Fitness First news
23 Jun 2022
Barry’s has entered the world of retail, opening a studio in the new Flannels flagship
21 Apr 2022
Evolution Wellness has closed all its Fitness First operations in Hong Kong. The pandemic’s impact
07 Apr 2022
LifeFit Group has added regional club operator, In Shape, to its growing portfolio of brands.
18 Mar 2022
The Gym Group has published its full-year results for 2021 and announced plans to open
New UK Active membership council revealed – Dave Courteen to chair and also join the UK Active board
17 Feb 2022
Industry body, UK Active, has revealed a new council to represent the voice of members
25 Jan 2022
Boutique boxing gym brand BXR London will open its second full-service club in London next
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27 Oct 2021
Fitness First UK has changed its pricing structure and is now offering a flexible membership
15 Jan 2021
Fitness First has launched a new free digital fitness hub, offering users a wide range
15 Dec 2020
The city-state of Singapore will have an official fitness industry association from 2021. A group
24 Aug 2020
Billionaire Mike Ashley's Frasers Group has acquired the fitness assets of DW Sports for £37m.
03 Aug 2020
DW Sports is going into administration saying it's working to save its 73-strong gym portfolio.
08 Jun 2020
Thousands of UK gyms could go out of business if they're forced to pay full
Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s leading leisure operators, has reached the milestone of teaching
04 Jun 2020
Mike Lamb CEO, Asia of Jetts 24 Hour Fitness, which has clubs in south-east Asia,
27 May 2020
Gyms and health clubs in Dubai, UAE, have begun reopening their doors today (27 May)
22 Apr 2020
Comedian Rosie Jones found that just one of the three gyms she tried to train
08 Apr 2020
Martin Long, CEO of DW Fitness First, has called on the government to speed up
11 Mar 2020
Sports charity Dallaglio RugbyWorks has appointed Jason Worthy as its new CEO. Worthy, who until
02 Mar 2020
Fitness First Middle East is to launch an entirely new budget chain for the region.
Questex’s iconic event Sibec Europe-UK – known as Europe’s leading hosted buyer event for the
02 Mar 2020
Affordable fitness chain GymNation has revealed plans to open eight new sites across the United
27 Feb 2020
Fitness First Middle East is preparing for major expansion across the region, after announcing plans
26 Feb 2020
DW Fitness First has extended its partnership with corporate fitness sales specialist Gympass, to increase
11 Feb 2020
Multi-brand wellness operator Evolution Wellness plans to launch new concepts and brands into the Asian
24 Jan 2020
Health-tech brand hero has acquired Revitalise London – a preventative health and vitality specialist –
09 Dec 2019
Physical Company has announced the appointment of Laura Game to the role of account manager
26 Nov 2019
Evolution Wellness has developed a new low cost gym concept, which it hopes can tap
25 Nov 2019
Xponential Fitness has revealed plans to take its portfolio of boutique fitness brands onto the
01 Nov 2019
German fitness group LifeFit has revealed plans to convert five of its Fitness First sites
10 Oct 2019
A health and wellbeing club which combines exercise and physical activity classes with mental and
26 Sep 2019
DW Fitness First has teamed up with Hollywood film studio Twentieth Century Fox for its
16 Aug 2019
DW Fitness First has launched its new Kit & Collect service, aimed at increasing secondary
23 Jul 2019
Germany-based LifeFit Group has added regional operator Smile X to its growing portfolio of fitness
02 Jul 2019
Interactive digital fitness company Funxtion, which supplies virtual instructor technology in the form of giant
03 May 2019
Boutique fitness operator 1Rebel has secured a 9,000sq ft site at The Post Building –
23 Apr 2019
SCL Education Group has appointed Brad Rushton as managing director of its SCL Education and
05 Apr 2019
Franchise operator Anytime Fitness has revealed plans to enter the highly competitive German fitness market.
04 Apr 2019
The on-demand fitness sector has a new player, following the launch of 1FitLife. The brainchild
18 Jan 2019
Escape Fitness has appointed Lisa Starkey to the role of account manager for Boutique Solutions.
27 Dec 2018
Boutique fitness operator 1Rebel is looking to expand its London portfolio – as well as
19 Nov 2018
Paula Wells has been named director of YMCA Awards. Wells, who has spent more than
02 Nov 2018
US-based manufacturing conglomerate Brunswick has named Jason Worthy, vice president of Life Fitness, as president
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Annual report
In April, Deloitte and Europe
Active published the ninth edition
of their yearly European Health
and Fitness Market Report, as
Karsten Hollasch explains
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The fitness sector has an unprecedented opportunity to
become a credible partner in ensuring the health and wellbeing
of the nation, says Mosaic Group MD and new chair of the UK
Active Membership Council. He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Choose consistent over perfect. That’s the long game. It’s never too late to pivot to that mindset
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After a hiatus due to the pandemic,
LeisureDB has updated its State of
the Fitness Industry Report for 2022,
as David Minton reports
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“We were one of the first operators to use a cloud-based data lake – Snowflake – that now underpins the rollout of our Business Intelligence work”
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Researchers have shed new light on the effects of HIIT on skeletal muscle, according to a study published on the eLife platform
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“Teenage girls are not voluntarily leaving activity, they’re being pushed out as a consequence of deep-rooted gender stereotypes”
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As Elevate returns to the market, we talk to director
Lucy Findlay about how the event has come together
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From colour zones to personalised resistance, indoor bikes now offer
smarter, more advanced features than ever before. Suppliers tell us how
their models can revolutionise your indoor cycling programme
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As part of their work to break down the barriers that deter women and girls from
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Following a competitive tendering process, Serco Leisure and its partner More Leisure
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Council to operate three centres in the town, starting 1 May 2022.
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