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Urban Gym Group (UGG) has acquired Vondelgym Rotterdam, further strengthening its presence in one of
31 Oct 2025
Anna Bjurstam, strategic advisor for Six Senses and founder of spa consultancy Raison d’Etre, told
23 Oct 2025
As the HCM Summit 2025 gets underway, Leisure Media CEO and HCM editor, Liz Terry,
10 Aug 2025
Following the creditors’ voluntary liquidation of United Fitness Brands (UFB) the assets have been acquired
08 Jul 2025
As Urban Gym Group snaps up three new clubs, it says it is actively seeking
23 Jun 2025
Urban Gym Group opened its first new site since acquiring Gymbox last October. The 22,000
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18 Feb 2025
After four launches last year, Third Space is keeping up the pace of expansion with
29 Jan 2025
Boutique operator, United Fitness Brands is considering closure of a number of its London sites,
02 Dec 2024
Following the completion of PureGym’s Blink Fitness acquisition, outgoing CEO, Humphrey Cobbold, and incoming CEO,
24 Oct 2024
As we near the end of the HCM Summit, Third Space CEO, Colin Waggett, has
04 Sep 2024
Third Space is gearing up to open its 12th site – the third this year
02 Oct 2023
Third Space has made its first move beyond the equity markets by agreeing an £88.5m
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09 Aug 2023
Third Space has signed a deal to open a club at The Whiteley, the iconic
14 Jul 2023
Fitness First has filed a Court Order for restructuring at Companies House in the UK
03 May 2023
Fitness First UK has confirmed to HCM that it's in the process of restructuring, citing
15 Feb 2023
Results from SATS' Q4 2022 report show that membership numbers grew to record levels in
20 Jan 2023
Longevity, a startup providing longevity products, services, education and advice to subscribers, has launched a
26 Jul 2022
Total Fitness says its membership numbers are back to pre-COVID-19 levels. With fifteen clubs in
21 Apr 2022
Evolution Wellness has closed all its Fitness First operations in Hong Kong. The pandemic’s impact
31 Mar 2022
The founders of boutique operator Digme Fitness have dismissed reports in the UK's national press
18 Mar 2022
The Gym Group has published its full-year results for 2021 and announced plans to open
16 Dec 2021
The UK government's working from home guidelines are threatening the financial future of city centre
09 Dec 2021
ukactive has stressed the importance of landlords and tenants "sharing the burden" of commercial rent
10 Aug 2021
A new £40m build-to-rent development with a focus on wellbeing has opened to residents in
06 Aug 2021
KSL Capital Partners has acquired a majority interest in luxury health club operator Third Space
16 Jun 2021
The UK government has extended the ban on commercial evictions until 25 March 2022. Announcing
12 May 2021
A court has given Virgin Active the green light to erase the rent arrears it
26 Mar 2021
Total Fitness is entering into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), after being hit hard by
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
06 Nov 2020
PureGym is burning £4m of cash a week through its UK business, due to the
18 Sep 2020
The government has further extended protection from rent enforcement activity until the end of the
03 Aug 2020
Europe's largest gym chain, Basic-Fit, has provided the European fitness sector with some optimism, after
30 Jun 2020
Almost half of all public health and fitness, leisure and community facilities in the UK,
19 Jun 2020
The government has announced that it will keep the Moratorium of Forfeiture, which protects businesses
19 Jun 2020
Budget gym operator Fitness4Less has revealed that it will not be reopening its Bristol club
18 Jun 2020
Thousands of gyms, restaurants and retail outlets in the UK will be going out of
16 Jun 2020
The fitness industry's pivot to digital has defined the sector's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
08 Jun 2020
Thousands of UK gyms could go out of business if they're forced to pay full
05 May 2020
Franchised fitness giant Gold's Gym has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as it struggles
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After decades of focusing on adult audiences, operators are starting to engage young people – unlocking growth opportunities while supporting the health and wellbeing of future generations
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a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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