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Brand specialist, Kantar, has ranked a key group of health and fitness operators by consumer
Despite high inflation and energy costs, Basic-Fit lifted 2023 revenues by almost a third, achieved
The World Happiness Summit (WOHASU) is gearing up to hold its first-ever World Wellbeing Policy
Edinburgh Leisure has appointed Jen Holland as chief executive. She will take over from June
Historic England has announced it will be funding 56 creative projects that honour the heritage
North Herts District Council has entered into a ten-year partnership with Everyone Active to run
Elevate
Elevate
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
Myzone has announced the launch of MZ-Open, an access function that enables Myzone gym users
Orangetheory Fitness has 'massive expectations' for growth in the UK and Europe and sees potential
Andrei Fomin, the mastermind behind London’s Russian bathhouse and spa concept Banya No 1, wants
Julia Sutton, co-founder of exhale Spa, was tragically killed in a hit-and-run accident in New
The UK government acknowledged in its recent budget that economic recovery depends on the health
New legislation will change the way health clubs in the UK manage their membership process,
Innovatise UK Ltd
Innovatise UK Ltd
Join us at Elevate from 12-13 June in London for a special one-off live recording
Research by the University of Sydney is the first to objectively measure whether daily steps
Universal has revealed it will be adding new Harry Potter attractions, alongside Super Nintendo and
Global Wellness Day (GWD) is set to mark its 13th annual celebration on 8 June
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is looking for recruits ahead of undertaking its largest-ever
The World Travel & Tourism Council 's (WTTC) Hotel Sustainability Basics verification (Basics) has achieved
Following the launch of its Siro wellness hotel brand, in the form of Siro One
Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
Fitness On Demand (FOD) has teamed up with Les Mills, to offer an omnichannel fitness
The first bricks and mortar Kinrgy studio opens today (1 March) in West Hollywood. Founded
Orangetheory and Self Esteem Brands have revealed plans to merge 'as equals' creating a new
In the same week as tennis legend, Andre Agassi, was appointed to the board of
According to a pilot study by Yale School of Medicine, exercise can not only slow
Oman’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning (MoHUP) has revealed plans for an ambitious high-altitude
Self Esteem Brands (SEB), owner of Anytime Fitness, has released year-end results which show year-on-year
Spanish skincare and spa brand Natura Bissé has discovered its treatments can increase a sense
Speaking exclusively in the current issue of HCM magazine, Third Space CEO, Colin Waggett, says
Following a successful pilot, The Gym Group is rolling out a programme, delivered by The
The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data
Les Mills has been through a senior management refresh following the recent departure of CEO
Accor’s high-end brand Raffles Hotels & Resorts is set to land in northwestern Saudia Arabia
EuropeActive has appointed Kai Troll as its new CEO. He has a background in the
CIMSPA has published its 2024-2030 strategy Releasing the Power of Our Profession, which sets out
While the UK hotel sector ended 2023 on a high, new data shows this was
In a soft power exercise, politicians in the UK have been invited to take part
University of Washington researchers have created a wireless wearable in the form of a thermal
While life expectancy has increased, the extra years are often not spent in good health.
Xponential has passed ownership of Stride Fitness – the running brand it bought in January
Nike, is launching a one-day fitness, wellness and mindfulness festival in London next month, before
A fire has destroyed part of the new water world, Oceana, at Liseberg in Sweden,
12,300
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
We want our future sports centre to act as a co-location for health and wellbeing services, furthering our connections with GP referrals and digital health platforms
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
Francesca Cooper-Boden says health assessment services can boost health club retention
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
The New Keiser M3i Studio Bike brings ride data to life to engage and delight members
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
The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based supplier BLK BOX is transforming the gym floor
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Nuffield Health has worked with ServiceSport UK for more than ten years, ensuring the equipment in its clubs is commercially optimised
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
HCM magazine
Opinion
The industry is missing a trick in failing to engage with people who are new to exercise. We’re lacking when it comes to onboarding
HCM magazine
Everyone's talking about
Property experts say it’s a golden moment for health and fitness operators to secure leases, as the sector has come through the pandemic with its reputation largely intact and clubs are seen as desirable anchor tenants. Kath Hudson finds out why landlords want to talk
HCM magazine
HCM People

Esther Fairfax

Founder, The Lotte Berk Foundation
My mother was the first person to take dance and create an exercise programme out of it
HCM magazine
Research
A new study from researchers at Yale shows HIIT can reverse nerve damage caused by Parkinson’s
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
Debate
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
HCM magazine
Insight
Liz Terry looks at which operators are most recognised by consumers, using Kantar’s latest brand insight
HCM magazine
Design
McFit, the original budget gym is undergoing a transformation with a new look and estate-wide overhaul, as Liz Terry reports
HCM magazine
Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson 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
HCM People

