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20 Dec 2004
Center Parcs shares dropped sharply following the UK holiday village operator announcing that rising energy
09 Dec 2004
Holiday village operator Center Parcs has announced this morning (9 December) that it is to
13 Dec 2004
Whitbread has appointed the group finance director of Woolworths to become its new finance director
10 Dec 2004
Whitbread has appointed the group finance director of Woolworths to become its new finance director
09 Dec 2004
Global sales, marketing and distribution group, SRS-Worldhotels has announced plans to focus on the incentive
09 Dec 2004
Scottish pub operator Maclay Inns has announced it is embarking on a £16m expansion strategy.
Experience the pinnacle of fitness and luxury at the premier industry event, Sibec EMEA, set
09 Dec 2004
Irish health and fitness club chain Jackie Skelly Fitness is to invest 3m euros (£2m)
09 Dec 2004
Holiday village operator Center Parcs has announced this morning (9 December) that it is to
08 Dec 2004
Sedgefield Borough Council will ban smoking in all of its leisure centres from 2 January
08 Dec 2004
Health and fitness club operator Esporta has sold three non-core sites to Virgin Active as
08 Dec 2004
US-based Cendant Hotel Group is looking to introduce its Days Inn brand in 15 countries
03 Dec 2004
The Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) has introduced a new quality standards classification scheme for its
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
29 Nov 2004
Health club chain énergie Fitness Clubs has won the New Business of the Year award
25 Nov 2004
Online betting group Sportingbet has reported a 30 per cent increase in turnover for the
19 Nov 2004
Swissôtel The Howard in London has been sold for £75m to Jersey-based company Samosir. Jones
11 Nov 2004
London-based pub operator Pubs ’n’ Bars has sold the Dukes Head pub in Barking, East
09 Nov 2004
UK racecourse operator Arena Leisure has re-opened the Southwell Racecourse in Nottinghamshire following a £1.4m
03 Nov 2004
The winners of the Springboard Awards for Excellence were announced on 1 November at Whitbread’s
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
03 Nov 2004
Sportscotland, the national body for sports development in Scotland, has published a document detailing its
02 Nov 2004
Soft drinks company Britvic has acquired the water portfolio of Huddersfield-based Ben Shaws. The company
01 Nov 2004
Leisure sector software management company Clarity Commerce Solutions has acquired software group Baron LRMS. UK-based
28 Oct 2004
Marriott Hotels UK is to launch a new advertising campaign this week. It only takes
28 Oct 2004
Sportingbet has become the world’s largest online sports betting and gaming group following the $297.5m
28 Oct 2004
A trading update issued by tour operator First Choice Holidays has revealed that its strategy
28 Oct 2004
Leisure giant Whitbread has announced plans to raise £800m by selling some of its assets
27 Oct 2004
Lastminute.com has announced that Allan Leighton will be stepping down as non-executive chair and will
25 Oct 2004
Belfast Visitor and Convention Bureau (BVCB) has launched a major £1.2m marketing campaign supported by
25 Oct 2004
Former goalkeeper to the Great Britain Olympic hockey team, Ian Taylor, has been appointed chief
21 Oct 2004
Support service company GSL UK has been appointed to carry out a new Quality Strategy
09 Sep 2004
Gold’s Gym, one of the world’s largest health club chains, is launching its franchise system
09 Sep 2004
Gold’s Gym, one of the world’s largest health club chains, is launching its franchise system
15 Oct 2004
JJB Sports has announced that it has terminated talks which could have led to an
14 Oct 2004
Pub operator Spirit Group has confirmed it is to sell 350 pubs that it has
14 Oct 2004
Sports content and online gaming business ukbetting is to acquire Campbell’s Bookmakers for £1.2m. The
11 Oct 2004
Inventive Leisure has seen a drop in pre-tax profits for the year to 30 June
11 Oct 2004
The Club Company, formerly known as Clubhaus, has seen membership soar at its Mapledurham site
07 Oct 2004
US-based Great American Family Parks (GFAM) has raised $430,000 through a private placement of its
07 Oct 2004
Following an extensive pilot programme and independent assessment, a new excellence framework for sport and
30 Sep 2004
Bar and nightclub operator Urbium has bought Strawberry Moons in London’s West End for £1.45m.
16 Sep 2004
Pub operator Eldridge Pope has backed a £42.3m takeover by entrepreneur Michael Cannon. The offer,
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University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship
Goodwin Sports Centre following a major refurbishment
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Francesca Cooper-Boden says
health assessment services can
boost health club retention
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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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GymNation is pioneering the future of
fitness with software specialist Perfect
Gym providing a scalable tech platform
to power and sustain its growth
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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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D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with
business growth. MD, John Lofting and operations
director, Matt Aynsley, explain the rationale
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Operators, prepare to revolutionise the way members connect with personal
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The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based
supplier BLK BOX is transforming the gym floor
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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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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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Cristiano Ronaldo
Footballer and entrepreneur“Taking care of your physical and mental health is essential for a fulfilling life”
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Dr Jonathan Leary
Founder, Remedy Place“It was as though the whole world woke up at the same time”
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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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Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
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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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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
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“We’ve had an outstanding year, with record revenues of €77m and €31m in EBITDA in 2023. ”
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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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