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29 Mar 2021
Boutique fitness behemoth Xponential Fitness has added boxing studio operator Rumble to its ever-growing portfolio
26 Mar 2021
A new "supergroup" of boutique fitness brands will look to help pool resources and use
26 Mar 2021
Total Fitness is entering into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), after being hit hard by
26 Mar 2021
Children aged between 4 and 6 who have better cardiorespiratory health than their peers also
24 Mar 2021
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex has become the first chief impact officer of US-based
24 Mar 2021
It is unlikely that the UK will see a Work Out to Help Out scheme
25 Mar 2021
Welsh leisure trust, Aneurin Leisure (ALT), has announced it’s forging ahead with a £600,000 (US$821,000,
23 Mar 2021
Myzone CEO, Dave Wright, has announced the launch of MZ-Switch, a mobile heart rate monitor
23 Mar 2021
A total of £100m has been allocated to 266 local authorities across England, to support
22 Mar 2021
The German health club industry has weathered the effects of the pandemic better than many
22 Mar 2021
The UK parliament will today (22 March) debate the merits of a Work Out to
19 Mar 2021
Nuffield Health has acquired the lease for the historic Barbican health club site in London,
19 Mar 2021
A three-year-old-boy has died of the injuries he sustained in an accident involving a Peloton
23 Feb 2021
There’s nothing quite like discovering a product that creates a huge impact in our life.
19 Mar 2021
David Lloyd will reopen 79 of its clubs in England for outdoor fitness on Monday
18 Mar 2021
The Gym Group saw its revenues cut by nearly half during the pandemic, a direct
17 Mar 2021
The government has said it has no plans to fund a Work Out to Help
17 Mar 2021
Scotland’s health clubs and leisure centres can now begin to prepare for reopening, after First
17 Mar 2021
Budget fitness operator The Gym Group has generated £1.8bn in social value since 2016. Pre-pandemic,
16 Mar 2021
The vast majority of the population of the Netherlands expect their physical and mental health
04 Jan 2012
Core Health & Fitness is proud to have signed an exclusive supplier agreement for the
11 Mar 2021
Kerzner International, the owner of One&Only Resorts and Atlantis Resort & Residences, has developed a
14 Mar 2021
HCM is investigating news that a small gym in Hong Kong has become one of
13 Mar 2021
A battle to save Virgin Active is continuing, as the company works to secure a
12 Mar 2021
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford, says the Welsh government is considering breaking the gym sector
11 Mar 2021
A new report shows how the pandemic is shifting consumer behaviours in fitness, sport and
10 Mar 2021
Organisers of the Elevate have confirmed that the event will be held at London’s ExCeL
10 Mar 2021
At least one of the vaccines approved for use against COVID-19 could be less effective
10 Mar 2021
Rene Moos, CEO of European health club giant Basic-Fit, has described 2020 as the most
08 Mar 2021
As health clubs prepare for reopening, some are introducing programmes designed to help people recovering
05 Mar 2021
US fitness industry revenue dropped 58 per cent during 2020 – from the US$35bn all-time
05 Mar 2021
The UK government is exploring whether incentivising people financially to take part in physical activity
04 Mar 2021
The Budget announcement has left the UK's physical activity sector with "unanswered questions" and vowing
03 Mar 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled an additional £700m funding boost for sports and culture, as
02 Mar 2021
The merger of two tech firms will result in the creation of a business software
01 Mar 2021
3d Leisure has put the current lockdown to good use, by stepping in to help
28 Feb 2021
Gyms and leisure centres in Scotland are set to open on 26 April, provided that
28 Feb 2021
Hundreds of gyms, swimming pools and leisure centres have been forced to close and thousands
27 Feb 2021
People placing increased emphasis on their physical fitness, the advances made in digital fitness and
26 Feb 2021
A new guide looks to offer local level practitioners and commissioners – as well as
25 Feb 2021
What are the effects on public health of gyms and leisure centres being shut during
25 Feb 2021
Mobile data and analytics provider App Annie has released its State Of Mobile 2021 report,
25 Feb 2021
The world's largest fitness trade fair, FIBO, has been rescheduled to November. The event will
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In spite of having met all government-agreed, COVID-secure operating
standards, group exercise has had a rough ride during the pandemic, being
closed more than gyms. HCM asks why this is and what can be done about it
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Denbighshire Leisure is creating a range of new and unforgettable member experiences. MD, Jamie Groves, explains how a partnership with Technogym and Alliance Leisure has led to the creation of a raft of new offerings
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Management
Katie Lewis and Lindsey Simpson co-founded Workplace Mental Wealth
to drive workforce change in the health and fitness industry. Liz Terry talks
to Lewis about their first research study – the Fitness and Active Leisure
Workforce State of Mind Survey – and the launch of The Good Work Pledge
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Tad Chapman from Active IQ argues that operators should take
a fresh look at apprenticeships and their power to drive recovery
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Reopening
Policing the rules, even if it means
losing members, will be crucial to
building trust as health clubs reopen,
Paul Roberts tells Kath Hudson
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HCM People
I don’t think we can point to any club in America that’s doing better now compared to pre-pandemic times
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“It’s a beautiful vision but there’s a lot of hard work ahead”
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HCM People
Colin Grant
CEO, Pure Group“Meticulous tracing and reporting of cases show, time and time again, that fitness centres and yoga studios are some of the safest places on the planet”
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A new tracking tool, called Moving Communities, will assess
the impact of the UK’s £100m National Leisure Recovery
Fund, as well as evaluating the contribution public sector
facilities make to their local communities, as HCM reports
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Hussle’s new Membership Conversion Service proactively turns Hussle customers into direct club members, encouraging them to join clubs they attend regularly
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Children with better cardiorespiratory health than their peers also do better on cognitive tests and other measures of brain function, according to new research
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“The Mahindra Group has always taken wellbeing very seriously; its Indian heritage means that mental and spiritual health and mindfulness are embedded in its philosophy”
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Changing rooms
have been largely closed during the pandemic, but as clubs open up, how will ongoing pandemic restrictions impact
changing room design?
We ask the experts
for their observations
and reflections
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New tax laws will hit the UK fitness
sector in early April, changing
the way freelance PTs are legally
classified for income tax and national
insurance, as Abi Harris reports
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How will digital, gyms and live fitness mesh to create a new customer offering in health clubs? Phillip Mills, executive director of Les Mills, shares his views
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