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27 Apr 2024
The Bannatyne Group says it has officially bounced back from the pandemic, with both turnover
10 Dec 2022
The revival of a classic UK health and fitness brand will see Topnotch Health Clubs
26 Jul 2022
Total Fitness says its membership numbers are back to pre-COVID-19 levels. With fifteen clubs in
25 May 2022
The Gym Group’s (TGG) plans and profit forecasts were presented to analysts and investors during
21 Oct 2021
The first énergie Fitness club has opened in Spain as part of a push for
11 Jul 2021
Holmes Place has confirmed to HCM that it has disposed of 10 clubs from its
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
01 Sep 2020
Stuart Perrin, a former Xercise4Less COO, has launched a new affordable boutique studio concept with
13 Dec 2019
Mid-market health club operator Total Fitness has acquired Pro-Fit Personal Training. The deal follows a
07 Nov 2019
Low-cost operator Basic-Fit is set to speed up its expansion plans across the European market.
02 Jul 2019
Basic-Fit, one of the biggest fitness operators in Europe, has confirmed the completion of its
02 May 2019
Online fitness marketplace PayAsUGym is to undergo a rebrand as the service shifts its focus
08 Apr 2019
As reported in HCM earlier this month, the European health and fitness market continued to
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10 Aug 2018
Twenty-four-hour gym franchise Snap Fitness has continued its UK expansion by securing its first club
11 Jun 2018
A focus on ‘affordable luxury’ has seen health club operator The Bannatyne Group achieve its
03 May 2018
Reiver Fitness has appointed Jim Graham, former chief operating officer of The Gym Group, as
09 Feb 2018
Twenty-four-hour gym franchise Snap Fitness UK has announced plans for 34 more clubs in 2018,
11 Jan 2018
Budget operators are shaping the fitness landscape in Germany, with six of the top 10
17 May 2017
The DW Group has appointed Martin Long as its chief executive officer. Long led the
08 May 2017
Martin Seibold, the managing director of Fitness First UK, has left the company eight months
06 Mar 2017
TDR Capital, the owner of the David Lloyd gyms, is gearing up to sell the
02 Mar 2017
The "annihilation" of mid-market fitness operators has been the biggest major change in the industry
09 Jan 2017
Budget gym operators with premises in Central London are paying 19 per cent more rent
01 Dec 2016
Virgin Active has launched its latest full-service Collection club in the re-generated Silo District in
17 Oct 2016
Leisure facility management group 3d Leisure has continued the roll-out of its in-house brand, which
28 Sep 2016
Health club operator Holmes Place has acquired Israel’s second largest fitness chain, Future Wave Fitness,
02 Sep 2016
The long-running saga of the sale of Fitness First’s UK clubs looks to be in
28 Aug 2016
The fate of Fitness First looks likely to be settled within weeks. Industry sources indicate
01 Jul 2016
The potential takeover of Fitness First UK by Dave Whelan’s DW Sports would mark the
16 May 2016
The UK’s gyms and health clubs have more members than ever before, with a record
13 Apr 2016
The Bannatyne Group is sizing up a £300m float on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM)
04 Apr 2016
Fitness First’s fruitless bid to acquire rival LA fitness has proved a ‘blessing in disguise’
11 Mar 2016
At the International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin this week, Starwood announced its continued expansion
19 Jan 2016
The continued rise of budget gyms doesn’t spell the end for mid and premium market
18 Jan 2016
Fitness First has sold its Queen’s Park health club in Bournemouth – the site on
06 Jan 2016
Premium health and fitness operator Equinox has launched a challenging new year fitness campaign to
21 Dec 2015
The Bannatyne Group is working to reposition itself as an upmarket operator in 2016, centred
11 Dec 2015
Mid-market gyms are in need of a radical overhaul of their traditional models if they
04 Nov 2015
DW Fitness has bought seven former LA fitness sites from Pure Gym, Health Club Managment
28 Sep 2015
Gym managers should treat their role like that of a theatre manager and focus on
22 Sep 2015
Health and fitness operators must redefine the boundaries of their market and embrace innovation if
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University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship
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Nuffield Health has worked with ServiceSport UK for more than ten
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D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with
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“Taking care of your physical and mental health is essential for a fulfilling life”
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McFit, the original budget gym is undergoing
a transformation with a new look and
estate-wide overhaul, as Liz Terry reports
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Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a
health club, do fitness professionals need a grounding in counselling
to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
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Industry suppliers are responding to the exponential increase in
consumer demand for strength training with a raft of new and
innovative launches and concepts, as Steph Eaves reports
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New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
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“We already have an incredible organisation, but we’re humble enough to recognise there are still areas for continued improvement”
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As health club operators move to incorporate recovery into their
offerings to meet growing consumer demand, Steph Eaves takes a
look at what cryotherapy and ice bathing can add to the equation
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Will Orr has been talking to HCM about the company’s
new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
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Imposter syndrome about a promotion taught the
CEO of SATS that behaving authentically is the most
important part of leadership. He talks to Kath Hudson
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As more people join clubs to support their mental
health, fitness professionals need to be empowered to
take a holistic approach. Kath Hudson shares useful
tools discussed at the ACE summit on mental health
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