The Gym Group news
15 Jan 2021
The Gym Group has brought in Rio Ferdinand and Wais Shaifta as non-executive directors, signalling
11 Nov 2020
The Gym Group will look to further grow its 183-strong portfolio across England, Scotland and
01 Oct 2020
Digital fitness brand Fiit has secured a groundbreaking deal with satellite TV giant, Sky, to
21 Sep 2020
More than 100 sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to UK Prime
02 Sep 2020
Announcing the company's half-year results today (2 September), Richard Darwin, CEO of The Gym Group
07 Aug 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has paid a surprise visit to a branch of The Gym
26 Nov 2020
L&R Kältetechnik has launched a new division, named artofcryo.com, after 30 years’ experience with -110
27 Jul 2020
Health clubs, swimming pools, leisure centres and other indoor sports facilities have reopened to the
13 Jul 2020
Publicly listed operator, The Gym Group (TGG) says it has retained 80 per cent of
23 Jun 2020
Pubs are to open before gyms, to the bitter disappointment of the health and fitness
22 Jun 2020
Budget operators, Pure Gym has released its reopening video, taking a very customer-centric approach. The
19 Jun 2020
UK budget operator, The Gym Group, has revealed its new reopening video for customers, fronted
01 Jun 2020
Corporate broking and advisory firm, Peel Hunt, has issued a 'buy' recommendation for shares in
23 Nov 2020
In collaboration with ukactive, FunXtion has driven a global discussion with some of the world’s
13 May 2020
Budget fitness chain, Xercise4Less, is being sold off by its investors, directors and shareholders, which
22 Apr 2020
Comedian Rosie Jones found that just one of the three gyms she tried to train
17 Apr 2020
Budget operator The Gym Group has raised around £41m through a share issue, in order
02 Apr 2020
Although the facts may seem less relevant now due to the coroavirus pandemic, new numbers
25 Mar 2020
Boutique fitness brand Frame has launched an 'online studio', offering a selection of virtual exercise
19 Mar 2020
The Gym Group saw revenues and profit increase during 2019, a year in which it
04 Jan 2012
Core Health & Fitness is proud to have signed an exclusive supplier agreement for the
11 Mar 2020
The coronavirus is beginning to have real-term effects on the UK's leisure industry, as the
17 Jan 2020
The Gym Group is set to continue its fast pace of growth in 2020, with
09 Dec 2019
The Gym Group has confirmed plans to roll out a new small box format in
11 Nov 2019
Harlands Group is the leading UK specialist in managing membership payments for health & fitness
09 Oct 2019
John Treharne, founder of The Gym Group, has been appointed chair of boutique fitness brand
29 Aug 2019
The Gym Group has attributed strong growth in revenues and profits on a pipeline of
03 Aug 2019
Bridges Fund Management has completed a deal to buy franchise gym operator, énergie Fitness. The
13 Jun 2019
The Gym Group has launched a marketing campaign targeting teenagers who are in the midst
08 Apr 2019
As reported in HCM earlier this month, the European health and fitness market continued to
03 Apr 2019
The European fitness market continues to grow at a steady rate, according to the latest
19 Mar 2019
The Gym Group has tackled investor chatter about stagnation in market penetration by collaborating with
25 Feb 2019
Boutique gyms and the rising trend of the pay as you go (PAYG) model is
30 Jan 2019
Philip Newborough, co-founder of investment company Bridges Fund Management, has claimed that capitalism "risks losing
05 Dec 2018
The first ever FIBO USA kicks off in Orlando, Florida today (5 December 2018), directly
29 Aug 2018
The Gym Group saw revenues jump by 36 per cent to £58.3m during the first
04 Jul 2018
Equipment supplier Matrix Fitness has restructured its sales team and added a trio of senior
19 Jun 2018
The Gym Group acquires most of easyGym sites, too much HIIT could be dangerous, Olympic
13 Jun 2018
The Gym Group is to buy 13 sites from easyGym in a deal worth £20.6m,
30 May 2018
John Treharne, founder of The Gym Group, will step down from his role as CEO
03 May 2018
Reiver Fitness has appointed Jim Graham, former chief operating officer of The Gym Group, as
03 May 2018
The finalists for this year's ukactive Awards have been revealed. The 2018 award categories have
28 Mar 2018
The Gym Group has revealed plans to launch its own branded personal training academy. Working
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Policy
“The industry should change from being focused on fitness and mostly working in real estate, to being a wellbeing industry, working with people of any age or level of health, wherever is needed”
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The great debate
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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When Geoff Whitington started
to see his life unravel as a result
of diabetes, his sons Anthony and
Ian gave up their jobs to help him
change his lifestyle. This resulted
in a new lease of life for all of them.
Anthony Whitington, co-creator
of BBC documentary, Fixing Dad,
speaks to HCM’s Kath Hudson about
the journey the family has been
on, their mission to inspire others
to engage with their health and the
launch of new initiative, Fixing Us
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Sponsored
Offering red light therapy to your members can
create a valuable source of secondary spend, while
also supporting them with their recovery and
delivering improvements to mobility, circulation
and muscle soreness, as Karen Maxwell explains
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HCM People
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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Profile
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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Sponsored
Welcome to the world of creative fitness, where exercise and fun merge to change the way we train
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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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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
HCM magazine
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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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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“Our ‘Live It’ membership tier allows you to work out close to home and close to the office. I think we’ll see even greater take-up of that product as a result of flexible working patterns”
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Venueserve Fitness is working with the Health Club Collection to drive its digital customer engagement
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HCM People
Scott O’Shea
Founder, Station Mill“Coming from a personal training background, my experience has taught me that people hire the trainer before the training
”
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Third Space members embrace new digital app, viewing 75,000 workouts in just three months
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“The RISE programme will give people the physical literacy and a nurtured baseline of confidence to encourage them into other forms of exercise in gyms and leisure centres”
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