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EuropeActive news

On the 6th April, the day before the FIBO international trade show officially begins, the
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs across Europe
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs, leisure centres
Increases in COVID-19 cases across Europe are forcing governments to introduce restrictions, which is having
EuropeActive has announced it will trial a new consumer health club certification scheme, to be
A group of leading health and fitness companies in Romania have joined forces to launch
Elevate
Elevate
Join us at Elevate from 12-13 June in London for a special one-off live recording
Sibec Europe, scheduled to take place in Cologne, Germany, from 2 to 5 November 2021,
The world's largest fitness trade fair, FIBO, has been rescheduled again and will now take
Further research into the levels of positive COVID-19 cases among those to have visited fitness
The number of active memberships across European health clubs fell by roughly 10 million –
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a webinar series to explore the future of
EuropeActive has joined the All Policies for a Healthy Europe (APHE) initiative, as part of
Innovatise UK Ltd
Innovatise UK Ltd
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
John Treharne, founder of The Gym Group, and Jana Havrdová, president of the Czech Chamber
Questex, owner of industry buyer event, Sibec EU, has announced it will partner with FIBO
HCM is investigating news that a small gym in Hong Kong has become one of
As health clubs prepare for reopening, some are introducing programmes designed to help people recovering
EuropeActive and ukactive have today (3 February) secured a new partnership agreement which will see
As the global vaccine rollout brings reopening closer and heralds the end of lockdowns, jostling
Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part
As COVID-19 cases increase across much of the UK, the fitness industry is standing fast,
FIBO has announced its 2021 show will be postponed due to increasing concerns in Germany
A new, Europe-wide initiative will look to chart the case rates for COVID-19 across European
The latest study into the infection rates recorded at gyms has shown that the average
Globally, gyms have, on average, seen nearly 70 per cent of their pre-lockdown members return
Industry body EuropeActive has published a sectoral manifesto which outlines the aims and objectives of
European fitness operators will face increased consolidation, accelerated digitalisation and the new reality of creating
EuropeActive has released its latest information and insight paper, focusing on how digital solutions are
The team at Reed Exhibitions has announced FIBO Köln will not run as a live
Boris Johnson has hinted that social distancing measures might be reduced by 4 July in
As countries around the world gear up to relax their lockdown rules, there remains a
EuropeActive has launched an online practical learning programme to guide operators in the re-opening and
The fitness industry in Europe is uniting today (30 May) to launch #beactivehour, a free
HCM can report that Europe Active's annual thought-leader conference, the European Health and Fitness Forum
BMF with Bear Grylls will look to active people across the continent with #BeActive Hour,
Representative body, EuropeActive, has today (11 May 2020), published new standards for gym operators advising
The European fitness industry is slowly beginning to prepare itself for the journey back to
Club closures, a squeeze on consumer spending and facilitating social distancing within a gym environment
Although the facts may seem less relevant now due to the coroavirus pandemic, new numbers
EuropeActive has held its latest International Standards Meeting (ISM) in Copenhagen, Denmark. The theme for
Physical activity bodies ukactive and EuropeActive have agreed to strengthen their partnership in the event
12,300
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Nuffield Health has 8,300 assets that are outside the original manufacturer’s warranty and are now being maintained by ServiceSport UK
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
Operators, prepare to revolutionise the way members connect with personal trainers in your club, with the ground-breaking Brawn platform.
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
Epassi, a provider of workplace wellness benefits, is creating a fitter and more productive workforce, one membership at a time 
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
The New Keiser M3i Studio Bike brings ride data to life to engage and delight members
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based supplier BLK BOX is transforming the gym floor
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Francesca Cooper-Boden says health assessment services can boost health club retention
HCM promotional features
HCM magazine
Wellness
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
HCM magazine
Insight
Liz Terry looks at which operators are most recognised by consumers, using Kantar’s latest brand insight
HCM magazine
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
HCM magazine
Specifier
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
HCM magazine
News report
Will Orr has been talking to HCM about the company’s new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
HCM magazine
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
HCM magazine
Editor's letter
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
HCM magazine
News report
Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –  is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
HCM magazine
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
HCM magazine
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
HCM magazine
HCM People

Cristiano Ronaldo

Footballer and entrepreneur
Taking care of your physical and mental health is essential for a fulfilling life
HCM magazine
New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
HCM magazine
HCM People

