Boutique franchisor, Tribute Brands, has signed a deal with Let’s Go Fitness to open 20 reformer Pilates studios in Switzerland.

French health and fitness operator, L'Orange Bleue Group, has appointed José Nercellas as chair, with the intention of pursuing an active European expansion strategy.

Premium London health and fitness operator, Third Space, has opened a dedicated Hyrox Studio at its Canary Wharf club, which is the biggest luxury health club in Europe, at 100,000sq ft.

Mindbody, which also owns Booker and Classpass has revealed a new parent brand for the three companies – Playlist – while stressing that each Playlist business will continue to operate as it does today, with no changes to its products or services.

As European fitness businesses head to the FIBO 2025 in Germany, Kath Hudson rounds up some of the key deals that have happened across Europe during the past year

Nuffield Health is partnering with the UK government to offer 4,000 health workers who live with chronic joint conditions a free rehabilitation programme to get them back to work.

Colruyt Group’s fitness chain, Jims, is doubling its estate with the acquisition of 40 fitness clubs from NRG.

The Bannatyne Group is the latest health and fitness operator to announce a partnership with HealthHero to offer members access to a range of healthcare services.

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.

John Foy has been appointed operations director for Saudi Arabian operator, IN2 Fitness.

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.

F45 Training has become the first health and fitness operator to make its functional/HIIT group workouts available on Strava, the digital community with 125 million members.

Belgian retail giant, Colruyt Group, is challenging the status quo of the fitness industry in Belgium.

German health and fitness operator, LifeFit Group, has found a new investor – Waterland Private Equity Investments. The deal is expected to complete later this year.

Deloitte shares some of the analysis from its 11th annual deep dive into the European health and fitness industry, including evidence that the sector is back to pre-pandemic levels

Despite high energy costs, inflation and interest rates, there’s evidence to show 2023 was the year the industry bounced back. A host of CEOs, talk about the current trading landscape and their plans for the next 18 months

Basic-Fit has signed an agreement to sell the five Holmes Place clubs it acquired as part of the RSG Group estate in March.

A consumer insight service from Savanta and trade body UK Active will support the sector to adopt more customer-centric practices, says Liz Terry

The European fitness sector is beating pre-pandemic numbers and getting back on track, according to the latest market report by Deloitte and EuropeActive

There is speculation that Basic Fit will sell the five Spanish Holmes Place clubs it has just acquired from RSG Group in a 47-club deal.

Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports

EGYM, has signalled its intention to become a dominant force in the corporate wellness sector with the acquisition of UK-based aggregator, Hussle.

Which health and fitness operators have the greatest brand awareness among consumers? Liz Terry reports on the latest insights from Kantar

Kevin Yates has been promoted to CEO at Lift Brands for the EMEA region.

The Gym Group has become the first fitness operator in the world to have its Net-Zero targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.

KSL-owned Third Space has unveiled its latest club in Wimbledon, south-west London.

A new boutique fitness operator comes to London in February with Studio Fix, a fully accessible studio at High Street Kensington.

The Gym Group has achieved two significant industry certifications for its operations.

Members of Crunch Fitness gyms can now enter their club using the Amazon One palm recognition service.

Lift Brands has appointed Kevin Yates to its EMEA leadership team as chief operations officer.