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Leisure operator news

Everyone Active has launched a golfing brand, Everyone Golf, after new contract wins made it
UK Active has announced details of its annual health and fitness industry awards ceremony, which
Oxygen Consulting is about to launch its first UK Padel Report, which investigates this fast-growing
The first annual Private Sector Benchmarking report was released today (27 March). A collaboration between
Everyone Active has taken over as operator of the London Aquatic Centre on behalf of
The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data
Questex/McLean Events (Spatec/SIBEC)
Questex/McLean Events (Spatec/SIBEC)
Experience the pinnacle of fitness and luxury at the premier industry event, Sibec EMEA, set
Mike Farrar, chair of UK Active, has called on the UK government to deploy the
Horizon Leisure is upgrading and investing in its new shopping-centre health hub – The Wellbeing
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
The Parkwood Group has taken over leisure management contracting business 1Life Management Solutions Limited (1LMS
Dave Wright, CEO of Myzone, has re-joined UK Active’s board of directors for a three-year
UK Health and Fitness operators' level of engagement with technology has been researched for the
Elevate
Elevate
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due
Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s leading leisure operators, has reached the milestone of teaching
Power Plate has been shortlisted for the “Developing & Supporting Communities following on from Covid-19”
Lobbying is gearing up in advance of the Spring Budget this week, with UK Active
Jamie Cartwright is a co-owner of Hatton Boxing and founder of BOX12. In 2021 Jamie
A new cloud-based spa and leisure software has been launched to simplify and improve spa
A consultation has been launched to review the current provision of fitness and leisure facilities
Parkwood Leisure – one of the UK’s leading leisure operators – is offering free access
There is a "clear case" to evolve the purpose and role played by the UK's
Indoor group exercise can recommence in England and Scotland today (17 May), as part of
The Cabinet Office has chosen leisure operator GLL as the "face" of England's COVID-secure physical
Plantasia, a rainforest zoo in Swansea, UK, has been awarded provisional membership of the British
The physical activity sector is in need of bespoke and substantial financial support in order
The UK physical activity sector will lose around £400m a month during lockdown. The figure,
Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres will be able to open their doors when the
The UK government has launched a £1bn Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), providing grant funding
Chancellor Rishi Sunak's proposals to support the economy through the next six months of the
Gyms will be free to open on high streets across England from September 1, following
Leisure operator Everyone Active has launched a new digital offering, to run alongside its bricks
Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus
The UK's fitness industry can finally get back to business on Saturday 25 July, following
A number of gym operators are concerned that local lockdowns could come into effect in
Belfast’s £105m Leisure Transformation Programme has been recognised for its social impact by the Royal
Leisure operator, Places Leisure, has revealed the results of a survey which sought to gauge
Innovatise, the company behind myFitApp, today announced the immediate availability of its customer-branded live-streaming solution.
As Governments turn attention to a lockdown exit strategy, the world is bracing itself for
Local authorities have been told to consider deferring rents and offering interest-free loans to leisure
VAT rebates and an extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are among the list
12,300
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The data in the asset management software is invaluable when we implement transformation projects at sites across our estate
HCM promotional features
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The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based supplier BLK BOX is transforming the gym floor
HCM promotional features
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Francesca Cooper-Boden says health assessment services can boost health club retention
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship Goodwin Sports Centre following a major refurbishment
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Operators, prepare to revolutionise the way members connect with personal trainers in your club, with the ground-breaking Brawn platform.
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
GymNation is pioneering the future of fitness with software specialist Perfect Gym providing a scalable tech platform to power and sustain its growth
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Epassi, a provider of workplace wellness benefits, is creating a fitter and more productive workforce, one membership at a time 
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with business growth. MD, John Lofting and operations director, Matt Aynsley, explain the rationale
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
The New Keiser M3i Studio Bike brings ride data to life to engage and delight members
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HCM magazine
HCM People
Founder, The Lotte Berk Foundation
You’ll see Lotte’s influence in many of today’s classes and I want to make sure her name doesn’t die
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Research
A new study from researchers at Yale shows HIIT can reverse nerve damage caused by Parkinson’s
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Letters
Fuel the debate about issues across the industry and share your ideas and experiences. We’d love to hear from you. [email protected]
HCM magazine
Interview
Franchise business Orangetheory Fitness is merging with Self Esteem Brands and is on a long-term path to 10,000 units globally, its CEO and co-founder tells Kate Cracknell
HCM magazine
Specifier
You might be tempted to skip a service, but experts say it will cost you in the long run. Providers tell Steph Eaves why they their work is important to the management of assets
HCM magazine
Everyone's talking about
Property experts say it’s a golden moment for health and fitness operators to secure leases, as the sector has come through the pandemic with its reputation largely intact and clubs are seen as desirable anchor tenants. Kath Hudson finds out why landlords want to talk
HCM magazine
Debate
Although there’s much talk about working with health services, research from SLC suggests there’s much work to do before the sector is ready for the challenge. Kath Hudson asks the experts to identify barriers and solutions
HCM magazine
Editor's letter
New laws are about to come into force that will oblige health club operators to offer consumers better membership terms. It will be disruptive, but tackled well, will change the sector for the better
HCM magazine
Will Orr has been talking to HCM about the company’s new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
HCM magazine
Industry suppliers are responding to the exponential increase in consumer demand for strength training with a raft of new and innovative launches and concepts, as Steph Eaves reports
HCM magazine
Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –  is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
HCM magazine
Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
HCM magazine
We are the new youth club, a social space for young people to connect
HCM magazine
As more people join clubs to support their mental health, fitness professionals need to be empowered to take a holistic approach. Kath Hudson shares useful tools discussed at the ACE summit on mental health
HCM magazine
Members are telling us they need support with their mental and spiritual health and the industry is starting to see this need. Now’s the time to fast-track our response
HCM magazine
Imposter syndrome about a promotion taught the CEO of SATS that behaving authentically is the most important part of leadership. He talks to Kath Hudson
HCM magazine
Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a health club, do fitness professionals need a grounding in counselling to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
HCM magazine
HCM People

