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08 Aug 2025
UK Active, Sport England, CIMSPA and Women’s Aid have published new resources to help fitness
09 Jun 2025
Sandwell Leisure Trust in the UK has teamed up with Stronger Wellness to open a
12 Mar 2024
Myzone has announced the launch of MZ-Open, an access function that enables Myzone gym users
No two gyms are the same, but making the most of artificial intelligence (AI) and
17 Nov 2021
Life Fitness has appointed Paul Stoneham as its new CEO, replacing Chris Clawson and effective
11 Mar 2021
Strength training has purpose and appeals to members of all ages and backgrounds, regardless of
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
17 Feb 2021
Data published today (17 February) shows that for every 100,000 visits to UK gyms and
29 Jan 2021
Boutique operator Gymbox has launched a new service, giving consumers the opportunity to take their
23 Oct 2020
The University of Portsmouth is gearing up to open its new £57m Ravelin Sports Centre.
01 Jul 2020
Health and fitness company Ingesport – which operates the GO fit chain of gyms in
05 Jun 2020
The Beau Sejour leisure centre on the island of Guernsey has become the first public
02 Jun 2020
In a major headline figure for operators, nearly 90 per cent of consumers say they
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
03 Feb 2020
Eight Inc. have created a gym in Beijing for digital fitness startup Keep that integrates
15 Nov 2019
Technogym has been appointed as the official fitness equipment supplier to Newcastle University. The deal
09 Aug 2019
Planet Fitness has reported a 29.3 per cent increase in revenue for the first half
20 May 2019
A survey of UK gym users has found that a third (34 per cent) of
28 Mar 2019
In recent years, combat exercise has increased in popularity among contemporary gym-users. Previously exclusive to
25 Feb 2019
Boutique gyms and the rising trend of the pay as you go (PAYG) model is
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
26 Oct 2018
Wattbike Studio doubles usage at Holme Pierrepont, home of the National Water Sports Centre Since
15 Oct 2018
The Vitapure Drinks company has updated its innovative Vitastream drinks system to make it more
11 Jul 2018
Fitness operators looking to improve their member retention should focus on recruiting "knowledgeable, friendly instructors".
24 May 2018
Online gym pass provider PayAsUGym has secured a £6.5m investment from Albion Capital as part
30 Apr 2018
Fitness tech and services company Hero Wellbeing will make the Les Mills On Demand available
06 Apr 2018
Newly established health club group Stessa Leisure has completed the first stage of plans to
15 Nov 2017
British Rowing and British Triathlon have signed a new partnership to integrate their indoor products
10 Nov 2017
Gym chain Planet Fitness has raised its outlook for 2017 revenues to US$430m (€369.4m, £327.7m)
28 Sep 2017
FitQuest, industry leaders in human performance monitoring, have launched a brand-new version of the FitQuest
09 Aug 2017
Jim Graham – the former chief operating officer of The Gym Group – has joined
25 May 2017
Two of the 16 health clubs which David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) intended to acquire from
28 Apr 2017
The John Pounds Centre in Portsmouth has refurbished its gym to make it more accessible
30 Mar 2017
Increased membership numbers helped Pure Gym record strong financial results in 2016, with further rises
27 Feb 2017
The Gym Group experienced a 21 per cent year-on-year increase in the number of member
03 Jan 2017
Sports and leisure operator Everyone Active is trialling a modular gym in Plymouth before deciding
15 Dec 2016
Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has grown its network of Better gyms with the purchase of
01 Dec 2016
The leisure centre and health club industry needs to embrace the potential of the digital
23 Nov 2016
ukactive remains confident that it can encourage the government to extend its tax relief scheme
01 Nov 2016
US-based health club operator Planet Fitness has reported a 10 per cent increase in like-for-like
03 Oct 2016
Around 750,000 gym users have saved £37m (US$48.1m, €42.9m) as a consequence of interventions by
14 Sep 2016
Budget health club operator Pure Gym has announced plans to float on the London Stock
08 Sep 2016
Operators will be able to take their business up a gear and tackle one of
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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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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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Jamie Clements
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“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Phillip Mills
CEO, Les Mills“The Les Mills partnership with Hyrox is something I'm personally really excited about”
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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
globally, yet with 100 per cent of people seeing benefits when they
exercise, how high could it go? Kath Hudson asks the experts…
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