Virgin Active news
22 Apr 2022
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has opened a new club in Cricklewood Lane, London. The launch
15 Mar 2022
Plans for a new spa in Leeds have been unveiled by The Bannatyne Group as
25 Jan 2022
Boutique boxing gym brand BXR London will open its second full-service club in London next
23 Nov 2021
Nuffield Health has reopened the historic Barbican health club in London, as part of ambitious
11 Jul 2021
Holmes Place has confirmed to HCM that it has disposed of 10 clubs from its
12 May 2021
A court has given Virgin Active the green light to erase the rent arrears it
The health and fitness industry is eagerly awaiting the return of Elevate, which will take
19 Mar 2021
Nuffield Health has acquired the lease for the historic Barbican health club site in London,
13 Mar 2021
A battle to save Virgin Active is continuing, as the company works to secure a
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
More than 100 industry delegates met in person at the annual active-net event at Eastwood
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
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
Global fitness technology provider Virtuagym has raised a new €3m investment from Icecat, an Amsterdam-based
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
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
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
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Pulse Fitness and Bolsover District Council have been collaborating for many years to deliver dedicated community activity spaces
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Annual report
In April, Deloitte and Europe
Active published the ninth edition
of their yearly European Health
and Fitness Market Report, as
Karsten Hollasch explains
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Research
Being physically active can heal damage caused by diabetes, enabling the activation of a natural system that grows new blood vessels, according to research in the US
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Sponsored
Yate Leisure is one of the largest sites in Circadian Trust’s
portfolio, with around 4,000 members. Ben Beasley, director
of commercial development, explains why they were an early
adopter of Technogym Biocircuit, and how the offer has evolved
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Insight
The Global Wellness Summit brought together public health
and wellness experts in Boston recently. Jane Kitchen was
there for HCM to see first-hand what this ‘New new
era in health and wellness’ will look like for the sector
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Facilities
What to do when your changing rooms need a refresh,
but your budget is stretched? These specialists share
their top tips for easy upgrades that won’t break the bank
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HCM People
We’ve set ourselves the initial goal
of developing 100 Feel Electric
sites, using a cluster model
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Having a portfolio of more than 1,000 health club locations is the aim of ambitious operators, with this elite category growing fast, creating new dynamics in the market
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Fuel the debate about issues and opportunities across the industry. We’d love to hear from you – [email protected]
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HCM People
Gunnar Peterson
Chief of athletics, F45“Choose consistent over perfect. That’s the long game. It’s never too late to pivot to that mindset”
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“Operators must be clear in their messaging so people find their way to a club they stick with. Try not to be all things to all people, and we can be successful at keeping them engaged”
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Social media influencers cause harm by raising unrealistic expectations of physical perfection, as Andrea Dearden explains
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As HCM passed its
300th edition milestone,
readers shared their
thoughts and feelings
on HCM’s contribution
to the industry in a very
special postbag
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In the wake of the pandemic, is the time ripe to change the language around
the role of exercise professionals, and gain greater trust from the healthcare sector?
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The pandemic brought about our sector’s
biggest ever collaboration on COVID
safety data. Lizzie Broughton tells the story
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Each health club has its own unique challenges,
but the right tech solution can make all the
difference. In the first of a two-part series,
specialists share how they’ve solved specific issues
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As part of their work to break down the barriers that deter women and girls from
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