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Who’s in the 20 leading fitness operators in Europe, and what have been the dynamics in market over the last year?
HCM issue 4 2015
Nike has continued its realignment with the fitness software market through a long-
awaited link up with Apple HealthKit and a snub of its own Nike+ FuelBand hardware.
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18 Feb 2015
Public Health England (PHE) has today (23 October) published Everybody Active,
Every
Day, a framework for nationwide action to combat the physical inactivity
epidemic.
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23 Oct 2014
IHRSA's expert panel on the forces that will shape the
fitness industry around the world in the coming year
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Short bursts of exercise can have an instant impact on memory in older adults - and especially those with Alzheimer's - according to a new study from the US
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The health and fitness sector has weathered the recession well, with public operators showing particular resilience, according to the 2011 FIA State of the UK Fitness Industry report.
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01 Jun 2011
The effects of the economic downturn were felt to different degrees across the leisure market in 2010.
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19 Jan 2011
Scott Lloyd, managing director of David Lloyd Leisure (DLL), has said that the health and racquet club operator is well-placed to meet changing economic and consumer demands as it enters the new year.
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28 Nov 2008
GIMV has sold its stake in the Antwerp-based LA Gym health club chain to HealthCity, the largest fitness chain in the Netherlands with 30 clubs.
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07 Jul 2006
Belgian fitness chain Sportopolis is in merger talks with HealthCity – the largest fitness chain in the Netherlands – and private equity investor Waterland, one of HealthCity’s shareholders.
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08 Jun 2006
LA Fitness has announced that it is set to buy Crown Sports, the owner of 21 Dragons health clubs, for £38.5m.
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20 Feb 2006
LA Fitness chief executive Fred Turok has announced that he intends to lead the fitness industry into a period of consolidation and launch new concepts to attract consumers currently ‘underserved’ by the health club market.
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22 Aug 2005
The only listed health club company left in Britain, LA Fitness, has agreed a £140m takeover by private equity group MidOcean.
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09 May 2005
Customer service and a strict policy of non-discounting have been credited for the strong 2004 figures reported by health and fitness chain Esporta.
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23 Feb 2005
The chairman of LA Fitness, Peter Jacobs, has confirmed that the company is reviewing a number of serious expressions of interest for the company.
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15 Dec 2004
At the end of February, the REPs carried out a comprehensive study into the number of people renewing their REPs membership and discovered an attrition rate of less than 10 per cent.
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16 Mar 2004
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Nuffield Health has worked with ServiceSport UK for more than ten
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University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship
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Francesca Cooper-Boden says
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As health club operators move to incorporate recovery into their
offerings to meet growing consumer demand, Steph Eaves takes a
look at what cryotherapy and ice bathing can add to the equation
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“We’ve had an outstanding year, with record revenues of €77m and €31m in EBITDA in 2023. ”
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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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Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a
health club, do fitness professionals need a grounding in counselling
to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
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