Dr Jonathan Leary

Founder, Remedy Place
It was as though the whole world woke up at the same time
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
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
Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –  is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
HCM magazine
We already have an incredible organisation, but we’re humble enough to recognise there are still areas for continued improvement
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
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
Will Orr has been talking to HCM about the company’s new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
HCM magazine
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
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.
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.
Company profiles
Company profile: Elevate
The UK's largest annual trade event dedicated to physical activity, health, and performance...
Company profiles
Company profile: Absolute Performance
Absolute Performance was established in 2008 by Tony and Sian Buchanan and has a wealth ...
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
Cryotherapy
Art of Cryo: Cryotherapy
Snowroom
TechnoAlpin SpA: Snowroom
Flooring
Total Vibration Solutions / TVS Sports Surfaces: Flooring
salt therapy products
Saltability: salt therapy products
Lockers
Fitlockers: Lockers
Spa software
SpaBooker: Spa software
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

people news

Brand specialist, Kantar, has ranked a key group of health and fitness operators by consumer
Despite high inflation and energy costs, Basic-Fit lifted 2023 revenues by almost a third, achieved
The World Happiness Summit (WOHASU) is gearing up to hold its first-ever World Wellbeing Policy
Edinburgh Leisure has appointed Jen Holland as chief executive. She will take over from June
Historic England has announced it will be funding 56 creative projects that honour the heritage
North Herts District Council has entered into a ten-year partnership with Everyone Active to run
Elevate
Elevate
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
Myzone has announced the launch of MZ-Open, an access function that enables Myzone gym users
Orangetheory Fitness has 'massive expectations' for growth in the UK and Europe and sees potential
Andrei Fomin, the mastermind behind London’s Russian bathhouse and spa concept Banya No 1, wants
Julia Sutton, co-founder of exhale Spa, was tragically killed in a hit-and-run accident in New
The UK government acknowledged in its recent budget that economic recovery depends on the health
New legislation will change the way health clubs in the UK manage their membership process,
Innovatise UK Ltd
Innovatise UK Ltd
Join us at Elevate from 12-13 June in London for a special one-off live recording
Research by the University of Sydney is the first to objectively measure whether daily steps
Universal has revealed it will be adding new Harry Potter attractions, alongside Super Nintendo and
Global Wellness Day (GWD) is set to mark its 13th annual celebration on 8 June
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is looking for recruits ahead of undertaking its largest-ever
The World Travel & Tourism Council 's (WTTC) Hotel Sustainability Basics verification (Basics) has achieved
Following the launch of its Siro wellness hotel brand, in the form of Siro One
Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
Fitness On Demand (FOD) has teamed up with Les Mills, to offer an omnichannel fitness
The first bricks and mortar Kinrgy studio opens today (1 March) in West Hollywood. Founded
Orangetheory and Self Esteem Brands have revealed plans to merge 'as equals' creating a new
In the same week as tennis legend, Andre Agassi, was appointed to the board of
According to a pilot study by Yale School of Medicine, exercise can not only slow
Oman’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning (MoHUP) has revealed plans for an ambitious high-altitude
Self Esteem Brands (SEB), owner of Anytime Fitness, has released year-end results which show year-on-year
Spanish skincare and spa brand Natura Bissé has discovered its treatments can increase a sense
Speaking exclusively in the current issue of HCM magazine, Third Space CEO, Colin Waggett, says
Following a successful pilot, The Gym Group is rolling out a programme, delivered by The
The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data
Les Mills has been through a senior management refresh following the recent departure of CEO
Accor’s high-end brand Raffles Hotels & Resorts is set to land in northwestern Saudia Arabia
EuropeActive has appointed Kai Troll as its new CEO. He has a background in the
CIMSPA has published its 2024-2030 strategy Releasing the Power of Our Profession, which sets out
While the UK hotel sector ended 2023 on a high, new data shows this was
In a soft power exercise, politicians in the UK have been invited to take part
University of Washington researchers have created a wireless wearable in the form of a thermal
While life expectancy has increased, the extra years are often not spent in good health.
Xponential has passed ownership of Stride Fitness – the running brand it bought in January
Nike, is launching a one-day fitness, wellness and mindfulness festival in London next month, before
A fire has destroyed part of the new water world, Oceana, at Liseberg in Sweden,
41 - 80 of 12,300
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
We want our future sports centre to act as a co-location for health and wellbeing services, furthering our connections with GP referrals and digital health platforms
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
Francesca Cooper-Boden says health assessment services can boost health club retention
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
The New Keiser M3i Studio Bike brings ride data to life to engage and delight members
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
The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based supplier BLK BOX is transforming the gym floor
HCM promotional features
Sponsored
Nuffield Health has worked with ServiceSport UK for more than ten years, ensuring the equipment in its clubs is commercially optimised
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
HCM magazine
Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson 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
HCM People

Dr Jonathan Leary

Founder, Remedy Place
It was as though the whole world woke up at the same time
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
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
Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –  is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
HCM magazine
We already have an incredible organisation, but we’re humble enough to recognise there are still areas for continued improvement
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
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
Will Orr has been talking to HCM about the company’s new strategy for 2024, as Kath Hudson reports
HCM magazine
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
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.
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.
Company profiles
Company profile: Elevate
The UK's largest annual trade event dedicated to physical activity, health, and performance...
Company profiles
Company profile: Absolute Performance
Absolute Performance was established in 2008 by Tony and Sian Buchanan and has a wealth ...
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
Cryotherapy
Art of Cryo: Cryotherapy
Snowroom
TechnoAlpin SpA: Snowroom
Flooring
Total Vibration Solutions / TVS Sports Surfaces: Flooring
salt therapy products
Saltability: salt therapy products
Lockers
Fitlockers: Lockers
Spa software
SpaBooker: Spa software
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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