Fitness First UK news
08 Jun 2026
Fitness First UK is integrating red light therapy into its yoga and Pilates classes through
22 May 2026
Fitness First UK is embracing digital wellness technology by installing Kip’s tap-to-activate phone controls across
16 Feb 2026
Fitness First UK has launched a multi-channel brand campaign that champions long-term wellbeing over quick
06 Feb 2026
Fitness First is partnering with Healf to introduce a new membership, 360, which offers a
24 Nov 2025
Former Gymbox directors, Marc Diaper and Rory McEntee (now respectively CEO of Fitness First UK
11 Jul 2025
Marc Diaper, previously CEO of GymBox, has been revealed as the new CEO of Fitness
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
04 Jul 2025
EGYM Hussle and SLM have entered into a long-term partnership that will see 182 Everyone
06 May 2025
Justin Musgrove, CEO of Fitness First UK, has announced he is moving on from the
19 Apr 2025
Fitness First has entered into a strategic partnership with smart fitness technology specialist, EGYM, to
11 Feb 2025
Scott Best, owner of Fitness First UK, has created a new luxury health club concept
24 Oct 2024
The first HCM Summit has officially kicked off today (24 October) in the heart of
19 Oct 2024
Fitness First’s turnaround is off to an encouraging start, with like-for-like revenues to 31 March
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
04 Sep 2024
Third Space is gearing up to open its 12th site – the third this year
14 Aug 2024
Fitness First has created a premium membership offering by deploying HealthHero’s full suite of services,
13 Aug 2024
The HCM Summit, which will be held in London on 24 October, has announced EGYM
03 Jun 2024
Justin Musgrove, CEO of Fitness First UK, has made another tactical move, launching three Les
22 May 2024
Leisure Media has added another heavyweight to its line-up of CEOs for its inaugural HCM
05 Apr 2024
Global publishing outfit, Leisure Media, has announced details of its new annual conference for decision-makers
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
06 Oct 2023
Industry heavyweight, Justin Musgrove, has joined Fitness First UK as CEO. A strong operator with
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
26 Jan 2023
Fitness First’s annual Red Monday campaign, which ran across the UK on 16 January 2023,
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Fitness First UK wins big by switching up its digital personal training (PT) offer with Fisikal
In a bid to better connect members to trainers and vice versa, Fitness First UK
27 Oct 2021
Fitness First UK has changed its pricing structure and is now offering a flexible membership
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,
14 Jun 2017
Membership at The Gym Group has broken the 500,000 mark, according to the low-cost brand's
17 May 2017
The DW Group has appointed Martin Long as its chief executive officer. Long led the
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
12 Jan 2017
The Gym Group is on course to meet its target of new openings for 2017,
30 Sep 2016
DW Sports has become one of the largest health club operators in the UK in
28 Sep 2016
Virtual fitness class provider Wexer Virtual has further strengthened its European team following the opening
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
10 May 2016
As predicted by Health Club Management in November, the investment giant that former Fitness First
20 Apr 2016
Fitness First is planning to push ahead with the rollout of its microgym concept BEAT,
30 Mar 2016
The potential sale of Fitness First UK has sparked “a significant amount of interest,” with
07 Oct 2014
More than 500 health and fitness industry professionals from across the globe are expected to
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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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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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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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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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Pulse Fitness has created a
new health club delivering an
elevated wellness experience
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BLK BOX has been reimagining elite performance
spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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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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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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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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Consolidation, specialisation and shifting consumer behaviours
are reshaping the sector, say Deloitte and EuropeActive
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“Strength training has moved from the margins to the mainstream.”
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