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A £50m ‘Life Centre’ is being planned for Plymouth’s Central Park which will provide sport,
Minister for sport Richard Caborn has launched the Amateur Swimming Association’s (ASA) £3m Everyday Swim
New research has suggested that children could risk becoming asthmatic and wheezy if they regularly
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has objected to Thames Water’s application for a drought order
Basildon Council and Basildon Renaissance Partnership are putting together a funding package and planning application
A new 18,000sq ft (1,700sq m) health club is set to be built as part
Alliance Leisure
Alliance Leisure
Fylde Coast YMCA has been awarded a five-year contract to manage Poulton-le-Fylde Swimming & Fitness
Fitness First, the UK-based fitness chain, has announced its intention to launch the brand in
Fitness First, one of the world’s largest health club chains, has appointed a new group
It has been widely reported that Richard Branson’s Virgin Active health and fitness chain is
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council is upgrading a number of local, council-owned leisure centres in a
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) is to poll its members in a bid to
Elevate
Elevate
Join us at Elevate from 12-13 June in London for a special one-off live recording
The chair and founder of Premier Training, Norman Basson, has said the key to winning
Following a detailed consultation process with a number of IT and e-learning providers, from July
As part of the celebrations to mark the first anniversary of London winning its bid
Exeter City Council has invested £22,500 in a new swimming programme designed to help tackle
GIMV has sold its stake in the Antwerp-based LA Gym health club chain to HealthCity,
German health club chain Fit-In has opened its third studio in Karlsruhe, following a 3m
Innovatise UK Ltd
Innovatise UK Ltd
Following a hugely successful event last year in Split, Croatia, a W3Fit EMEA, is heading
Fitness NZ – the New Zealand Fitness Industry Association – has launched its second annual
Body By Brandy 4 Kidz – an independent, not-for-profit children’s gym – has opened in
Finnish health and wellbeing specialist 4event has opened a 1,000sq m (10,800sq ft) facility –
Gold’s Gym has opened its first franchise in Brazil, in the city of Sao Paulo
Town Sports International Holdings Inc. (TSI) – which operates 145 fitness clubs in the US
Spanish company Rivera Ocio SL has recently opened the Windwater Fitness Centre in Zaragoza, Spain.
As the fitness industry heads towards a potential partnership with both government and businesses to
The commitment of staff at Hillsborough Leisure Centre led to the centre winning the Venue
Karl Sandhu – a Gold’s Gym franchisee – has been crowned Young Achiever of the
DC Leisure has rewarded Sonia Eastick’s company loyalty by offering her the role of group
Fitness First Australia has appointed Darren Chan as national marketing manager to oversee the company’s
Daniel Clayton is relocating to the UK as key accounts director for Technogym, from his
Training provider Lifetime Health and Fitness has appointed Gerwyn House as its new operations director.
Fitness equipment manufacturer Nautilus has named Darryl Thomas as president of the company’s international business.
The £2.2m Chulmleigh Community Sports Centre – in Chulmleigh, north Devon – has opened for
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has condemned an article about gyms published in the Daily
A £500,000 health and fitness club called Uniq Fitness Club is to open at Harrow’s
A drug which treats obesity by reducing the desire to eat has been launched in
The LivingWell Premier health club in Inverness, Scotland, has become the first company in the
Stockton Borough Council and leisure trust Tees Active are to build a £3.5m sports facility
Health club operator Fitness First has reportedly acquired LivingWell’s Australian business for between £10m and
Officials at the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) and the Department for Education and Skills
12,300
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Coaching workshops from Keith Smith and Adam Daniel have been designed to empower your team and transform your service
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The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based supplier BLK BOX is transforming the gym floor
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D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with business growth. MD, John Lofting and operations director, Matt Aynsley, explain the rationale
HCM promotional features
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GymNation is pioneering the future of fitness with software specialist Perfect Gym providing a scalable tech platform to power and sustain its growth
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Operators, prepare to revolutionise the way members connect with personal trainers in your club, with the ground-breaking Brawn platform.
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship Goodwin Sports Centre following a major refurbishment
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Sponsored
Nuffield Health has worked with ServiceSport UK for more than ten years, ensuring the equipment in its clubs is commercially optimised
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The New Keiser M3i Studio Bike brings ride data to life to engage and delight members
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Francesca Cooper-Boden says health assessment services can boost health club retention
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Life lessons
I tried to play the role of this theoretical version of a leader I’d made up, but I ended up behaving more like a cartoon character
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Epassi, a provider of workplace wellness benefits, is creating a fitter and more productive workforce, one membership at a time 
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Everyone's talking about
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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Recovery
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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Editor's letter
Members are telling us they need support with their mental and spiritual health and the industry is starting to see this need. Now’s the time to fast-track our response
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Research
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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News report
Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –  is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
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Letters
Fuel the debate about issues across the industry and share your ideas and experiences. We’d love to hear from you. [email protected]
HCM magazine
With the industry experiencing a huge swing towards strength training, researchers recommend continuing to make the case for cardio
HCM magazine
We have a fantastic opportunity in front of us to realise our vision of a happier and healthier world
HCM magazine
HCM People

