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07 Apr 2021
According to Jan Freitag, senior VP at Smith Travel Research (STR), the industry can expect
26 Mar 2021
Total Fitness is entering into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), after being hit hard by
24 Mar 2021
It is unlikely that the UK will see a Work Out to Help Out scheme
22 Mar 2021
The German health club industry has weathered the effects of the pandemic better than many
17 Mar 2021
Budget fitness operator The Gym Group has generated £1.8bn in social value since 2016. Pre-pandemic,
16 Mar 2021
The vast majority of the population of the Netherlands expect their physical and mental health
Experience the pinnacle of fitness and luxury at the premier industry event, Sibec EMEA, set
11 Mar 2021
The UK's travel, tourism and visitor attractions markets have been "decimated" by COVID-19 – and
10 Mar 2021
Rene Moos, CEO of European health club giant Basic-Fit, has described 2020 as the most
04 Mar 2021
The Budget announcement has left the UK's physical activity sector with "unanswered questions" and vowing
01 Mar 2021
3d Leisure has put the current lockdown to good use, by stepping in to help
25 Feb 2021
What are the effects on public health of gyms and leisure centres being shut during
17 Feb 2021
Spa education centre Chiva-Som International Academy in Bangkok has upgraded its online course offering for
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
16 Feb 2021
PureGym expects lockdowns to last "until at least 31 March" – and that it will
15 Feb 2021
ukactive has published six 'policy calls', which it says are crucial in order to help
11 Feb 2021
Virgin Active investors are understood to be preparing a £60m+ funding injection into the fitness
08 Feb 2021
Ingesport – which operates the GO fit chain in Spain and Portugal – reports that
04 Feb 2021
Approaching half of the UK population (40 per cent) are exercising less during the current
01 Feb 2021
Wigan Council in the UK will take back the management of all its leisure centres
Panatta will consolidate its global presence throughout 2024 by attending a host of major industry
29 Jan 2021
Boutique operator Gymbox has launched a new service, giving consumers the opportunity to take their
28 Jan 2021
The UK’s largest social enterprise, GLL, is the latest operator to throw its support behind
28 Jan 2021
The physical activity sector is in need of bespoke and substantial financial support in order
25 Jan 2021
Award-winning therapist trainer, Jennifer Young has launched more free educational content to support therapists affected
20 Jan 2021
Sign the petition by clicking here. HCM editor, Liz Terry, has launched a Parliamentary Petition
21 Jan 2021
Gymbox has entered the hospitality space with the signing of a deal to deliver in-room
20 Jan 2021
For over 30 years, ASPA International has designed and built high-quality spas for the hotel,
14 Jan 2021
As the global vaccine rollout brings reopening closer and heralds the end of lockdowns, jostling
12 Jan 2021
The government needs to provide the fitness and physical activity sector with a plan which
12 Jan 2021
Some Brits drop their exercise habits, eat unhealthily and drink more alcohol during lockdowns, according
06 Jan 2021
Spas, beauty salons, hair salons, barbers and mobile beauty services are now closed for business
05 Jan 2021
ukactive has called on the UK government to draft a new National Physical Activity Plan
04 Jan 2021
David Lloyd Leisure has become the latest operator to have its auditors flag up the
01 Jan 2021
David Lloyd Clubs will develop a new programme in January 2021, designed to help people
02 Dec 2020
Gyms, health clubs, leisure centres and fitness studios in England are back in business today
26 Nov 2020
Nick Whitcombe, the independent gym owner who refused to shut his gym during the October
23 Nov 2020
Closing gyms and leisure facilities during any possible future lockdown would be "unthinkable", according to
23 Nov 2020
Gyms, health clubs and leisure centres will be able to open their doors when the
18 Nov 2020
Thousands of COVID-related deaths could be prevented if successive governments had tackled the country's obesity
17 Nov 2020
Leisure-net is running a repeat of its initial Post Lockdown Recovery Survey, in order to
17 Nov 2020
Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of PureGym, has confirmed to HCM that the company's operations in Poland
13 Nov 2020
The UK's physical activity sector is currently lobbying to have gyms and leisure centres classed
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The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based
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Nuffield Health has worked with ServiceSport UK for more than ten
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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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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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CEO of SATS that behaving authentically is the most
important part of leadership. He talks to Kath Hudson
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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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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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Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
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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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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
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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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“I would say those results, along with the team’s total lack of complacency – their desire to keep improving – have been the two big highlights of my first year ”
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“For 2024 our European growth will be focused on Spain and the UK and in 2025, Japan”
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