched the first Sports Direct Fitness.com gym earlier this week, the newest entrant to
14 May 2014
Sports Direct International – the company founded by Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley – is
11 Nov 2013
Fitness industry veteran Peter Guy has launched GymWorks - a 13,000 sq ft health club
07 Jan 2013
DW Sports Fitness Club is set to launch a new £3m gym in Lincoln, UK
12 Jan 2010
DW Sports Fitness, the health club chain owned by former JJB founder Dave Whelan, has
20 Oct 2009
A DW Sports Fitness health club is set to open in Carlisle in January. The
06 May 2009
Barry Aspinall the managing director of DW Sports and Fitness, formerly JJB Fitness Clubs, has
26 Mar 2009
Dave Whelan, the founder of JJB Sports, has secured the acquisition of the troubled company's
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
has a new CEO, with an ambitious vision for the company
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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New insight from Deloitte and Grant Thornton shows record growth, but the real shift is towards identity and perceived value, revealing opportunities to deepen engagement with members
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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
globally, yet with 100 per cent of people seeing benefits when they
exercise, how high could it go? Kath Hudson asks the experts…
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“Strength training has moved from the margins to the mainstream.”
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