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21 Jun 2021
With gyms reopening as the fitness industry recovers from the impact of the pandemic, members
15 Jun 2021
IHRSA has appointed Elizabeth Clark as its new president and CEO. Clark joins the industry
11 Jun 2021
The government needs to urgently set out its plans to support physical activity and fitness
26 May 2021
The Gym Group has outperformed all of its own expectations in the six weeks of
24 May 2021
The Clynelish Distillery has opened the doors to a new visitor experience near Brora, in
19 May 2021
A new job retention scheme, backed by National Lottery funding, has been launched to support
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
17 May 2021
Indoor group exercise can recommence in England and Scotland today (17 May), as part of
04 May 2021
Health clubs and leisure centres in Northern Ireland reopened their doors on Friday 30 April,
30 Apr 2021
Sport England has reported a drop of 710,000 in the number of people classed as
22 Apr 2021
Basic-Fit lost 10 per cent of its members during Q1 2021, as 94 per cent
16 Apr 2021
Health clubs and gyms will be able to open their doors to individual training sessions
12 Apr 2021
Health clubs, leisure centres and studios in England have opened today (12 April) for the
Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
11 Apr 2021
A major new initiative will look to strengthen and unite the fitness industry's voice in
08 Apr 2021
As health clubs and fitness studios in England are counting the hours down to reopening
07 Apr 2021
John Treharne, founder of The Gym Group, and Jana Havrdová, president of the Czech Chamber
06 Apr 2021
An emerging shadow economy of the Irish beauty industry will continue to grow rapidly unless
31 Mar 2021
Danish health club operator Repeat, launched in 2016 by serial fitness entrepreneur Rasmus Ingerslev, has
30 Mar 2021
The industry is eagerly awaiting the reopening of health clubs and leisure centres in another
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29 Mar 2021
In August 2020, industry figure and influencer Caroline Hirons launched Beauty Backed to support independent
26 Mar 2021
Total Fitness is entering into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), after being hit hard by
23 Mar 2021
A total of £100m has been allocated to 266 local authorities across England, to support
22 Mar 2021
The FA Cup final in May could be played in front of 20,000 football fans,
19 Mar 2021
David Lloyd will reopen 79 of its clubs in England for outdoor fitness on Monday
18 Mar 2021
The Gym Group saw its revenues cut by nearly half during the pandemic, a direct
17 Mar 2021
The government has said it has no plans to fund a Work Out to Help
17 Mar 2021
Scotland’s health clubs and leisure centres can now begin to prepare for reopening, after First
14 Mar 2021
HCM is investigating news that a small gym in Hong Kong has become one of
12 Mar 2021
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford, says the Welsh government is considering breaking the gym sector
12 Mar 2021
Spa textile supplier BC Softwear believes that as spas reopen, touchpoints will be essential in
12 Mar 2021
The Irish Spa Association (ISA) is urgently calling upon the Irish Government to provide full
10 Mar 2021
Rene Moos, CEO of European health club giant Basic-Fit, has described 2020 as the most
08 Mar 2021
As health clubs prepare for reopening, some are introducing programmes designed to help people recovering
28 Feb 2021
Gyms and leisure centres in Scotland are set to open on 26 April, provided that
25 Feb 2021
The pandemic cost the US visitor attractions an estimated US$23bn in economic losses during 2020,
22 Feb 2021
Most outdoor attractions in England – including zoos and theme parks – will be allowed
22 Feb 2021
A collection of industry organisations, including The British Beauty Council, are working closely with the
22 Feb 2021
PM, Boris Johnson, has confirmed that gyms, swimming pools and leisure centres in England will
22 Feb 2021
The re-opening of gyms in Wales has been pushed back by the country's First Minister
19 Feb 2021
The financial performance of health club operator SATS in the last quarter of 2020 was
18 Feb 2021
Placing gyms and leisure centres at the front of the queue for reopening would be
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University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship
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The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based
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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
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Founder, Remedy Place“It was as though the whole world woke up at the same time”
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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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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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McFit, the original budget gym is undergoing
a transformation with a new look and
estate-wide overhaul, as Liz Terry reports
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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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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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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
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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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