affordable fitness news
28 Aug 2025
European affordable fitness giant, Basic-Fit – which is known for its low staffing levels – has designed
14 Aug 2025
The Gym Group has announced it will pilot a partnership with Wellhub (formerly Gympass), making
13 Aug 2025
Engineering entrepreneur, Matt Harford, has launched a new fitness, physical activity and community concept called
08 Aug 2025
On the 10-year anniversary of being a public company, US franchise giant, Planet Fitness, celebrates
24 Jan 2025
Fitness participation rates in the United Arab Emirates and Kingdom Saudi Arabia are growing faster
07 Jan 2025
Fitness First Black – LifeFit Group’s premium chain – has added another club to its
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
20 Dec 2024
One of Australia’s largest gym operators, Viva Leisure, is coming to the UK after signing
31 Oct 2024
It has been confirmed that PureGym is the winning bidder in the auction for US
11 Sep 2024
PureGym is making a bid for the majority of the assets of Blink Fitness, which
31 Aug 2024
Susan Turner, CEO of PureGym Middle East, has told HCM the company is extending its
21 Aug 2024
The UK’s largest operator of affordable fitness, PureGym, has announced today that CEO Humphrey Cobbold
14 Aug 2024
Blink Fitness, the affordable fitness brand founded in 2011 and owned by Equinox Holdings, has
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
22 Jul 2024
US health and fitness giant, Planet Fitness, which flagged plans to launch in Spain back
28 Feb 2024
Basic-Fit has introduced a new approach to tackle gymtimidation and create an inclusive environment in
29 Jan 2024
Europe’s largest fitness chain, Basic-Fit, has consolidated its position in France with the launch of
21 Dec 2023
The Gym Group has become the first fitness operator in the world to have its
12 Dec 2023
The Gym Group (TGG) has trialled and introduced a new Off-Peak membership as part of
02 Dec 2023
PureGym has delivered a positive set of third quarter results, with revenues increasing to £137.7m,
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
19 Jan 2023
Pure Gym Arabia, the franchise partner of Pure Gym Group in the Middle East, has
13 Jan 2023
Richard Darwin is to step down from his role as CEO of The Gym Group
10 Dec 2022
The revival of a classic UK health and fitness brand will see Topnotch Health Clubs
04 Aug 2022
The Gym Group saw its membership grow by 10 per cent during the first six
25 May 2022
The Gym Group’s (TGG) plans and profit forecasts were presented to analysts and investors during
Peter Croney CEO of Empowered Brands, owners of Énergie Fitness Group, today announced the appointment
27 Aug 2021
PureGym says it is looking to expand its operations beyond Europe, after experiencing a strong
03 Jul 2021
The Gym Group aims to raise £31m from investors to fund 40 new sites around
26 May 2021
The Gym Group has outperformed all of its own expectations in the six weeks of
18 Mar 2021
The Gym Group saw its revenues cut by nearly half during the pandemic, a direct
27 Jan 2021
Fitness start-up, Inspace, has revealed plans to launch a new brand, website and social channels.
11 Nov 2020
The Gym Group will look to further grow its 183-strong portfolio across England, Scotland and
13 Jul 2020
Publicly listed operator, The Gym Group (TGG) says it has retained 80 per cent of
19 Mar 2020
The Gym Group saw revenues and profit increase during 2019, a year in which it
02 Mar 2020
Affordable fitness chain GymNation has revealed plans to open eight new sites across the United
17 Jan 2020
The Gym Group is set to continue its fast pace of growth in 2020, with
19 Mar 2019
The Gym Group has tackled investor chatter about stagnation in market penetration by collaborating with
08 Feb 2019
US operator Fitness Connection, which has 41 health clubs across three states, has been acquired
26 Oct 2017
Xercise4Less founder Jon Wright has been praised for his efforts in trying to help reverse
05 Sep 2017
Franchisee Stuart Rosenberg is opening his latest Fitness4Less club in Worcester, West Midlands, this month
28 Jul 2017
Low-cost US-based gym franchise Planet Fitness is opening its first club in Panama, central America.
14 Dec 2016
Budget gym chain, Xercise4Less, has made The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list for the
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
has a new CEO, with an ambitious vision for the company
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Stephen Price
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“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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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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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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New insight from Deloitte and Grant Thornton shows record growth, but the real shift is towards identity and perceived value, revealing opportunities to deepen engagement with members
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Julie Cramer highlights
recent health club flooring
upgrades, as top suppliers
give their advice
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