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Gymnation ramps up expansion and heads to Asia, after securing US$100 million from BlackRock vehicle
19 May 2026
GCC gym operator, Gymnation, has secured a $100 million private credit facility from HPS Investment
23 Oct 2025
"The fitness industry is facing an identity crisis," was Anna Bjustam's opening statement as she
23 Oct 2025
After a networking breakfast, Leisure Media CEO, Liz Terry and PureGym chair, Humphrey Cobbold, have
16 Jun 2025
Social spa Alchemy Springs will reveal new bathing facilities in San Francisco at the start
31 Mar 2025
Welsh leisure operator, Denbighshire Leisure Ltd, is undertaking a management buyout from Denbighshire Council for
31 Oct 2024
Four-time Olympic medallist, Rebecca Adlington OBE, and Olympic swimmer, Steve Parry MBE, have successfully completed
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
28 Dec 2020
24 Hour Fitness will emerge from chapter 11 bankruptcy this week after the gym chain
23 Jun 2020
Jan Spaticchia, founder of énergie Fitness, has led a successful management buyout to reacquire the
26 May 2020
HCM understands that the directors of énergie Fitness have brought in specialist company FRP Advisory
02 Jul 2019
Basic-Fit, one of the biggest fitness operators in Europe, has confirmed the completion of its
28 Jun 2019
Global attractions giant, Merlin Entertainments, has been sold to the family behind toy firm Lego
24 Jan 2019
Functional fitness equipment supplier TRX has recapitalised its business by securing capital investment from private
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
07 Nov 2018
Haymaker Acquisition Corp. and OneSpaWorld (OSW), a global provider of health and wellness products and
27 Feb 2018
Disney has announced a major expansion of Disneyland Paris, with the operator unveiling €2bn (US$2.46bn,
21 Feb 2018
Budget club operator Pure Gym has reached 1 million members in the UK, following a
03 Nov 2017
US buyout firm Leonard Green & Partners has won a two-month bidding contest for Pure
14 Jun 2017
Disney has once again upped its stake in Euro Disney, increasing total ownership of Disneyland
06 Mar 2017
It’s almost a year since Universal’s parent company Comcast acquired DreamWorks, and now Merlin Entertainments
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
19 Jan 2017
Former Virgin Atlantic CEO Steve Ridgway and Shearings Leisure Group CEO Denis Wormwell have been
13 Jan 2017
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has delayed plans to redevelop its southwest wing by
14 Nov 2016
Spafinder Wellness has announced it has been acquired by Blackhawk Network, the global gift card
01 Jul 2016
The potential takeover of Fitness First UK by Dave Whelan’s DW Sports would mark the
21 Jun 2016
Lifetime Training is to be bought by its management in a deal backed by private
10 May 2016
As predicted by Health Club Management in November, the investment giant that former Fitness First
06 Apr 2016
The Walt Disney Company has released a statement confirming Chief Operating Officer Tom Staggs, a
30 Mar 2016
The potential sale of Fitness First UK has sparked “a significant amount of interest,” with
19 Feb 2016
Fitness technology giant Gantner has been acquired by the private equity backer behind high street
18 Jan 2016
Pure Gym is preparing for a change of ownership, with a stock market float worth
12 Aug 2015
Picsolve has acquired Dutch ride photography company Maxifoto International, in a move that steps up
06 Aug 2015
Resurgent health club chain Total Fitness is bidding to drive growth through “opportunistic” acquisitions as
31 Jul 2015
Another day, another US fitness IPO. Following the news this week that budget chain Planet
16 Jun 2015
Asda is bidding to help customers shed pounds from their waistline as well as their
02 Jun 2015
Sport and entertainment architects, Populous, have announced a merger with Jump Studios, a London-based practice
01 Apr 2015
Privaty equity firm NorthEdge Capital has backed a buyout of Total Fitness Health Clubs Limited
03 Mar 2015
The owner of Sports Leisure Management (SLM) has acquired wellness intervention provider Weight Management Centre
07 May 2014
Virgin Active is lining up a potential £1bn-plus float or sale, with the company close
17 Jul 2013
Menzies Hotels Group is looking for a new owner after its parent company Cordial Hotels
08 May 2013
US private equity firm CCMP Capital Advisors has signed an agreement under which UK-based affiliates
23 Apr 2013
Mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital is investing £30m in management buyout and expansion of
01 Mar 2013
Indoor go-kart operator TeamSport is to expand rapidly over the next three years after completing
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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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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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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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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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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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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Stephen Price
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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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Phillip Mills
CEO, Les Mills“The Les Mills partnership with Hyrox is something I'm personally really excited about”
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