The ROI of refreshing gym equipment is so significant, it makes taking this approach a strategic imperative for fitness operators

Julie Cramer talks to flooring suppliers about the keys to success when specifying new surfaces and the expensive downsides of getting it wrong

Lift Brands – parent company of Snap Fitness – has reacquired the master franchise for the United Arab Emirates as it looks to accelerate growth of Snap gyms in the region.

From brain training and body sculpting, to ‘gesture tech’ and binaural beats, HCM predicts the trends that will impact and shape the sector

Basic-Fit topped four million members – a 13 per cent increase – and opened a record number of clubs in the first half year of 2024.

HCM Handbook editorial director, Liz Terry, predicts key trends, influences and opportunities set to shape the sector, including nocturnal living, gesture tech, brain training and small cost concepts

Sustainability in the fitness industry is coming on in leaps and bounds as more operators refurbish their gym equipment to save money and the planet

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

A stellar line up of industry thought leaders give their views on what might be coming down the tracks in the next 18 months and where to find the chinks of light in the current stormy landscape. Contributors include Liz Clarke, Huw Edwards, Tara Dillon and Martin Franklin.

Kate Cracknell talks to the serial fitness entrepreneurs behind the new Forest House concept and other innovative health and fitness brands

Everyone Active is spending £7.5m this year reimagining its health and fitness offering to bring all its wellness services under one roof

The CEO of Total Fitness talks about a tenure filled with dramatic growth, pandemic impact and a CVA

Swim England has warned that 2,000 swimming pools could be lost forever unless the government and local authorities "act immediately" and invest in replacing or refurbishing ageing facilities.

New competition is coming from every direction, says Liz Terry

A £30m luxury leisure development scheme which has been more than a decade in the making has finally been given the green light by Newcastle City Council.

Duncan Bannatyne is to return to frontline involvement in the health club, spa and hotel business that bears his name, as current CEO, Justin Musgrove, announces his departure for a new role in the Middle East.

Crown Sports Lockers has combined innovative design with changing room provision and project delivery excellence for a refurbishment at Nizels Golf & Country Club in Kent.

The new CEO of Xercise4Less – one of the founders of Virgin Active – says the budget operator is gearing up to double in size

Francine Davis, commercial and strategic development director; Rebecca Passmore, operations director; and Eve Sukhnandan, director of human resources, talk to Kate Cracknell about how the business is developing and the launch of a new concept

Health club operator David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has expanded its operations into Germany, following the acquisition of a HealthCity-branded club in Bad Homburg, near Frankfurt.

Leisure operator Everyone Active has been awarded two 10-year contracts to deliver services on behalf of local councils.

The opening of 20 new sites and membership growth in its existing clubs has helped Pure Gym record a 24 per cent increase in revenue.

David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has announced plans for further expansion into Europe after exchanging contracts for its first health club in France.

Entrepreneur Chris Lane has come out of retirement, buying and rebranding a former Virgin Active site in Angmering, West Sussex as a Lanes Health Club.

The Bannatyne Group is continuing with its aggressive investment programme, pumping £1m (US$1.3m, €1.1m) into upgrading its Mansfield health club in Nottinghamshire.

Cancer survivors will be able to take part in health referral programmes at BH Live Active’s Queen’s Park leisure centre in Bournemouth, as the operator looks to encourage a broader range of people to become more physically active.

Serco Leisure has secured a five-year contract extension to manage three leisure sites in Hampshire.

Boutique operator Speedflex has completed the purchase and rebranding of a fitness club in Reigate, Surrey - installing a Speedflex studio in the facility.

The Bannatyne Group will pump £1m (US$1.3m, €1.1m) into refurbishing its newly- acquired Humberston health club in North East Lincolnshire, which it bought from Virgin Active.

David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has acquired The Park Club – one of the most exclusive health clubs in London – and spent £5.5m (US$7.1m, €6.3m) transforming its Kensington site into a 'Harbour Club'.