Virgin Active news
11 Feb 2021
Virgin Active investors are understood to be preparing a £60m+ funding injection into the fitness
04 Jan 2021
David Lloyd Leisure has become the latest operator to have its auditors flag up the
31 Dec 2020
Virgin Active has become the latest big-box operator to signal its intention to raise cash
21 Oct 2020
Be Military Fit (BMF) has completed a restructuring project, designed to transform the outdoor fitness
24 Jan 2020
Health-tech brand hero has acquired Revitalise London – a preventative health and vitality specialist –
29 Nov 2019
The Bannatyne Group has appointed Hugh Hanley as its new head of fitness. He joins
04 Jan 2012
Core Health & Fitness is proud to have signed an exclusive supplier agreement for the
18 Nov 2019
Wellness company MYXfitness has become the latest company to launch an on-demand, at-home fitness offer,
12 Nov 2019
Boutique fitness operator 1Rebel has partnered with Technogym to develop an at-home indoor cycling platform
10 Oct 2019
A health and wellbeing club which combines exercise and physical activity classes with mental and
04 Sep 2019
Virgin Active has enlisted around 100 of its staff on a bespoke apprenticeship programme in
24 Jun 2019
The Bannatyne Group has completed a £750,000 redevelopment of its latest acquisition, the historic Cookridge
11 Jun 2019
Les Mills International (LMI) has joined forces with health club mobile app provider Netpulse to
12 Jan 2021
Addiction – a word laden with negativity. But isn’t that exactly what the fitness industry
30 May 2019
Boutique indoor cycling operator Psycle has written to its members, announcing plans to close its
24 May 2019
Female-friendly fitness operator Sweat! has closed its doors, just nine months after it revealed ambitious
08 Apr 2019
A new breed of health club professional is starting to make its presence felt in
01 Apr 2019
Fitness equipment giant Technogym is entering the home fitness market with the launch of Technogym
12 Mar 2019
Les Mills International (LMI) has joined forces with health club mobile app provider Netpulse to
26 Feb 2019
A new event – marketed as the first major business gathering for Asia's health, fitness
19 Nov 2020
Matrix Fitness has announced an exclusive partnership with Primal Strength to target an increased strategic
18 Dec 2018
Virgin Active has reopened its Mayfair club with a renewed focus on group classes. Hosting
19 Nov 2018
Paula Wells has been named director of YMCA Awards. Wells, who has spent more than
14 Sep 2018
Developer Moda has signed a pioneering partnership with wellness company Hero, which will look to
09 Aug 2018
Budget operator Xercise4Less has named fitness industry veteran Peter Wright as its new CEO. Wright
22 May 2018
YMCA Awards has become the UK’s first awarding organisation to achieve accreditation from the Chartered
04 May 2018
Serco Leisure has named Simon Pittman as its new national membership sales manager. Pittman, a
05 Apr 2018
Fitness kit and software supplier eGym has appointed Justin Smith, the former managing director of
22 Mar 2018
Fitness kit and software supplier eGym has announced the acquisition of fitness app specialist Netpulse
08 Mar 2018
Virgin Active has relaunched its Kensington Collection Club in West London as part of its
22 Feb 2018
The Bannatyne Group has completed a £750,000 upgrade of its Russell Square club in the
06 Feb 2018
TV journalist and presenter Dr Michael Mosley has been announced as a keynote speaker for
05 Feb 2018
Thanks to increasing industry support Elevate, the UK’s largest physical activity trade event, has announced
31 Jan 2018
Global fitness company Dyaco International has announced the appointment of Daniel Clayton as president of
26 Jan 2018
England Rugby has teamed up with Virgin Active to create a training programme aimed at
26 Jan 2018
Fitness franchise YourZone45 is planning to open eight studios this year, starting with a flagship
17 Jan 2018
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has announced plans for further expansion into Europe after exchanging contracts
05 Jan 2018
Virgin Active has begun the next stage of its 360-degree wellness concept by focusing on
14 Dec 2017
Virgin Active has become the first fitness operator in Europe to introduce Apple GymKit-enabled cardio
Drayson celebrates rise from school drop-out to UK fitness industry's Outstanding Individual of 2017
13 Dec 2017
Danny Drayson has been on a journey from school drop-out to fitness and young person
13 Dec 2017
Israel Rivera has spoken of his plans to foster a “sense of belonging and camaraderie”
05 Dec 2017
Frank Reed’s gym chain Sweat! has received £3.75m (US$5m, €4.2m) worth of equity investment that
01 Dec 2017
The physical activity sector’s best performers in workforce development were announced last night (30 November)
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Venueserve Fitness is working with the Health Club Collection to drive its digital customer engagement
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Research
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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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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Interview
The duo have joined forces to launch a free virtual ‘couch to exercise’ programme called RISE. They talk to HCM about what they’ve learned from collaborating on Sport Relief and how they’re using this knowledge to deliver the new not-for-profit
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Retention
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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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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Welcome to the world of creative fitness, where exercise and fun merge to change the way we train
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Adam Tranter
Founder, #Bike is Best and Cycling Marketing Board“If we could get bike journeys up from 2% to 4% it would make a huge impact on emissions, people’s health and mental wellbeing”
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Third Space members embrace new digital app, viewing 75,000 workouts in just three months
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“Our membership process is intentional and deliberate to ensure our community is diverse in background, profession and thought”
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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
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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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Stephen Tharrett, co-founder, ClubIntel
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Muir Gray has a vision for a world where exercise professionals help people live longer, better lives into old age
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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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