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05 Jun 2026
Nuffield Health has told HCM that it takes its responsibilities towards its colleagues seriously and
14 Nov 2025
UK Active has published new guidance designed to help operators support young people over the
30 Jul 2025
Purpose Brands – the company formed by the merger of Self Esteem Brands and Orangetheory
02 Jun 2025
The New York Attorney General has ordered Equinox Group to change its subscription practices, pay
19 Jun 2024
Victoria Brownlie, the British Beauty Council’s chief of policy and sustainability, has been named in
13 Apr 2024
Planet Fitness has become the subject of a hate campaign by certain groups of consumers
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
11 Mar 2024
New legislation will change the way health clubs in the UK manage their membership process,
20 Feb 2024
CIMSPA has published its 2024-2030 strategy Releasing the Power of Our Profession, which sets out
02 May 2023
Eco-spa resort operator Lefay Resorts & Residences has unveiled a three-year Lefay Spa Academy training
19 Dec 2022
New laws designed to step up protection against terrorism at the UK's leisure facilities are
20 Sep 2022
Plans to shelve the UK's sugar tax (Soft Drinks Industry Levy) and other pieces of
20 Sep 2021
Despite the Prime Minister’s claims that trade with the EU would be tariff-free post-Brexit, the
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
17 Sep 2021
Temporary measures brought in to support businesses in the UK from insolvency during the pandemic
16 Jun 2021
The UK government has extended the ban on commercial evictions until 25 March 2022. Announcing
28 May 2021
The US fitness industry is mobilising to support the Gym Mitigation and Survival (GYMs) Act,
11 Apr 2021
A major new initiative will look to strengthen and unite the fitness industry's voice in
25 Feb 2021
The pandemic cost the US visitor attractions an estimated US$23bn in economic losses during 2020,
16 Oct 2020
A UK government U-turn – just announced – will see gyms and leisure centres staying open
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
15 Oct 2020
"Dozens" of gyms in Liverpool, UK, have defied the government and stayed open for business
14 Oct 2020
The UK government is likely to face legal challenges from gym operators following the revelation
13 Apr 2020
The legislation intended to protect commercial tenants from eviction during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has
19 Mar 2020
IAAPA has joined with 81 other organisations representing hundreds of thousands of businesses employing millions,
21 Feb 2020
Spa and wellness businesses offering CBD services may be affected by proposed legislation from the
13 Jan 2020
Sports stadiums and large entertainment venues could soon be forced to implement airport-style security checks,
23 Oct 2019
Nearly half (43 per cent) of the respondents to ISPA’s 2019 US Spa Industry Study
02 Jul 2019
A Labour Government of the future would put wellbeing at the heart of all future
13 Jun 2019
The keeping of whales, dolphins and porpoises for entertainment – as well as the breeding,
06 Jun 2019
One of Europe's oldest zoos has revealed major shift in strategy and focus – thanks
16 Apr 2019
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, could soon be
18 Sep 2018
A new report from the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has been created to
18 Jul 2018
Justin Welby – the Archbishop of Canterbury – has said that disability and accessibility should
09 Apr 2018
Premier League football club West Bromwich Albion (WBA) has had its proposal to establish a
12 Mar 2018
English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur has revealed new images of its forthcoming home at
22 Feb 2018
A new guide document on swimming pool safety – which all UK pool operators will
16 Feb 2018
Florida’s government has approved changes to its tourism laws, green-lighting changes to its bed tax
09 Jan 2018
Netpulse, the world’s leading provider of branded mobile apps for the fitness industry, have launched
29 Nov 2017
Leisure operators using or considering using drones in Britain will have to take safety awareness
13 Nov 2017
Former White House advisor Lisa Ellman has laid out the opportunities drones can offer US
03 Nov 2017
Employment contracts for PTs working in the health and fitness sector are under the spotlight
16 Aug 2017
Brentford Football Club has revised plans for its new stadium, with the capacity set to
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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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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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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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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
has a new CEO, with an ambitious vision for the company
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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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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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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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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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HCM People
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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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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Julie Cramer highlights
recent health club flooring
upgrades, as top suppliers
give their advice
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HCM People
Deena Gillan
Chair of UK Active’s Independent Council and GM at 3-1-5“There are so many dedicated people in the independent sector – they work hard because they’re passionate about changing lives”
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“Strength training has moved from the margins to the mainstream.”
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