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Total Fitness has released results for its most recent financial year (to June 23), which saw a
return to pre-COVID membership levels following a year-on-year uplift in membership numbers
of 5 per cent.
news •
26 Mar 2024
Which health and fitness operators have the greatest brand awareness among consumers? Liz Terry reports on the latest insights from Kantar
HCM issue 2 2024
The Wigan Deal has saved £170m and enabled facilities to stay open by deepening engagement with the health service and the communities it serves
HCM issue 8 2023
Wigan Warriors has reduced rehabilitation time with the help of a Matrix Fitness gym transformation
HCM issue 6 2023
Total Fitness says its membership numbers are back to pre-COVID-19 levels.
news •
26 Jul 2022
The MD of Fitness First talks to Kate Cracknell about creating new products, new motivations and a whole new vision, as he’s tasked with reinventing the brand as a standalone enterprise
HCM issue 2 2022
GM Active has launched a transformational leadership programme, designed to empower staff to play a greater role in wellness services
HCM issue 7 2021
Myzone has announced it's partnering with Wigan Warriors as the rugby club’s official heart
rate monitor supplier.
product innovation •
13 May 2021
Wigan Council in the UK will take back the management of all its leisure centres and
wellbeing services from 1 April 2021, following a 'mutual agreement to safeguard jobs and
services'.
news •
01 Feb 2021
Australian health and fitness chain Jetts Fitness has opened its fifth UK club, Jetts Skipton, just
12 months since entering the UK market.
product innovation •
17 Sep 2018
Jetts Fitness has opened a club in Skipton, Yorkshire, making it the fifth location the
Australian gym chain has launched in the 12 months since entering the UK market in
September 2017.
news •
11 Sep 2018
Edel Wigan, co-founder of aerial fitness operator Flying Fantastic, has revealed plans to take the
concept outside of London.
news •
13 Aug 2018
The co-founder of Flying Fantastic talks
about bringing the flying circus school
concept to London from Buenos Aires
HCM issue 8 2018
The finalists for this year's ukactive Awards have been revealed. The 2018 award categories have
been divided into three groups – business excellence, specialist impact and individual achievement –
and in total winners will be announced in 11 categories. Replacing the Flame Awards, this year's
edition will feature an expanded Leisure Centre Operator of the Year award, which covers any club or
centre – from independents, studios and boutiques to budget gyms, local authority centres and clubs
that are part of a nationwide chain.
news •
03 May 2018
The MD of JD Gyms shares details of the next phase of the brand’s expansion
HCM issue 8 2017
Low-cost fitness brand JD Gyms expects its portfolio of gyms to increase to around 18 by the end of the year.
news •
06 Jul 2017
Life Leisure's actilife health programme has been adopted by two North West leisure trusts
planning to tackle the issue of inactivity in the community.
news •
21 Feb 2017
JD Gyms is expanding its portfolio from eight to ten sites with new facilities in
Birmingham, West Midlands, and Batley, West Yorkshire.
news •
26 Jan 2017
The long-running saga of the sale of Fitness First’s UK clubs looks to be in its final act, as
up to five operators are understood to have completed separate deals to buy out the
nearly 70-strong portfolio – with DW Sports leading the way.
news •
02 Sep 2016
A new budget fitness gym has opened at the historic Pelican Centre in Tyldesley,
Lancashire,
following a £350,000 investment in the site by Wigan Council.
news •
27 Jul 2016
A new £5.3m sports and leisure hub designed to get families moving by offering a range
of innovative activities has opened to the public.
news •
09 Jun 2016
JD Gyms has continued to grow its UK health club portfolio, with the recent launch of two
sleek-looking sites in Coventry and Washington.
news •
28 Apr 2016
Oxygen Freejumping has announced plans to bring the bounce to Leeds this summer with
a new £1.5m site in the city’s Cardigan Fields Leisure Park.
news •
26 Apr 2016
A consortium headed up by the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) has bagged a
£4.5m (US$6.4m, €5.9m) grant to get people active across 18 locations in the UK.
news •
18 Jan 2016
Oxygen Freejumping has announced a new five-site deal with 5-a-side football operator
Lucozade Powerleague which it says will make it the largest trampoline park operator in
the UK.
news •
12 Jan 2016
Leisure and culture provider WLCT has rebranded as 'Inspiring healthy lifestyles' in a bid
to better represent its mission of getting people in the north west of England more active.
news •
14 Dec 2015
Climbing, skating and active play facilities have been added to the new-look Howe Bridge
Leisure Centre near Manchester, forming the final piece of the puzzle in the site’s £2.9m
transformation.
news •
09 Nov 2015
Howe Bridge Leisure Centre has opened its brand new health and fitness suite – part of
the ongoing £2.9m transformation at the
WLCT-operated site.
news •
03 Sep 2015
Work is underway on a £5m Selby Leisure Village project in North Yorkshire, which will see
a veritable treasure chest of active leisure options offered next to the new Selby Leisure
Centre.
news •
09 Jul 2015
Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington has cut the ribbon on a new £7m leisure centre
in Selby, North Yorkshire.
news •
02 Apr 2015
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University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship
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Operators, prepare to revolutionise the way members connect with personal
trainers in your club, with the ground-breaking Brawn platform.
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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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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
HCM magazine
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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“We are the new youth club, a social space for young people to connect”
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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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