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PureGym’s Rebecca Passmore, Karl Sanft from 24 Hour Fitness and SATS’ Sondre Gravir are among the line up of industry leaders to share their opinions on a range of subjects, including whether cardio is making a comeback and where the recovery trend will go
HCM Handbook 2026
European affordable fitness giant, Basic-Fit – which is known for its low staffing levels – has
designed AI personas to act as personal workout buddies to offer encouragement and celebrate
victories.
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28 Aug 2025
The Gym Group has announced it will pilot a partnership with Wellhub (formerly
Gympass),
making 190 of its 245 locations accessible on the Wellhub corporate wellness platform.
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14 Aug 2025
Engineering entrepreneur, Matt Harford, has launched a new fitness, physical activity and
community concept called Sostena, in Cornwall, Uk with plans to scale nationally.
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13 Aug 2025
On the 10-year anniversary of being a public company, US franchise giant,
Planet Fitness, celebrates strong second quarter results, reflecting the buoyant
and growing American fitness market.
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08 Aug 2025
HCM Handbook editor, Kath Hudson introduces the 2024-2025 edition. The energy in the industry is off the charts and memberships are growing all over the world. Now it’s time to tackle the inequalities.
HCM Handbook 2025
HCM Handbook editorial director, Liz Terry and Kath Hudson predict key trends, influences and opportunities set to shape the sector, including vagus nerve resets, diagnostics and social prescribing.
HCM Handbook 2025
Fitness participation rates in the United Arab Emirates and Kingdom Saudi Arabia are growing
faster than anywhere else in the world, but the key barriers of cost and gymtimidation persist,
according to the UAE & KSA Health & Fitness Report 2025, undertaken by operator, GymNation.
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24 Jan 2025
Fitness First Black – LifeFit Group’s premium chain – has added another club to its collection
with the acquisition of SportsUp in the metropolitan area, Wiesbaden.
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07 Jan 2025
One of Australia’s largest gym operators, Viva Leisure, is coming to the UK after signing a
master franchise agreement for its low cost Plus Fitness brand.
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20 Dec 2024
The Gym Group’s CEO gives HCM a progress report, a year after he made the move from the world of media to the fitness industry
HCM issue 10 2024
It has been confirmed that PureGym is the winning bidder in the auction for US operator, Blink
Fitness, with a successful bid of $121 million.
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31 Oct 2024
PureGym is making a bid for the majority of the assets of Blink Fitness, which
was put into Chapter 11 by owner, Equinox, on 12 August.
news •
11 Sep 2024
Susan Turner, CEO of PureGym Middle East, has told HCM the company is extending its
presence in Saudi Arabia with the launch of its first gyms in Jeddah next month and
another
lined up for October. All will be franchised.
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31 Aug 2024
The UK’s largest operator of affordable fitness, PureGym, has announced today
that CEO Humphrey Cobbold will be moving from CEO to the role of chair on 6
November. Clive Chesser had been appointed to succeed him.
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21 Aug 2024
Blink Fitness, the affordable fitness brand brand founded in 2011 and owned by Equinox
Holdings, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the District of Delaware, owing around US$400
million.
news •
14 Aug 2024
US health and fitness giant, Planet Fitness, has today (22 July) officially announced the launch of its first
Spanish
club in the Via Sabadell shopping centre in Barcelona.
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22 Jul 2024
Is now a golden moment for health and fitness operators to secure favourable leases as desirable anchor tenants? Kath Hudson asks the experts
HCM issue 2 2024
Europe’s largest fitness chain, Basic-Fit, has consolidated its position in France with the
launch
of its 800th club in the country, on the iconic Champs-Élysées, in Paris, confirming
France as
its largest market.
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29 Jan 2024
Pure Gym Arabia, the franchise partner of PureGym Group in the Middle East, has opened its
first club, Nad Al Sheba, in the United Arab Emirates in Dubai.
news •
19 Jan 2023
Richard Darwin is to step down from his role as CEO of The Gym Group (TGG), remaining
available to support the company until July 2023.
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13 Jan 2023
Topnotch Health Clubs is relaunching back into the mid-market fitness sector as Topnotch
Gyms
with
a new club opening on 3 January.
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10 Dec 2022
The Gym Group saw its membership grow by 10 per cent during the first six months of 2022 to
790,000, with revenues jumping to £84.2m – a 187 per cent increase on the first half of the
COVID-19-affected 2021, giving an EBITDA of £17m.
news •
04 Aug 2022
The Gym Group’s (TGG) plans and profit forecasts were presented during the company’s recent
Capital Markets Day.
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25 May 2022
Peter Croney CEO of Empowered Brands, owners of Énergie Fitness Group, today announced the
appointment of Technogym as one of their primary equipment partners that will help power
Energie’s international expansion over the next decade.
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24 Jan 2022
Beachbody has appointed Jean-Michel Fournier to lead the company's growth globally. He was previously
CEO of Les Mills Media.
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02 Nov 2021
PureGym says it is looking to expand its operations beyond Europe, after
experiencing a strong
recovery in business performance since reopening its clubs in April 2021.
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27 Aug 2021
The world’s first virtual reality gym and the world’s first social wellness club. Kath Hudson looks at some of the exciting new concepts to emerge in the last year
HCM Handbook 2021
Empowered Brands has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment
of a new chair and CEO following the untimely death of founder, Jan Spaticchia
HCM issue 7 2021
The Gym Group aims to raise £31m from investors to fund 40 new sites around the UK.
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03 Jul 2021
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Chequan Lewis is the new CEO of Crunch Fitness, taking over from Jim Rowley, who ...
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London-based high-performance fitness club, ONE LDN, is raising funds for a multi-site expansion across London, ...
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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Stephen Price
Founder, SP&Co Group
“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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