Dr Jonathan Leary

Founder, Remedy Place
It was as though the whole world woke up at the same time
HCM magazine
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
HCM magazine
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
HCM magazine
McFit, the original budget gym is undergoing a transformation with a new look and estate-wide overhaul, as Liz Terry reports
HCM magazine
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
We’ve had an outstanding year, with record revenues of €77m and €31m in EBITDA in 2023.
HCM magazine
Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
HCM magazine
Featured supplier news
Featured supplier news: W3Fit EMEA’s innovative programme sets sail for Sardinia, Italy
Following a hugely successful event last year in Split, Croatia, W3Fit EMEA, is heading to the Chia Laguna resort in Sardinia from 8-11 October.
Featured supplier news
Featured supplier news: Webinar: Building a new energy future for the leisure sector
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical challenge in balancing net zero goals, funding and increased costs.
Company profiles
Company profile: Pulse Fitness
With an award-winning portfolio of over 450 pieces of cutting-edge, premium fitness equipment, Pulse Fitness ...
Company profiles
Company profile: Panatta Srl
Panatta's mission is to create machines that are aesthetically pleasing, functional and competitive in price ...
Supplier Showcase
Supplier showcase - Jon Williams
Catalogue Gallery
Click on a catalogue to view it online
Featured press releases
Greenwich Leisure Limited press release: Innovative new partnership will see national roll-out of VR Esports Platform across UK leisure centres
Active Reality, a leader in Virtual Reality Freeroam Esports Arenas and GLL, the UK’s largest operator of municipal leisure centres, have today (3rd May 24) announced an innovative new partnership that will see a national roll out of gaming technologies within leisure centres across the country.
Featured press releases
KeepMe press release: Keepme unveils Fitness Marketers' Cheat Sheet containing AI strategies for fitness professionals
Keepme has announced the release of its newest addition to its Best Practice Series: the "Fitness Marketers' Cheat Sheet."
Directory
Lockers
Fitlockers: Lockers
Spa software
SpaBooker: Spa software
salt therapy products
Saltability: salt therapy products
Snowroom
TechnoAlpin SpA: Snowroom
Flooring
Total Vibration Solutions / TVS Sports Surfaces: Flooring
Cryotherapy
Art of Cryo: Cryotherapy
Property & Tenders
Loughton, IG10
Knight Frank
Property & Tenders
Grantham, Leicestershire
Belvoir Castle
Property & Tenders
Diary dates
10-12 May 2024
China Import & Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, China
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

EuropeActive news

On the 6th April, the day before the FIBO international trade show officially begins, the
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs across Europe
The number of positive COVID-19 cases among people who have visited health clubs, leisure centres
Increases in COVID-19 cases across Europe are forcing governments to introduce restrictions, which is having
EuropeActive has announced it will trial a new consumer health club certification scheme, to be
A group of leading health and fitness companies in Romania have joined forces to launch
Elevate
Elevate
Join us at Elevate from 12-13 June in London for a special one-off live recording
Sibec Europe, scheduled to take place in Cologne, Germany, from 2 to 5 November 2021,
The world's largest fitness trade fair, FIBO, has been rescheduled again and will now take
Further research into the levels of positive COVID-19 cases among those to have visited fitness
The number of active memberships across European health clubs fell by roughly 10 million –
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a webinar series to explore the future of
EuropeActive has joined the All Policies for a Healthy Europe (APHE) initiative, as part of
Innovatise UK Ltd
Innovatise UK Ltd
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
John Treharne, founder of The Gym Group, and Jana Havrdová, president of the Czech Chamber
Questex, owner of industry buyer event, Sibec EU, has announced it will partner with FIBO
HCM is investigating news that a small gym in Hong Kong has become one of
As health clubs prepare for reopening, some are introducing programmes designed to help people recovering
EuropeActive and ukactive have today (3 February) secured a new partnership agreement which will see
As the global vaccine rollout brings reopening closer and heralds the end of lockdowns, jostling
Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part
As COVID-19 cases increase across much of the UK, the fitness industry is standing fast,
FIBO has announced its 2021 show will be postponed due to increasing concerns in Germany
A new, Europe-wide initiative will look to chart the case rates for COVID-19 across European
The latest study into the infection rates recorded at gyms has shown that the average
Globally, gyms have, on average, seen nearly 70 per cent of their pre-lockdown members return
Industry body EuropeActive has published a sectoral manifesto which outlines the aims and objectives of
European fitness operators will face increased consolidation, accelerated digitalisation and the new reality of creating
EuropeActive has released its latest information and insight paper, focusing on how digital solutions are
The team at Reed Exhibitions has announced FIBO Köln will not run as a live
Boris Johnson has hinted that social distancing measures might be reduced by 4 July in
As countries around the world gear up to relax their lockdown rules, there remains a
EuropeActive has launched an online practical learning programme to guide operators in the re-opening and
The fitness industry in Europe is uniting today (30 May) to launch #beactivehour, a free
HCM can report that Europe Active's annual thought-leader conference, the European Health and Fitness Forum
BMF with Bear Grylls will look to active people across the continent with #BeActive Hour,
Representative body, EuropeActive, has today (11 May 2020), published new standards for gym operators advising
The European fitness industry is slowly beginning to prepare itself for the journey back to
Club closures, a squeeze on consumer spending and facilitating social distancing within a gym environment
Although the facts may seem less relevant now due to the coroavirus pandemic, new numbers
EuropeActive has held its latest International Standards Meeting (ISM) in Copenhagen, Denmark. The theme for
Physical activity bodies ukactive and EuropeActive have agreed to strengthen their partnership in the event
26 - 50 of 12,300
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Nuffield Health has 8,300 assets that are outside the original manufacturer’s warranty and are now being maintained by ServiceSport UK
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
Operators, prepare to revolutionise the way members connect with personal trainers in your club, with the ground-breaking Brawn platform.
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
Epassi, a provider of workplace wellness benefits, is creating a fitter and more productive workforce, one membership at a time 
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
The New Keiser M3i Studio Bike brings ride data to life to engage and delight members
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based supplier BLK BOX is transforming the gym floor
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Francesca Cooper-Boden says health assessment services can boost health club retention
HCM promotional features
HCM magazine
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
HCM magazine
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
HCM magazine
HCM People

