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06 Mar 2024
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is looking for recruits ahead of undertaking its largest-ever
12 May 2023
Top-level sports people and elite athletes can live more than five years longer than the
10 Feb 2022
Customer demand for health clubs and gyms in the UK was ‘back to normal' during
11 May 2021
Jan Spaticchia, founder and chair of énergie Fitness has died aged 51 following a short
28 Jan 2021
The UK government has been forced to remove a controversial radio advert which claimed people
14 Aug 2018
Fitness industry analyst Ray Algar has taken up a non-executive strategic advisory role at fitness
Panatta will consolidate its global presence throughout 2024 by attending a host of major industry
10 May 2018
Ray Algar, managing director of business insight specialist Oxygen Consulting, has called for the leisure
06 Jan 2016
Premium health and fitness operator Equinox has launched a challenging new year fitness campaign to
05 Jan 2016
The organiser of the London Marathon is to fund the expansion of running community GoodGym
11 Dec 2015
Mid-market gyms are in need of a radical overhaul of their traditional models if they
26 Oct 2015
Global fitness giant Les Mills is aiming to help conventional health clubs counter the threat
28 Sep 2015
Gym managers should treat their role like that of a theatre manager and focus on
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
22 Sep 2015
Health and fitness operators must redefine the boundaries of their market and embrace innovation if
22 Sep 2015
Bodypower, the new owner of Leisure Industry Week (LIW), has pledged to unite ‘disparate sectors’
03 Aug 2015
The Gym Group’s chief operating officer Jim Graham has poured cold water on press reports
16 Jul 2015
Fitness industry analyst Ray Algar will deliver a keynote session at Leisure Industry Week (LIW)
27 May 2015
Boutique fitness studios pose a significant threat to traditional gyms, which have taken their eye
26 Jan 2015
Moving tributes have been paid to Lifestyle Fitness chair and founder Baron Carl Gripenstedt, who
Elevate, the premier event in the physical activity, fitness, sports therapy and performance sector, is
21 Jan 2015
Major health club brands such as LA Fitness, Fitness First, Anytime Fitness and Sports Direct
14 Jan 2015
After what has been generally viewed as a successful 2014 for the physical activity sector,
28 Oct 2014
Health Club Management recently revealed how online gym pass provider PayasUgym will soon begin testing
18 Oct 2014
Traditional health clubs offering a broad selection of activities at a mid-range price are at
08 Oct 2014
A new report due out in December will bid to uncover what is driving the
18 Aug 2014
The Gym Group is “positively exploring” foreign markets and engaging in discussions with a number
24 Jul 2014
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decision to refer the proposed merger of The Gym
14 Jan 2014
National chains of low-cost, high tech self-service gyms are set for accelerated growth in 2014,
30 Aug 2013
A new initiative has been launched to bring together insight, inspiration and stories from the
26 Oct 2004
Ray Algar of Oxygen Consulting and Lloyd Smith, formerly of 3D Education & Adventure, are
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Founder, Physique 57“Our ‘why?’ is to improve the lives of our clients, not to make them feel defeated”
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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
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A new study from researchers at Yale shows HIIT can reverse nerve damage caused by Parkinson’s
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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
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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
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“Looking at Orangetheory 10–20 years down the road, international markets will be three to five times the size of the US. At that point, we’ll be talking 10,000 units globally”
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Absenteeism and presenteeism is
taking a huge economic toll, with
musculoskeletal problems and poor
mental health the biggest issues.
Can workplace wellness make
a difference? Kath Hudson investigates
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Liz Terry looks at which operators
are most recognised by consumers,
using Kantar’s latest brand insight
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Remember when there was mass hostility about London hosting the 2012 Olympics? Huw Edwards, CEO of UK Active, was there. He talks to Kath Hudson about the lessons he learned
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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
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