Dr Jonathan Leary

Founder, Remedy Place
It was as though the whole world woke up at the same time
HCM magazine
New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
HCM magazine
Featured supplier news
Featured supplier news: Sibec EMEA to blend fitness with luxury at Fairmont Monte Carlo
Experience the pinnacle of fitness and luxury at the premier industry event, Sibec EMEA, set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Fairmont Monte Carlo this Autumn.
Featured supplier news
Featured supplier news: Webinar: Building a new energy future for the leisure sector
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical challenge in balancing net zero goals, funding and increased costs.
Company profiles
Company profile: Serco Leisure
Serco Leisure Operating Limited is one of the UK’s leading national operators of leisure centres, ...
Company profiles
Company profile: Perfect Gym Solutions S.A.
Perfect Gym is a global software provider specialising in fitness and recreation facility management solutions. ...
Supplier Showcase
Supplier showcase - Jon Williams
Catalogue Gallery
Click on a catalogue to view it online
Featured press releases
Greenwich Leisure Limited press release: ‘FAB’ freebies for Barnet carers!
Being a carer – whether that’s looking after a young person, a senior citizen or someone with a long-term illness or disability – can be rewarding but stressful at times. These responsibilities may also limit the carer’s ability to find paid employment.
Featured press releases
FIBO press release: FIBO 2024: Billion-euro fitness market continues to grow
11 to 14 April saw the fitness industry impressively demonstrate just how innovative it is in fulfilling its responsibility for a healthy society at FIBO in Cologne. Over 1,000 exhibitors and partners generated boundless enthusiasm among 129,668 visitors from 114 countries.
Directory
Flooring
Total Vibration Solutions / TVS Sports Surfaces: Flooring
Snowroom
TechnoAlpin SpA: Snowroom
Cryotherapy
Art of Cryo: Cryotherapy
Spa software
SpaBooker: Spa software
salt therapy products
Saltability: salt therapy products
Lockers
Fitlockers: Lockers
Property & Tenders
Loughton, IG10
Knight Frank
Property & Tenders
Grantham, Leicestershire
Belvoir Castle
Property & Tenders
Diary dates
10-12 May 2024
China Import & Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, China
Diary dates
23-24 May 2024
Large Hall of the Chamber of Commerce (Erbprinzenpalais), Wiesbaden, Germany
Diary dates
30 May - 02 Jun 2024
Rimini Exhibition Center, Rimini, Italy
Diary dates
08-08 Jun 2024
Worldwide, Various,
Diary dates
11-13 Jun 2024
Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore, Singapore
Diary dates
12-13 Jun 2024
ExCeL London, London, United Kingdom
Diary dates
03-05 Sep 2024
IMPACT Exhibition Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Diary dates
19-19 Sep 2024
The Salil Hotel Riverside - Bangkok, Bangkok 10120, Thailand
Diary dates
01-04 Oct 2024
REVĪVŌ Wellness Resort Nusa Dua Bali, Kabupaten Badung, Indonesia
Diary dates
22-25 Oct 2024
Messe Stuttgart, Germany
Diary dates
24-24 Oct 2024
QEII Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom
Diary dates
04-07 Nov 2024
In person, St Andrews, United Kingdom
Diary dates