Jen Holland

CEO: Edinburgh Leisure
Edinburgh Council will have a £143m budget shortfall by 2028/29 and so must find ways to become more efficient
HCM magazine
The European fitness sector is beating pre-pandemic numbers according to the 11th annual European Health & Fitness Market Report 2024 from Deloitte and EuropeActive, as Karsten Hollasch reports
HCM magazine
The Elevate trade show and conference comes to London next month. HCM gives the low down on what to look out for
HCM magazine
When it was founded, Snap Fitness was ground-breaking, but by 2020 the industry had evolved, but the brand hadn’t
HCM magazine
Consumers’ growing love of strength training is to be welcomed, as this long-neglected modality has a renaissance, however, it’s vital we continue to make the case for cardio
HCM magazine
When a hefty round of investment coincided with the pandemic, the CEO of Midtown Athletic Clubs feared the company – founded by his grandfather – would go down on his watch. He talks to Kath Hudson about the pressure to keep the business afloat
HCM magazine
HCM People

Belinda Steward

MD of leisure, health and wellbeing, Places Leisure Places Leisure
We need to make it automatic that when people go to their doctor, they’re offered exercise rather than medication where appropriate
HCM magazine
Pilates is having a moment. Steph Eaves asks suppliers how they’re responding to the demand
HCM magazine
Speaking on the LIFTS podcast recently, Xponential Fitness CEO Anthony Geisler said participation in studio cycling is down globally. Kath Hudson decided to investigate
HCM magazine
Featured supplier news
Featured supplier news: Places Leisure successfully launches myFitApp to enhance member experience
Places Leisure is a leading leisure centre operator with a mission to create active places and healthy people for communities to thrive.
Featured supplier news
Featured supplier news: Sue Anstiss' Game Changers podcast headed for Elevate 2024
Join us at Elevate from 12-13 June in London for a special one-off live recording of The Game Changers Podcast with Sue Anstiss, CEO of Fearless Women.
Company profiles
Company profile: Epassi UK
For the last 22 years Epassi UK have been on a mission to create a ...
Company profiles
Company profile: Orbit4
Orbit4 is a leading FitTech brand that provides gym operators with a comprehensive software solution ...
Supplier Showcase
Supplier showcase - Jon Williams
Catalogue Gallery
Click on a catalogue to view it online
Featured press releases
Perfect Gym press release: PerfectGym joins Sport Alliance
Sport Alliance, a Hamburg-based provider of innovative software solutions and services to gyms and fitness suites, has announced the acquisition of PerfectGym, the international software provider to fitness and leisure businesses.
Featured press releases
Greenwich Leisure Limited press release: GLL fitness instructor smashes World Record
Anthony Bryan, a fitness instructor at GLL’s Southbury Leisure Centre, recently took part in the London Marathon.
Directory
Cryotherapy
Art of Cryo: Cryotherapy
Snowroom
TechnoAlpin SpA: Snowroom
Lockers
Crown Sports Lockers: Lockers
Flooring
Total Vibration Solutions / TVS Sports Surfaces: Flooring
Spa software
SpaBooker: Spa software
Salt therapy products
Himalayan Source: Salt therapy products
Property & Tenders
Loughton, IG10
Knight Frank
Property & Tenders
Grantham, Leicestershire
Belvoir Castle
Property & Tenders
Diary dates
23-24 May 2024
Large Hall of the Chamber of Commerce (Erbprinzenpalais), Wiesbaden, Germany
Diary dates
30 May - 02 Jun 2024
Rimini Exhibition Center, Rimini, Italy
Diary dates
08-08 Jun 2024
Worldwide, Various,
Diary dates
11-13 Jun 2024
Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore, Singapore
Diary dates
12-13 Jun 2024
ExCeL London, London, United Kingdom
Diary dates
03-05 Sep 2024
IMPACT Exhibition Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Diary dates
19-19 Sep 2024
The Salil Hotel Riverside - Bangkok, Bangkok 10120, Thailand
Diary dates
01-04 Oct 2024
REVĪVŌ Wellness Resort Nusa Dua Bali, Kabupaten Badung, Indonesia
Diary dates
22-25 Oct 2024
Messe Stuttgart, Germany
Diary dates
24-24 Oct 2024
QEII Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom
Diary dates
04-07 Nov 2024
In person, St Andrews, United Kingdom
Diary dates

