As franchise business Orangetheory Fitness merges with Self Esteem Brands, its CEO tells Kate Cracknell about plans to expand to 10,000 units globally

Vietnam-based California Fitness and Yoga, part of Australasian health and fitness operator Fitness and Lifestyle Group (FLG), is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year by giving away seven Iconic Gold membership cards.

Fitness franchise companies are making deals and reporting brisk business. Kath Hudson finds out more

The founder of TRX talks about his new business venture – OutFit

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

CrossFit Fort Ashton’s owner shares insights into how he built his tribe and got them through lockdown

Budget fitness chain, Xercise4Less, will have a new shareholding set-up and financing structure by the time the UK's gyms are allowed to open their doors to customers.

Health club chain 24 Hour Fitness has reopened some of its sites in Texas and is preparing to open further locations in Florida and Hawaii, the three states in which it has operations and where gyms are allowed to reopen.

Budget fitness chain, Xercise4Less, is being sold off by its investors, directors and shareholders, which include the BGF investment fund and Proventus Capital Partners, HCM can reveal.

Orangetheory Fitness will open its first out-of-London UK studio in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, in December.

US-based health and racquets club operator Life Time has opened two Athletic Lifestyle- branded clubs in Texas this month.

US-based health club operator Orangetheory Fitness is looking to strengthen its foothold in the UK market after signing a deal which will see 40 new studios open by 2028.

A ‘performance resort’ and spa are coming to master-planned wellness community Lake Nona, outside of Orlando, Florida, in 2020.

Charitable social enterprise Wave Leisure Trust Limited will begin operating East Grinstead Sports Club (EGSC) from 1 October 2017, taking over from Freedom Leisure.

US-based health club chain Orangetheory Fitness has signed a deal to expand its concept in southern England with 70 studios set to open over the next decade, including 30 in London.

US-based health club chain Orangetheory Fitness has opened its first corporate-owned studio in New York City.

US low-cost gym franchise Retro Fitness is planning to open more than 30 sites in Florida over the next three years, as it looks to shake up the health and fitness landscape.

Last month saw the launch of what’s claimed to be the most extensive wellness and fitness facility in the Philippines – at the Shangri-La Hotel in Fort Bonifacio, just outside the capital of Manila.

The philosophy of feng shui has inspired an Issy les Moulineaux-based swimming pool, sports and wellbeing centre designed by French architecture practice Mikou Studio.

Shangri-La is opening a mixed-use development in Manila, Philippines that promises to be one of the tallest in the country at 250m (820ft). Opening in Q4 this year, the Shangri-la at the Fort will include a Shangri-La hotel and residences; Horizon Homes, a collection of customised homes on the highest floors; retail shops; and Kerry Sports Manila, a two- floor, 10,000m sq (107,639sq ft) lifestyle and leisure club that will include a spa.

24/7 Fitness has taken over Birmingham’s iconic Fort Dunlop building as the site for its fifth fitness club, continuing the former rubber wheel factory’s traditions by offering locals a place to shed their spare tyres.