Operators are improving lifetime value by helping more members make the journey from the gym floor to the studio, as group training evolves

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

UK operator, Bannatyne Group, has revisited one of its classic brands to launch a budget gym concept.

Myzone has worked with next-generation tech to unveil the MZ-Smart Station, a truly effective circuit training solution.

The Bannatyne Group has opened the doors to its first airport spa at Teesside International Airport, in Northern England.

A focus on ‘affordable luxury’ has seen health club operator The Bannatyne Group achieve its highest ever turnover – resulting in the group setting its sights on an expansion into Europe.

Bannatyne is on a roll. Its CEO explains how creating “affordable luxury” has allowed the brand to grow and set its sights on extending into Europe

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The Bannatyne Group has introduced Speedflex to the fitness market in Scotland as it continues to roll-out studios across its portfolio of health clubs.

The Bannatyne Group has cast its net across the Irish Sea after buying Virgin Active's Belfast club.

Former England football captain Alan Shearer has helped launch the second of seven new Speedflex studios planned by Bannatyne Group before the end of the year.

The Bannatyne Group will invest £1.8m (US$2.4m, €2m) in its Ingleby Barwick health club – the company’s first centre, which opened in 1997.

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The Bannatyne Group has started work on a £80,000 new spa at its Bannatyne’s Health Club in Blackpool.

Fifty MPs, including sports minister Tracey Crouch, gathered to address and mingle with sport and fitness sector heavyweights at ukactive’s parliamentary reception last night (20 March).

Amid a growing budget sector, mid-market clubs are still hanging on – but for how much longer? We ask our expert panel

Health club operator Bannatyne Group has ploughed an £80,000 (US$104,421, €92,972) investment into creating a healthy eating cafe at its York location.

Bannatyne Group has completed another health club revamp as part of its strategy to upgrade its entire UK-based fitness portfolio.

Bannatyne Group has completed a £500,000 redevelopment of its club in Rotherham, Yorkshire.

The Bannatyne Group is aiming to help city slickers stay fighting fit with the aid of its redesigned flagship health club in London’s iconic Tower 42 building.

The Bannatyne Group returned an impressive set of financial results for 2015, putting the health club chain on firm foundations for an expected IPO in the coming months.

The Bannatyne Group has continued its top-team reshuffle with the appointment of Scott Niven as group fitness manager.

The Bannatyne Group has added a £500,000 gym to its Charlton House Spa Hotel in Somerset as the business makes good on plans to harness synergies from its presence in several different leisure sectors.

The continued rise of budget gyms doesn’t spell the end for mid and premium market operators, according to Bannatyne Group managing director Justin Musgrove, who says the pulling power of low cost sites can bring benefits for everyone.

It’s all change at The Bannatyne Group, where just days after Health Club Management revealed Justin Musgrove to be the new MD, Ken Campling has been appointed finance director of the Group’s gym arm – Bannatyne Fitness.

Duncan Bannatyne's ex-wife is embarking on a new health and fitness venture as she bids to replicate London’s current indoor cycling boom in the north east of England.

Equipment supplier Matrix Fitness, is strengthening its sales force with a series of high-profile appointments intended to kickstart a UK expansion.

Mosaic Spa & Health Clubs has appointed Mark Reynolds to serve as regional manager covering two of the group’s locations – The Shrewsbury Club and Holmer Park Health Club & Spa in Hereford – hoping to harness his 20 years’ worth of industry experience working across three continents.

Bannatyne’s Fitness has invested £850,000 into four of its north east Health Clubs as part of a major upgrade to workout equipment.

Michael Cassop-Thompson looks at strategic management of clubs, in the first of a series created with CIMSPA