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05 Apr 2023
Modern wellness brand The Well has teamed up with Miami-based real estate developer Terra to
04 Apr 2023
Functional fitness company P.volve has opened its first franchise studio in San Diego, which adds
13 Mar 2023
Basic-Fit has released its results for 2022 which show strong club and membership growth, a
28 Feb 2023
Elizabeth Cutler and Julie Rice, founders of the cult fitness and lifestyle brand SoulCycle, have
Achieving success takes tenacity. The right partners and processes are vital. What do successful gyms
10 Feb 2023
Go Fit has started work on a new wellness hub in Tenerife. It will open
Panatta will consolidate its global presence throughout 2024 by attending a host of major industry
23 Dec 2022
Vietnam-based California Fitness and Yoga, part of Australasian health and fitness operator Fitness and Lifestyle
12 Dec 2022
Kickboxing-inspired brand 9Round has extended its international reach with a Master Franchise Agreement for South
Running a profitable spa demands keeping on top of ever-changing guest preferences. Simply sticking to
30 Nov 2022
Elaine Jobson, CEO of Jetts Fitness, has revealed the fitness company’s unique culture and strategy
29 Nov 2022
Blok has launched a fundraising campaign on Crowdcube. The company’s goal is to reach £500,000
24 Nov 2022
Black Friday, which falls on 25 November, will be one of the busiest retail days
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
23 Nov 2022
A list of 250 of the UK’s most popular gyms on Instagram has crowned Psycle
31 Oct 2022
Basic-Fit is set to continue its ambitious growth and expansion plans in Europe, following a
27 Oct 2022
Nuffield Health has completed a five-year refinancing package with NatWest, HSBC, Barclays and Santander UK.
19 Oct 2022
California’s historic Murrieta Hot Springs has been purchased for US$50m (€51m, £44.4m) by Olympus Real
05 Oct 2022
Former CEO of Anytime Fitness Neil Randall has been appointed the new CEO of TrainMore
03 Oct 2022
Work has begun on a new 60-acre wellness community in Utah, adjacent to Park City’s
PerformX Live, the premier business of fitness event, has announced Dr Jonathan Leary, founder and
23 Sep 2022
Athlo, an app enabling consumers to sell unwanted classes has soft-launched in the UK. The
14 Sep 2022
John Mackey, co-founder and former CEO of US organic supermarket chain Whole Foods, is reportedly
06 Sep 2022
Urban Gym Group (UGG) has announced a 50 per cent increase in TrainMore memberships in
05 Sep 2022
Nordic Hotels & Resorts has announced the grand opening of its newest luxury hotel, Sommerro,
02 Sep 2022
St Albans City and District Council has signed a ten-year deal with Sport and Leisure
30 Aug 2022
Safe Sweat, a new hybrid club concept offering members a private workout experience inside a
18 Aug 2022
Younger men at independent gyms are more likely than any other consumer group to accept
15 Aug 2022
Destination spa and wellness operator Miraval Resorts & Spas has revealed plans to open its
10 Aug 2022
Fitness markets around the globe are demonstrating "reassuring signs of recovery" following the pandemic disruptions
04 Aug 2022
The Gym Group saw its membership grow by 10 per cent during the first six
28 Jul 2022
Scandinavian fitness chain SATS has reported Q2 results showing a 53 per cent increase in
07 Jul 2022
Fitness & Lifestyle Group (FLG) has upgraded its digital joining process across Fitness First Australia,
09 Jun 2022
Basic-Fit has opened its 600th club in France in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, in the Pays de la
26 May 2022
The Leisure Database Company (TLDB) has revealed its State of the Fitness Industry Report UK
23 May 2022
A new physical activity programme called Big Sister has been launched in the UK to
19 May 2022
Gurney’s Montauk Resort in Long Island, US, has relaunched its Seawater Spa following a US$20m
03 May 2022
Basic-Fit opened a record number of 72 clubs in the first quarter of 2022. Fifty-five
21 Apr 2022
After a three-year hiatus, FIBO’s return on 7-10 April 2022 heralded a strong restart for
Did you know it costs six-seven times more to get a new guest than to
A comparison of numbers for the German market gives an insight into the fitness industry’s
06 Apr 2022
The number of people with a gym membership in Europe increased by 1 million (or
18 Mar 2022
The Gym Group has published its full-year results for 2021 and announced plans to open
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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
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Dr Paul Bedford talks
to Jak Phillips about
the double-edged
sword of the strength
training trend and his
ambitions for the sector
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Remember when there was mass hostility about London hosting the 2012 Olympics? Huw Edwards, CEO of UK Active, was there. He talks to Kath Hudson about the lessons he learned
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Esther Fairfax
Founder, The Lotte Berk Foundation“My mother was the first person to take dance and create an exercise programme out of it”
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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
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Fuel the debate about issues and opportunities across the industry. We’d love to hear from you – [email protected]
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Although there’s much talk about working with
health services, research from SLC suggests
there’s much work to do before the sector is
ready for the challenge. Kath Hudson asks the
experts to identify barriers and solutions
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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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Liz Terry looks at which operators
are most recognised by consumers,
using Kantar’s latest brand insight
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A new study from researchers at Yale shows HIIT can reverse nerve damage caused by Parkinson’s
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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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