gym chain news
06 May 2026
VivaGym – the fast-growing operator of high-value low-price gyms in Spain and Portugal – is
09 Apr 2026
Fitness First is consistently pushing ahead with the digitalisation of its training support,
30 Oct 2025
PureGym has achieved a milestone with the launch of its 700th gym, in West Yorkshire.
23 Oct 2025
After a networking breakfast, Leisure Media CEO, Liz Terry and PureGym chair, Humphrey Cobbold, have
02 Jul 2025
Middle East operator, Gymnation, has opened its largest club to date in Riyadh's Qurtubah district,
03 Apr 2025
The Gym Group has beaten its goal of generating £900 million in social value annually
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
20 Jan 2025
Puma Growth Partners has announced a £4 million investment into NRG Gyms to upscale its
04 Nov 2024
The Gym Group has become the first 24/7 UK gym chain to achieve the European
30 Oct 2024
The LifeFit Group has acquired Body Culture Group's collection of 15 clubs, bringing the German
22 Oct 2024
Gym chain, Afrofit, which is gearing up to open its fourth location on the border
12 Aug 2024
John Foy has been appointed operations director for Saudi Arabian operator, IN2 Fitness. Foy has
17 Jun 2024
German health and fitness operator, LifeFit Group, has found a new investor – Waterland Private
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
21 May 2024
Empowered Brands has signed a deal with European staffless gym chain, Fit+, to be the
04 May 2024
US gym chain, Crunch Fitness, has bolstered its global expansion plans with the appointment of
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,
11 Jan 2024
The Gym Group has announced its positive H1 trading trends have continued, with year end
21 Dec 2023
The Gym Group has become the first fitness operator in the world to have its
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
21 Nov 2023
JD Gyms, part of listed company, JD Sports Fashion plc, has sold UAE health club
09 Sep 2023
Members of Crunch Fitness gyms can now enter their club using the Amazon One palm
01 Sep 2023
PureGym added 190,000 new members in the first half of 2023 when compared with H1
The Brawn Games – due to be hosted at the Ministry of Sound on 13
14 Jul 2023
Fitness First has filed a Court Order for restructuring at Companies House in the UK
Fitness education provider Study Active is delighted to be teaming up with The Gym Group,
03 May 2023
Fitness First UK has confirmed to HCM that it's in the process of restructuring, citing
17 Mar 2023
The Gym Group saw an upswing in EBITDA, to £38m for 2022, well above the
13 Jan 2023
Richard Darwin is to step down from his role as CEO of The Gym Group
21 Oct 2022
Private gym chain New York Sports Clubs (NYSC) has acquired boutique brand Fhitting Room, which
12 Jul 2022
A new report – Optimising personalisation using fitness personas – which defines four key gym-goer
28 Jun 2022
Ultimate Performance (UP) – the private gym chain and PT business – has opened a
23 Jun 2022
Barry’s has entered the world of retail, opening a studio in the new Flannels flagship
ACTIV, a gym chain in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which operates separate gyms for men and
21 Apr 2022
Pure Gym has revealed it's planning to double the number of clubs in its portfolio,
22 Mar 2022
The health, fitness and activity sector is ramping up its sustainability drive to net-zero with
18 Mar 2022
The Gym Group has published its full-year results for 2021 and announced plans to open
15 Nov 2021
Polish corporate wellness platform Benefit Systems has taken over a majority stake in club operator
30 Jul 2021
German fitness operator BestFit Group has acquired regional gym chain EuroFit for an undisclosed sum.
10 Jun 2021
Hong Kong-based Bricks Group has revealed plans to launch its health club chain, UTime, in
22 Mar 2021
The UK parliament will today (22 March) debate the merits of a Work Out to
16 Feb 2021
PureGym expects lockdowns to last "until at least 31 March" – and that it will
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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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The industry is embracing consumer-facing tech. Now it’s time to
streamline back-of-house systems with Orbit4, says Daniel Jones
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Phillip Mills
CEO, Les Mills“The Les Mills partnership with Hyrox is something I'm personally really excited about”
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Record market penetration in the UK
fitness sector masks a deeper shift
around consumer engagement, according
to a report from Grant Thornton and
UK Active, as Liz Terry reports
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