Humphrey Cobbold news
15 Dec 2021
Pure Gym has dropped plans for an IPO which it revealed in August, opting instead
27 Aug 2021
PureGym says it is looking to expand its operations beyond Europe, after experiencing a strong
27 Jul 2021
The Pingdemic of people receiving notifications on their phones, telling them to self-isolate because of
21 Apr 2021
PureGym saw its group-wide revenue decline by £177m during 2020, as it lost 37 per
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
No two gyms are the same, but making the most of artificial intelligence (AI) and
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
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
Covid-19 has accelerated digital transformation within the fitness industry by at least a decade, and
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
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
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2021 has been dubbed the year of the ‘Great Resignation’, with numerous people in the
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
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
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Florence Nightingale played an important role in the fitness industry and
if she were still with us, she’d certainly be campaigning for fitness trainers
to be fully involved in combating the effects of lockdown, says Muir Gray
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Fitness First Germany has upgraded its
members’ gym floor training experience with the
rollout of Funxtion’s Multiscreen Virtual Player
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Most consumer-facing sectors have standards to reassure customers on matters of safety and quality. Now it’s the turn of our industry to go through this rite of passage
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“Across the US, 22% of gyms have closed permanently. I’m thrilled to say that we haven’t had one permanent closure or bankruptcy”
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Alex Nicholl
MD, Sweat by BXR“We were fortunate to be approached by Sheikh Mohammed – a Qatari entrepreneur – to develop the club
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Randy Hetrick
Founder of TRX and OutFit“I don’t want to compete with gyms, I want to complement them. We’re going to places where they’re not – parks, schools and cul-de-sacs”
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Premier Gym + Fitness, based in Newton Abbot, Devon, has opened
its doors to the public thanks to the help and support of Pulse Fitness
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As we wrap up 2021,
flooring suppliers share their
most exciting projects and
launches from the past year
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With a business model that fuses art, fitness and music,
RSG’s flagship brand – John Reed – has opened
its first location in the UK, as Liz Terry reports
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Fuel the debate about issues and opportunities across the industry. We’d love to hear from you – [email protected]
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EuropeActive and the European Committee for
Standardisation are launching new standards for a wide
range of health club operations, as Cliff Collins explains
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