Cristiano Ronaldo

Footballer and entrepreneur
Taking care of your physical and mental health is essential for a fulfilling life
HCM magazine
New research has found BMI to be a highly inaccurate measure of childhood obesity, leading current thinking and policy based on it into question
HCM magazine
HCM People

Dr Jonathan Leary

Founder, Remedy Place
It was as though the whole world woke up at the same time
HCM magazine
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
HCM magazine
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
HCM magazine
McFit, the original budget gym is undergoing a transformation with a new look and estate-wide overhaul, as Liz Terry reports
HCM magazine
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
We’ve had an outstanding year, with record revenues of €77m and €31m in EBITDA in 2023.
HCM magazine
Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
HCM magazine
Featured supplier news
Featured supplier news: W3Fit EMEA’s innovative programme sets sail for Sardinia, Italy
Following a hugely successful event last year in Split, Croatia, W3Fit EMEA, is heading to the Chia Laguna resort in Sardinia from 8-11 October.
Featured supplier news
Featured supplier news: Webinar: Building a new energy future for the leisure sector
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical challenge in balancing net zero goals, funding and increased costs.
Company profiles
Company profile: Pulse Fitness
With an award-winning portfolio of over 450 pieces of cutting-edge, premium fitness equipment, Pulse Fitness ...
Company profiles
Company profile: Panatta Srl
Panatta's mission is to create machines that are aesthetically pleasing, functional and competitive in price ...
Supplier Showcase
Supplier showcase - Jon Williams
Catalogue Gallery
Click on a catalogue to view it online
Featured press releases
Greenwich Leisure Limited press release: Innovative new partnership will see national roll-out of VR Esports Platform across UK leisure centres
Active Reality, a leader in Virtual Reality Freeroam Esports Arenas and GLL, the UK’s largest operator of municipal leisure centres, have today (3rd May 24) announced an innovative new partnership that will see a national roll out of gaming technologies within leisure centres across the country.
Featured press releases
KeepMe press release: Keepme unveils Fitness Marketers' Cheat Sheet containing AI strategies for fitness professionals
Keepme has announced the release of its newest addition to its Best Practice Series: the "Fitness Marketers' Cheat Sheet."
Directory
Lockers
Fitlockers: Lockers
Spa software
SpaBooker: Spa software
salt therapy products
Saltability: salt therapy products
Snowroom
TechnoAlpin SpA: Snowroom
Flooring
Total Vibration Solutions / TVS Sports Surfaces: Flooring
Cryotherapy
Art of Cryo: Cryotherapy
Property & Tenders
Loughton, IG10
Knight Frank
Property & Tenders
Grantham, Leicestershire
Belvoir Castle
Property & Tenders
Diary dates
10-12 May 2024
China Import & Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, China
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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