JD Gyms has designed its own personal training qualification and announced the launch of the JD Gyms PT Academy.

JD Gyms has introduced a new group exercise class for the new year.

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JD Gyms is delivering 'sector-leading metrics' as well as record pre-tax profits, turnover and EBITDA, CEO, Alun Peacock, has told HCM.

The CEO of JD Gyms reflects on the brand’s development and outlines plans for growth, as it opens its 100th club

JD Gyms celebrated a milestone this week by opening its 100th site. The Enfield club is also the company’s first organic gym within the M25.

JD Gyms is moving closer to its target of 100 sites across the UK, with a new club in Basingstoke (pictured) and another opening next week in Chester.

It’s almost time for W3Fit EMEA, which this year takes place at Málaga’s elegant Higuerón Hotel, from 14 to 17 October.

The UK fitness industry is growing in terms of members, market value and penetration, according to LeisureDB’s State of the UK Fitness Industry Report 2025.

Four-time Olympic medallist, Rebecca Adlington OBE, and Olympic swimmer, Steve Parry MBE, have successfully completed a management buyout of Swim!

UAE fitness chain, GymNation, has acquired a Fitness First club in Dubai, to merge with one of its existing properties to create a 55,000sq ft club on two floors.

The UK health and fitness is performing strongly, especially the private sector, with member numbers, market value and penetration reaching all-time highs.

The JD Gyms Group has completed a deal to acquire Simply Gym from Bay Leisure. The deal comprises four gyms: one in Greater London and three in South Wales.

Nuffield Health’s brand doesn’t justify its price, while Everyone Active has a distinctive personality according to brand experts, Kantar, which has undertaken consumer research into some leading fitness companies.

Which health and fitness operators have the greatest brand awareness among consumers? Liz Terry reports on the latest insights from Kantar

ServiceSport UK has partnered with cutting edge outfit, Upholstery2u, to expand its upholstery repair services, enabling operators to keep their gyms in perfect working order

JD Gyms, part of listed company, JD Sports Fashion plc, has sold UAE health club operator, GymNation, to a management buy-out team backed by investors TriCap Investments and Ruya Partners, which has revealed it invested SAR 94 million (US$25 million) private credit into GymNation.

GymNation has opened its latest health club in Dubai, bringing the number of open sites in its UAE portfolio to 11.

A list of 250 of the UK’s most popular gyms on Instagram has crowned Psycle in Oxford Circus the most posted club. According to the list drawn up by Versaclimber UK, it has accrued 14,200 posts on the social media network.

With an additional bank holiday announced out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II and to observe the state funeral on Monday 19 September, business owners and event operators around the UK are making decisions whether to close, modify opening times or stay open to serve the public’s needs.

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Deloitte’s eighth annual report into the European health and fitness market has assessed the destruction of the pandemic. Liz Terry summarises some key findings

The growth of budget health club chain JD Gyms has been accelerated by "at least three years" thanks to the company's acquisition of Xercise4Less during the pandemic.

With the refurbishment of the former Xercise4Less estate well underway, the MD of JD Gyms says growth plans have been accelerated by three years

We take a look at highlights from Deloitte’s European Health & Fitness Market Report, which gives insights into the impact of the pandemic on the sector

JD Gyms has acquired the gym estate of Xercise4Less, following the budget chain calling in administrators.

Fitness solution provider Reiver Fitness has signed a technology partnership with software specialist FunXtion.

The UK division of Ben Dunne Gyms has been acquired by JD Gyms in a multi-million- pound deal.

The MD of JD Gyms shares details of the next phase of the brand’s expansion

JD Gyms is close to establishing its first combined retail and fitness site in Salford, and is aiming to open another 12 gyms over the course of 2018.