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28 Mar 2024
The first annual Private Sector Benchmarking report was released today (27 March). A collaboration between
26 Mar 2024
Total Fitness has released results for its most recent financial year (to June 23), which
21 Mar 2024
Egym, which raised €207 million last year in new investment, continues to build its top
20 Mar 2024
The International Spa Association (ISPA) Foundation has released the 2024 edition of its Consumer Snapshot
16 Mar 2024
Will Orr, CEO of The Gym Group, has revealed the company’s full-year results for 2023,
16 Mar 2024
Brand specialist, Kantar, has ranked a key group of health and fitness operators by consumer
PerformX Live, the premier business of fitness event, has announced Dr Jonathan Leary, founder and
14 Mar 2024
The World Happiness Summit (WOHASU) is gearing up to hold its first-ever World Wellbeing Policy
13 Mar 2024
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has introduced safeguarding guidelines to protect children in out-of-school settings,
12 Mar 2024
This story was updated at 14.00GMT on 14 March 2024 and 16.00 GMT on 15
11 Mar 2024
Urban Gym Group has announced plans to trial women’s zones in some of its clubs
09 Mar 2024
Equinox has raised US$1.8 billion in cash to refinance US$1.5 billion of maturing loans. The
08 Mar 2024
A multi-million-euro geothermal spa and leisure centre, called Terme Bjelovar, is scheduled to open in
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
28 Feb 2024
Self Esteem Brands (SEB), owner of Anytime Fitness, has released year-end results which show year-on-year
27 Feb 2024
Australian exercise and active health trade body, AUSactive, has partnered with the national Royal Life
26 Feb 2024
Following a successful pilot, The Gym Group is rolling out a programme, delivered by The
29 Feb 2024
With an increasing number of luxury hotels and resorts offering day and resort passes to
23 Feb 2024
As Planet Fitness announces strong year-end results there are reports the company is planning a
22 Feb 2024
Xponential Fitness has told HCM it will vigorously defend itself against claims made in a
Elevate, the premier event in the physical activity, fitness, sports therapy and performance sector, is
20 Feb 2024
Mark Hewlett, founder of padel tennis operator Soul Padel has told HCM the company is
20 Feb 2024
While the UK hotel sector ended 2023 on a high, new data shows this was
16 Feb 2024
While life expectancy has increased, the extra years are often not spent in good health.
14 Feb 2024
A fire has destroyed part of the new water world, Oceana, at Liseberg in Sweden,
14 Feb 2024
Industry insiders have confirmed to HCM that parts of the US health and fitness sector
13 Feb 2024
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has released its annual Future of Wellness report, forecasting what
13 Feb 2024
Believing your training programme has been personally optimised just for you creates a placebo effect
11 Feb 2024
Museum director Cecilie Hollberg has come under fire for comparing the city to a sex
07 Feb 2024
Gold's Gym Thousand Oaks, in Southern California, has announced the completion of its remodel and
01 Feb 2024
GOCO Hospitality is collaborating with Fullerton Fund Management (Fullerton) to invest in wellness-centric properties in
Farrer tells government the physical activity sector is critical to fixing the UK’s sluggish economy
01 Feb 2024
Mike Farrar, chair of UK Active, has called on the UK government to deploy the
31 Jan 2024
According to the annual US consumer health and wellness survey from Life Time, people are
Developed for the world of medicine, tailored to the needs of modern fitness studios. The
30 Jan 2024
The US, China, Germany, Japan and the UK have been identified as the world’s five
26 Jan 2024
The consumption of energy drinks – even just one a month – has a negative
24 Jan 2024
According to McKinsey’s latest report, The trends defining the US$1.8 trillion global wellness market in
23 Jan 2024
As the UK's political parties set their sights on the general election in 2024, UK
17 Jan 2024
With pressure on medical services at an all time high, the Tony Blair Institute for
16 Jan 2024
Edinburgh Leisure is not considering facility closures, despite a number of stories circulating in local
16 Jan 2024
The Walton family, owner of US supermarket chain, Walmart, has opened the doors to a
12 Jan 2024
Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis
12 Jan 2024
People in the UK are getting the message that health clubs can support and protect
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Esther Fairfax
Founder, The Lotte Berk Foundation“My mother was the first person to take dance and create an exercise programme out of it”
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Absenteeism and presenteeism is
taking a huge economic toll, with
musculoskeletal problems and poor
mental health the biggest issues.
Can workplace wellness make
a difference? Kath Hudson investigates
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Jennifer Maanavi
Founder, Physique 57“Our ‘why?’ is to improve the lives of our clients, not to make them feel defeated”
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Liz Terry looks at which operators
are most recognised by consumers,
using Kantar’s latest brand insight
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New laws are about to come into force that will oblige health club operators to offer consumers better membership terms. It will be disruptive, but tackled well, will change the sector for the better
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You might be tempted to skip a service, but
experts say it will cost you in the long run.
Providers tell Steph Eaves why they their work
is important to the management of assets
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Property experts say it’s a golden moment for health and fitness operators
to secure leases, as the sector has come through the pandemic with its
reputation largely intact and clubs are seen as desirable anchor tenants.
Kath Hudson finds out why landlords want to talk
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Remember when there was mass hostility about London hosting the 2012 Olympics? Huw Edwards, CEO of UK Active, was there. He talks to Kath Hudson about the lessons he learned
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“For 2024 our European growth will be focused on Spain and the UK and in 2025, Japan”
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A new study from researchers at Yale shows HIIT can reverse nerve damage caused by Parkinson’s
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