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23 Apr 2026
Basic-Fit has received permission to operate 24/7 staffless clubs in France, a change which is
07 Jun 2024
Basic-Fit has signed an agreement to sell five Holmes Place clubs it acquired as part
21 May 2024
Speaking to HCM for its 2024-2025 Handbook, which will be out next month, PureGym managing
26 Apr 2024
There is speculation that Basic Fit will sell the five Spanish Holmes Place clubs it
26 Mar 2024
Total Fitness has released results for its most recent financial year (to June 23), which
16 Mar 2024
Will Orr, CEO of The Gym Group, has revealed the company’s full-year results for 2023,
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
14 Jul 2023
Shares in The Gym Group have jumped sharply, after it reported substantial gains in membership
13 Jan 2023
Richard Darwin is to step down from his role as CEO of The Gym Group
31 Oct 2022
Basic-Fit is set to continue its ambitious growth and expansion plans in Europe, following a
03 May 2022
Basic-Fit opened a record number of 72 clubs in the first quarter of 2022. Fifty-five
22 Dec 2021
The Gym Group has opened five clubs in one day to reach 200 sites in
03 Sep 2021
The Gym Group says it intends to exploit "the most favourable property market in its
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
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
27 Oct 2020
Europe's largest gym chain, Basic-Fit, has published its trading update for the first nine months
04 Mar 2019
Merlin chief Nick Varney has revealed potential plans for a theme park development dedicated entirely
18 Jan 2018
Listed tenpin operator, Ten Entertainment, has announced its full-year trading update for 2017, showing like
16 Jan 2018
The Gym Group has increased its share of the budget gym sector by opening two-thirds
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
03 Nov 2017
Increased memberships from club openings have helped boost revenues at Europe’s largest fitness operator, Basic-Fit.
17 Oct 2017
Merlin Entertainments has revealed plans for a Bear Grylls adventure park in Birmingham and a
18 Aug 2017
European low-cost gym chain Basic-Fit is on target to open 100 clubs this year after
25 Jul 2017
The Revolution Bars Group is preparing to establish several new locations across the UK as
14 Jun 2017
Membership at The Gym Group has broken the 500,000 mark, according to the low-cost brand's
11 May 2017
René Moos's gym chain Basic-Fit reported revenues of €76.9m (US$83.6m, £64.8m) in the first three
16 Feb 2017
Virgin Active's value took a slight dip in the third quarter of the financial year,
05 Jul 2016
The Gym Group COO Jim Graham will leave by the end of this year to
18 Feb 2010
Personal fitness company, Fitbug Holdings has issued an update on the company's activities since its
01 Dec 2009
JD Wetherspoon, the Hertfordshire-based pub operator, has unveiled plans to open 250 new properties across
19 Nov 2009
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has continued to trade in line with expectations, with like-for-like sales
14 Jan 2008
Five-a-side football operator Goals Soccer Centres will open six new sites during 2008. Reporting its
10 Jan 2007
CHE Hotels Group has issued a profit warning following a poor second half during 2006.
21 Sep 2006
In a pre-close statement, nightclub operator Luminar has stated that its performance for the first
19 Jul 2006
Pub operator JD Wetherspoon has released a trading update for the final quarter ended 16
23 Nov 2005
Britain’s largest casino operator, Stanley Leisure, has reported that its London sites, which experienced a
17 Nov 2005
London-based hotel and betting shop operator Hilton Group is reportedly trying to finalise the sale
18 Jul 2005
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has announced flatlining sales for the early summer months. In a
19 May 2005
William Hill is set to buy Stanley Leisure’s 624 betting shops for £504m, making it
10 May 2005
The board of Holiday Village operator Center Parcs UK has announced it is confident it
13 Jan 2005
In a trading update, The Restaurant Group has reported that full year like for like
10 Jan 2005
Domino’s Pizza UK and Ireland has announced a positive trading update for the six weeks
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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Consolidation, specialisation and shifting consumer behaviours
are reshaping the sector, say Deloitte and EuropeActive
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Researchers have long known that the brain changes as a result of exercise. Now researchers believe this process is actually driven by the brain
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