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19 Jan 2016
The continued rise of budget gyms doesn’t spell the end for mid and premium market
18 Jan 2016
Pure Gym is preparing for a change of ownership, with a stock market float worth
18 Jan 2016
Fitness First has sold its Queen’s Park health club in Bournemouth – the site on
12 Jan 2016
Oxygen Freejumping has announced a new five-site deal with 5-a-side football operator Lucozade Powerleague which
11 Jan 2016
Life Fitness has promoted UK managing director Jason Worthy to the newly-created role of managing
21 Dec 2015
The Bannatyne Group is working to reposition itself as an upmarket operator in 2016, centred
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
03 Dec 2015
Any suspicions that the boutique studio boom is stealing the thunder of fast-growing budget gyms
02 Dec 2015
LA Fitness and 24 Hour Fitness have agreed to a club exchange, meaning that 24
04 Nov 2015
DW Fitness has bought seven former LA fitness sites from Pure Gym, Health Club Managment
14 Oct 2015
Speculation is mounting that Fitness First could soon be up for sale, with owner Oaktree
05 Oct 2015
Sports Direct Fitness is laying the foundations for its ‘aggressive’ expansion over the next year
22 Sep 2015
Health and fitness operators must redefine the boundaries of their market and embrace innovation if
Join us at Elevate from 12-13 June in London for a special one-off live recording
17 Sep 2015
Trampolining company Oxygen Freejumping has announced that its second venue will open at a retail
15 Sep 2015
Fitness industry veteran Arthur McColl is leaving his role as chief operating officer of LA
14 Sep 2015
Sports Direct Fitness is planning an aggressive rollout of new health clubs in 2016, with
24 Aug 2015
Efforts to revolutionise physical activity sector apprenticeships have taken a solid step forward after the
18 Aug 2015
Pure Gym’s takeover of LA fitness and its 42 gyms has been cleared by the
20 Jul 2015
Oxygen Freejumping, a new venture helmed by David Stalker and Fred Turok, has sprung open
Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
16 Jul 2015
Fitness industry analyst Ray Algar will deliver a keynote session at Leisure Industry Week (LIW)
10 Jul 2015
Film star and parkour pioneer Sébastien Foucan is teaming up with David Stalker’s new trampolining
25 Jun 2015
Six time Olympic gold medal winner Sir Chris Hoy has invested in Pure Gym and
29 May 2015
Pure Gym has emerged as the victor of the long-running race to acquire LA fitness.
18 May 2015
Fitness First has pulled out of the race to acquire long-time gym chain rival LA
07 May 2015
Former Places for People Leisure CEO Steve Philpott has become the latest leisure industry heavyweight
16 Apr 2015
Fitness First remains firmly in the running for the £80m race to capture LA fitness,
31 Mar 2015
Pure Gym is the reported frontrunner in a three-horse race to buy LA fitness for
23 Mar 2015
Sports Direct is bidding to scale up its dual-use gym and retail concept – part
26 Feb 2015
LA Fitness has contracted Physical Company to create and equip ‘Primal Series’ gym floor classes
21 Jan 2015
Major health club brands such as LA Fitness, Fitness First, Anytime Fitness and Sports Direct
19 Jan 2015
Not-for-profit trust Freedom Leisure has acquired three gyms formerly owned by LA fitness as part
09 Jan 2015
The US estate of Bally Total Fitness is now down to five clubs. This follows
12 Nov 2014
LA fitness has outlined plans for growth and potential future investment as the operator confirms
30 Oct 2014
Sports Direct’s gym chain – Sports Direct Fitness – has revealed more elements of its
24 Oct 2014
A coalition of leading leisure employers and industry organisations have today (23 October) launched a
23 Oct 2014
Everyone Active has appointed Mark Talley as group fitness development manager, with a brief of
21 Oct 2014
Sports Direct has selected Gladstone Health and Leisure to be its software supplier for the
14 Oct 2014
LA fitness has promoted Sam Theyers to the role of national head of fitness for
14 Oct 2014
Pure Gym has joined a number of high-profile UK gym chains in setting its sights
11 Sep 2014
LA Fitness has selected Physical Company as equipment supplier for its newly refurbished flagship LAX
27 Aug 2014
LA fitness has converted its flagship South Kensington club into the chain’s second LAX site,
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The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based
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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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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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Epassi, a provider of workplace wellness benefits, is creating a fitter
and more productive workforce, one membership at a time
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Operators, prepare to revolutionise the way members connect with personal
trainers in your club, with the ground-breaking Brawn platform.
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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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The New Keiser M3i Studio Bike brings ride
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Francesca Cooper-Boden says
health assessment services can
boost health club retention
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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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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
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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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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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Cristiano Ronaldo
Footballer and entrepreneur“Taking care of your physical and mental health is essential for a fulfilling life”
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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
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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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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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Will Orr has been talking to HCM about the company’s
new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
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