Leisure operator news

Everyone Active has launched a golfing brand, Everyone Golf, after new contract wins made it
UK Active has announced details of its annual health and fitness industry awards ceremony, which
Oxygen Consulting is about to launch its first UK Padel Report, which investigates this fast-growing
The first annual Private Sector Benchmarking report was released today (27 March). A collaboration between
Everyone Active has taken over as operator of the London Aquatic Centre on behalf of
The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data
Questex/McLean Events (Spatec/SIBEC)
Questex/McLean Events (Spatec/SIBEC)
Experience the pinnacle of fitness and luxury at the premier industry event, Sibec EMEA, set
Mike Farrar, chair of UK Active, has called on the UK government to deploy the
Horizon Leisure is upgrading and investing in its new shopping-centre health hub – The Wellbeing
Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first
The Parkwood Group has taken over leisure management contracting business 1Life Management Solutions Limited (1LMS
Dave Wright, CEO of Myzone, has re-joined UK Active’s board of directors for a three-year
UK Health and Fitness operators' level of engagement with technology has been researched for the
Elevate
Elevate
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
A number of UK local authorities and their leisure management partners are in crisis due
Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s leading leisure operators, has reached the milestone of teaching
Power Plate has been shortlisted for the “Developing & Supporting Communities following on from Covid-19”
Lobbying is gearing up in advance of the Spring Budget this week, with UK Active
Jamie Cartwright is a co-owner of Hatton Boxing and founder of BOX12. In 2021 Jamie
A new cloud-based spa and leisure software has been launched to simplify and improve spa
A consultation has been launched to review the current provision of fitness and leisure facilities
Parkwood Leisure – one of the UK’s leading leisure operators – is offering free access
There is a "clear case" to evolve the purpose and role played by the UK's
Indoor group exercise can recommence in England and Scotland today (17 May), as part of
The Cabinet Office has chosen leisure operator GLL as the "face" of England's COVID-secure physical
Plantasia, a rainforest zoo in Swansea, UK, has been awarded provisional membership of the British
The physical activity sector is in need of bespoke and substantial financial support in order
The UK physical activity sector will lose around £400m a month during lockdown. The figure,
Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres will be able to open their doors when the
The UK government has launched a £1bn Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), providing grant funding
Chancellor Rishi Sunak's proposals to support the economy through the next six months of the
Gyms will be free to open on high streets across England from September 1, following
Leisure operator Everyone Active has launched a new digital offering, to run alongside its bricks
Bans on meal deals, stricter rules on food advertising and printing calorie contents on menus
The UK's fitness industry can finally get back to business on Saturday 25 July, following
A number of gym operators are concerned that local lockdowns could come into effect in
Belfast’s £105m Leisure Transformation Programme has been recognised for its social impact by the Royal
Leisure operator, Places Leisure, has revealed the results of a survey which sought to gauge
Innovatise, the company behind myFitApp, today announced the immediate availability of its customer-branded live-streaming solution.
As Governments turn attention to a lockdown exit strategy, the world is bracing itself for
Local authorities have been told to consider deferring rents and offering interest-free loans to leisure
VAT rebates and an extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are among the list
1 - 40 of 12,300
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
The data in the asset management software is invaluable when we implement transformation projects at sites across our estate
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based supplier BLK BOX is transforming the gym floor
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Francesca Cooper-Boden says health assessment services can boost health club retention
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship Goodwin Sports Centre following a major refurbishment
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Operators, prepare to revolutionise the way members connect with personal trainers in your club, with the ground-breaking Brawn platform.
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
GymNation is pioneering the future of fitness with software specialist Perfect Gym providing a scalable tech platform to power and sustain its growth
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Epassi, a provider of workplace wellness benefits, is creating a fitter and more productive workforce, one membership at a time 
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with business growth. MD, John Lofting and operations director, Matt Aynsley, explain the rationale
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
The New Keiser M3i Studio Bike brings ride data to life to engage and delight members
HCM promotional features
HCM magazine
Will Orr has been talking to HCM about the company’s new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
HCM magazine
Industry suppliers are responding to the exponential increase in consumer demand for strength training with a raft of new and innovative launches and concepts, as Steph Eaves reports
HCM magazine
Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –  is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
HCM magazine
Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
HCM magazine
We are the new youth club, a social space for young people to connect
HCM magazine
As more people join clubs to support their mental health, fitness professionals need to be empowered to take a holistic approach. Kath Hudson shares useful tools discussed at the ACE summit on mental health
HCM magazine
Members are telling us they need support with their mental and spiritual health and the industry is starting to see this need. Now’s the time to fast-track our response
HCM magazine
Imposter syndrome about a promotion taught the CEO of SATS that behaving authentically is the most important part of leadership. He talks to Kath Hudson
HCM magazine
Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a health club, do fitness professionals need a grounding in counselling to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
HCM magazine
HCM People

