Humphrey Cobbold news
18 Feb 2021
Placing gyms and leisure centres at the front of the queue for reopening would be
28 Dec 2020
Polish medical insurance outfit, Medicover, has rescued Polish operator, Fitness World, out of administration. The
03 Dec 2020
PureGym will take its budget fitness concept to Saudi Arabia, after securing a franchise partnership
17 Nov 2020
Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of PureGym, has confirmed to HCM that the company's operations in Poland
06 Nov 2020
PureGym is burning £4m of cash a week through its UK business, due to the
14 Oct 2020
The UK government is likely to face legal challenges from gym operators following the revelation
23 Dec 2020
Heading into 2021, storytelling will be a key trend among fitness content creators and connected
14 Oct 2020
Gym and health club operators with sites in Liverpool, UK, have been left "astounded" at
11 Sep 2020
PureGym has secured a £100m cash injection from shareholders to help deal with both the
27 Aug 2020
Pure Gym's overseas clubs returned to pre-COVID-19 profit levels in the first month of trading
13 Jul 2020
PureGym's operations in Europe have helped the business through the UK lockdown, according to CEO
01 Jul 2020
Industry body ukactive has today (1 July) hosted a delegation of government and public health
25 Jun 2020
Tanni Grey-Thompson, Chair of ukactive, Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of Pure Gym and ukactive board member
23 Oct 2020
Red light therapy equipment supplier, Red Light Rising has partnered with Aidan Robinson of ITRM
14 Apr 2020
Ross Kirton, head of leisure agency at Colliers International, says landlords with portfolios containing gyms
13 Apr 2020
The legislation intended to protect commercial tenants from eviction during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has
27 Mar 2020
Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of Pure Gym, appeared on BBC Question Time last night (26 March
12 Dec 2019
PureGym is set to become the second largest fitness operator in Europe, after revealing plans
25 Apr 2019
Budget operator Pure Gym achieved double-digit growth in revenue and profitability during 2018, cementing its
22 Jun 2018
PureGym has completed the acquisition of Soho Gyms and its 10 clubs, all of which
19 Nov 2020
Matrix Fitness has announced an exclusive partnership with Primal Strength to target an increased strategic
26 Apr 2018
The opening of 20 new sites and membership growth in its existing clubs has helped
21 Feb 2018
Budget club operator Pure Gym has reached 1 million members in the UK, following a
03 Nov 2017
US buyout firm Leonard Green & Partners has won a two-month bidding contest for Pure
26 Sep 2017
Bidders have reportedly tabled offers for the UK’s biggest health and fitness group Pure Gym
11 Jul 2017
Pure Gym has appointed Rebecca Passmore as its director of operations, replacing Jacques de Bruin,
30 Mar 2017
Pure Gym's planned initial public offering (IPO) that was abandoned last year cost the group
30 Mar 2017
Increased membership numbers helped Pure Gym record strong financial results in 2016, with further rises
11 Oct 2016
Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of Pure Gym, has confirmed this morning to Health Club Management that
10 Oct 2016
Reports breaking overnight suggest Pure Gym's planned IPO will not now go ahead. According to
15 Sep 2016
Pure Gym will plough some of the money it raises from selling its shares into
14 Sep 2016
Budget health club operator Pure Gym has announced plans to float on the London Stock
04 Jul 2016
Pure Gym is to put its planned IPO on ice amid the ongoing market turbulence
07 Jun 2016
Former ukactive CEO David Stalker believes it’s time for the fitness industry’s old guard to
15 Apr 2016
Pure Gym has given itself a solid launchpad for its expected summer IPO, reporting significant
21 Jan 2016
Budget operator Pure Gym has tapped into London’s booming boutique fitness market with the launch
18 Jan 2016
Pure Gym is preparing for a change of ownership, with a stock market float worth
03 Dec 2015
Any suspicions that the boutique studio boom is stealing the thunder of fast-growing budget gyms
18 Aug 2015
Pure Gym’s takeover of LA fitness and its 42 gyms has been cleared by the
25 Jun 2015
Six time Olympic gold medal winner Sir Chris Hoy has invested in Pure Gym and
29 May 2015
Pure Gym has emerged as the victor of the long-running race to acquire LA fitness.
01 May 2015
Pure Gym has become the latest major gym chain to capitalise on the UK’s insatiable
13 Apr 2015
Last week’s FIBO trade show for fitness, wellness and health in Germany’s Cologne attracted a
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Third Space members embrace new digital app, viewing 75,000 workouts in just three months
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Fitler Club is Philadelphia’s newest private lifestyle club,
boasting premium health and wellness facilities, along
with a hotel, workspaces and refined culinary venues.
Steph Eaves talks to the club’s founder about his creation
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Muir Gray has a vision for a world where exercise professionals help people live longer, better lives into old age
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If we could get bike journeys up from 2% to 4% it would make a huge impact on emissions, people’s health and mental wellbeing
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Coming from a personal training background, my experience has taught me that people hire the trainer before the training
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Tracking consumers’ sentiment in relation to lockdowns gives valuable insights into members’ priorities. Leisure-net surveyed the first two UK lockdowns and is currently working on the third. Dave Monkhouse reports on results from the lockdown 2 survey
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“All products have been priced competitively, using Amazon as a benchmark, to ensure the shop can thrive in a competitive market”
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Most of the world is dealing with some form of disruption to daily life, work life and
finances, as well as navigating an uncertain world. Even those who enjoy robust mental
health are finding themselves suffering from stress, anxiety, low mood and insomnia.
What can the health and fitness industry do to help? Kath Hudson reports
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Resistance training is just as beneficial for women over the age of 50 as it is for men, according to a new study from the University of New South Wales
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There’s never been a more important time for us all to be focused on lobbying, as the industry fights for its work and potential to be recognised and supported
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“It speaks volumes that the very first time we went for Investors in People, we came out with a gold rating. Our culture is very important to us”
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Stephen Tharrett, co-founder, ClubIntel
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“Sport Relief’s ultimate objective was to reach the poorest and most disadvantaged... to inspire, encourage and motivate the most marginalised in our society”
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More than 1,700 industry professionals from 47 different
countries joined the virtual Retention Convention recently,
making it one of the sector’s largest online events of the year
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Venueserve Fitness is working with the Health Club Collection to drive its digital customer engagement
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