Latest news

A £50m ‘Life Centre’ is being planned for Plymouth’s Central Park which will provide sport,
Minister for sport Richard Caborn has launched the Amateur Swimming Association’s (ASA) £3m Everyday Swim
New research has suggested that children could risk becoming asthmatic and wheezy if they regularly
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has objected to Thames Water’s application for a drought order
Basildon Council and Basildon Renaissance Partnership are putting together a funding package and planning application
A new 18,000sq ft (1,700sq m) health club is set to be built as part
Alliance Leisure
Alliance Leisure
Fylde Coast YMCA has been awarded a five-year contract to manage Poulton-le-Fylde Swimming & Fitness
Fitness First, the UK-based fitness chain, has announced its intention to launch the brand in
Fitness First, one of the world’s largest health club chains, has appointed a new group
It has been widely reported that Richard Branson’s Virgin Active health and fitness chain is
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council is upgrading a number of local, council-owned leisure centres in a
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) is to poll its members in a bid to
Elevate
Elevate
Join us at Elevate from 12-13 June in London for a special one-off live recording
The chair and founder of Premier Training, Norman Basson, has said the key to winning
Following a detailed consultation process with a number of IT and e-learning providers, from July
As part of the celebrations to mark the first anniversary of London winning its bid
Exeter City Council has invested £22,500 in a new swimming programme designed to help tackle
GIMV has sold its stake in the Antwerp-based LA Gym health club chain to HealthCity,
German health club chain Fit-In has opened its third studio in Karlsruhe, following a 3m
Innovatise UK Ltd
Innovatise UK Ltd
Following a hugely successful event last year in Split, Croatia, a W3Fit EMEA, is heading
Fitness NZ – the New Zealand Fitness Industry Association – has launched its second annual
Body By Brandy 4 Kidz – an independent, not-for-profit children’s gym – has opened in
Finnish health and wellbeing specialist 4event has opened a 1,000sq m (10,800sq ft) facility –
Gold’s Gym has opened its first franchise in Brazil, in the city of Sao Paulo
Town Sports International Holdings Inc. (TSI) – which operates 145 fitness clubs in the US
Spanish company Rivera Ocio SL has recently opened the Windwater Fitness Centre in Zaragoza, Spain.
As the fitness industry heads towards a potential partnership with both government and businesses to
The commitment of staff at Hillsborough Leisure Centre led to the centre winning the Venue
Karl Sandhu – a Gold’s Gym franchisee – has been crowned Young Achiever of the
DC Leisure has rewarded Sonia Eastick’s company loyalty by offering her the role of group
Fitness First Australia has appointed Darren Chan as national marketing manager to oversee the company’s
Daniel Clayton is relocating to the UK as key accounts director for Technogym, from his
Training provider Lifetime Health and Fitness has appointed Gerwyn House as its new operations director.
Fitness equipment manufacturer Nautilus has named Darryl Thomas as president of the company’s international business.
The £2.2m Chulmleigh Community Sports Centre – in Chulmleigh, north Devon – has opened for
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has condemned an article about gyms published in the Daily
A £500,000 health and fitness club called Uniq Fitness Club is to open at Harrow’s
A drug which treats obesity by reducing the desire to eat has been launched in
The LivingWell Premier health club in Inverness, Scotland, has become the first company in the
Stockton Borough Council and leisure trust Tees Active are to build a £3.5m sports facility
Health club operator Fitness First has reportedly acquired LivingWell’s Australian business for between £10m and
Officials at the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) and the Department for Education and Skills
10126 - 10140 of 12,300
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Coaching workshops from Keith Smith and Adam Daniel have been designed to empower your team and transform your service
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based supplier BLK BOX is transforming the gym floor
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with business growth. MD, John Lofting and operations director, Matt Aynsley, explain the rationale
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
GymNation is pioneering the future of fitness with software specialist Perfect Gym providing a scalable tech platform to power and sustain its growth
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Operators, prepare to revolutionise the way members connect with personal trainers in your club, with the ground-breaking Brawn platform.
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship Goodwin Sports Centre following a major refurbishment
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Nuffield Health has worked with ServiceSport UK for more than ten years, ensuring the equipment in its clubs is commercially optimised
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
The New Keiser M3i Studio Bike brings ride data to life to engage and delight members
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Francesca Cooper-Boden says health assessment services can boost health club retention
HCM promotional features
HCM magazine
With the industry experiencing a huge swing towards strength training, researchers recommend continuing to make the case for cardio
HCM magazine
We have a fantastic opportunity in front of us to realise our vision of a happier and healthier world
HCM magazine
HCM People