Dr Jonathan Leary

Founder, Remedy Place
It was as though the whole world woke up at the same time
HCM magazine
New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
HCM magazine
Featured supplier news
Featured supplier news: Sibec EMEA to blend fitness with luxury at Fairmont Monte Carlo
Experience the pinnacle of fitness and luxury at the premier industry event, Sibec EMEA, set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Fairmont Monte Carlo this Autumn.
Featured supplier news
Featured supplier news: Webinar: Building a new energy future for the leisure sector
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical challenge in balancing net zero goals, funding and increased costs.
Company profiles
Company profile: Serco Leisure
Serco Leisure Operating Limited is one of the UK’s leading national operators of leisure centres, ...
Company profiles
Company profile: Perfect Gym Solutions S.A.
Perfect Gym is a global software provider specialising in fitness and recreation facility management solutions. ...
Supplier Showcase
Supplier showcase - Jon Williams
Catalogue Gallery
Click on a catalogue to view it online
Featured press releases
Greenwich Leisure Limited press release: ‘FAB’ freebies for Barnet carers!
Being a carer – whether that’s looking after a young person, a senior citizen or someone with a long-term illness or disability – can be rewarding but stressful at times. These responsibilities may also limit the carer’s ability to find paid employment.
Featured press releases
FIBO press release: FIBO 2024: Billion-euro fitness market continues to grow
11 to 14 April saw the fitness industry impressively demonstrate just how innovative it is in fulfilling its responsibility for a healthy society at FIBO in Cologne. Over 1,000 exhibitors and partners generated boundless enthusiasm among 129,668 visitors from 114 countries.
Directory
Flooring
Total Vibration Solutions / TVS Sports Surfaces: Flooring
Snowroom
TechnoAlpin SpA: Snowroom
Cryotherapy
Art of Cryo: Cryotherapy
Spa software
SpaBooker: Spa software
salt therapy products
Saltability: salt therapy products
Lockers
Fitlockers: Lockers
Property & Tenders
Loughton, IG10
Knight Frank
Property & Tenders
Grantham, Leicestershire
Belvoir Castle
Property & Tenders
Diary dates
10-12 May 2024
China Import & Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, China
Diary dates
23-24 May 2024
Large Hall of the Chamber of Commerce (Erbprinzenpalais), Wiesbaden, Germany
Diary dates
30 May - 02 Jun 2024
Rimini Exhibition Center, Rimini, Italy
Diary dates
08-08 Jun 2024
Worldwide, Various,
Diary dates
11-13 Jun 2024
Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore, Singapore
Diary dates
12-13 Jun 2024
ExCeL London, London, United Kingdom
Diary dates
03-05 Sep 2024
IMPACT Exhibition Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Diary dates
19-19 Sep 2024
The Salil Hotel Riverside - Bangkok, Bangkok 10120, Thailand
Diary dates
01-04 Oct 2024
REVĪVŌ Wellness Resort Nusa Dua Bali, Kabupaten Badung, Indonesia
Diary dates
22-25 Oct 2024
Messe Stuttgart, Germany
Diary dates
24-24 Oct 2024
QEII Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom
Diary dates
04-07 Nov 2024
In person, St Andrews, United Kingdom
Diary dates
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