Jen Holland

CEO: Edinburgh Leisure
Edinburgh Council will have a £143m budget shortfall by 2028/29 and so must find ways to become more efficient
HCM magazine
The European fitness sector is beating pre-pandemic numbers according to the 11th annual European Health & Fitness Market Report 2024 from Deloitte and EuropeActive, as Karsten Hollasch reports
HCM magazine
The Elevate trade show and conference comes to London next month. HCM gives the low down on what to look out for
HCM magazine
When it was founded, Snap Fitness was ground-breaking, but by 2020 the industry had evolved, but the brand hadn’t
HCM magazine
Consumers’ growing love of strength training is to be welcomed, as this long-neglected modality has a renaissance, however, it’s vital we continue to make the case for cardio
HCM magazine
When a hefty round of investment coincided with the pandemic, the CEO of Midtown Athletic Clubs feared the company – founded by his grandfather – would go down on his watch. He talks to Kath Hudson about the pressure to keep the business afloat
HCM magazine
HCM People

Belinda Steward

MD of leisure, health and wellbeing, Places Leisure Places Leisure
We need to make it automatic that when people go to their doctor, they’re offered exercise rather than medication where appropriate
HCM magazine
Pilates is having a moment. Steph Eaves asks suppliers how they’re responding to the demand
HCM magazine
Speaking on the LIFTS podcast recently, Xponential Fitness CEO Anthony Geisler said participation in studio cycling is down globally. Kath Hudson decided to investigate
HCM magazine
Featured supplier news
Featured supplier news: Places Leisure successfully launches myFitApp to enhance member experience
Places Leisure is a leading leisure centre operator with a mission to create active places and healthy people for communities to thrive.
Featured supplier news
Featured supplier news: Sue Anstiss' Game Changers podcast headed for Elevate 2024
Join us at Elevate from 12-13 June in London for a special one-off live recording of The Game Changers Podcast with Sue Anstiss, CEO of Fearless Women.
Company profiles
Company profile: Epassi UK
For the last 22 years Epassi UK have been on a mission to create a ...
Company profiles
Company profile: Orbit4
Orbit4 is a leading FitTech brand that provides gym operators with a comprehensive software solution ...
Supplier Showcase
Supplier showcase - Jon Williams
Catalogue Gallery
Click on a catalogue to view it online
Featured press releases
Perfect Gym press release: PerfectGym joins Sport Alliance
Sport Alliance, a Hamburg-based provider of innovative software solutions and services to gyms and fitness suites, has announced the acquisition of PerfectGym, the international software provider to fitness and leisure businesses.
Featured press releases
Greenwich Leisure Limited press release: GLL fitness instructor smashes World Record
Anthony Bryan, a fitness instructor at GLL’s Southbury Leisure Centre, recently took part in the London Marathon.
Directory
Cryotherapy
Art of Cryo: Cryotherapy
Snowroom
TechnoAlpin SpA: Snowroom
Lockers
Crown Sports Lockers: Lockers
Flooring
Total Vibration Solutions / TVS Sports Surfaces: Flooring
Spa software
SpaBooker: Spa software
Salt therapy products
Himalayan Source: Salt therapy products
Property & Tenders
Loughton, IG10
Knight Frank
Property & Tenders
Grantham, Leicestershire
Belvoir Castle
Property & Tenders
Diary dates
23-24 May 2024
Large Hall of the Chamber of Commerce (Erbprinzenpalais), Wiesbaden, Germany
Diary dates
30 May - 02 Jun 2024
Rimini Exhibition Center, Rimini, Italy
Diary dates
08-08 Jun 2024
Worldwide, Various,
Diary dates
11-13 Jun 2024
Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore, Singapore
Diary dates
12-13 Jun 2024
ExCeL London, London, United Kingdom
Diary dates
03-05 Sep 2024
IMPACT Exhibition Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Diary dates
19-19 Sep 2024
The Salil Hotel Riverside - Bangkok, Bangkok 10120, Thailand
Diary dates
01-04 Oct 2024
REVĪVŌ Wellness Resort Nusa Dua Bali, Kabupaten Badung, Indonesia
Diary dates
22-25 Oct 2024
Messe Stuttgart, Germany
Diary dates
24-24 Oct 2024
QEII Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom
Diary dates
04-07 Nov 2024
In person, St Andrews, United Kingdom
Diary dates
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