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The head of the World Health Organization’s Physical Activity Unit talks to Kate Cracknell as part of HCM’s partnership with Europe Active
HCM issue 11 2022
Kickboxing-inspired brand 9Round has extended its international reach with a Master Franchise
Agreement for South India, which covers around 20 per cent of India’s area and population.
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12 Dec 2022
Resort developer and operator Kerzner International has announced its new wellbeing- and
fitness-centric hospitality brand Siro is launching in Dubai in Q4 of 2023.
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07 Dec 2022
In the latest legal battle between Australian franchise chain Body Fit Training (BFT) and US-
based
F45 Training, a federal district court in Delaware, US, has ruled in favour of BFT, describing
F45’s
patent as ‘invalid’.
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01 Dec 2022
Elaine Jobson, CEO of Jetts Fitness, has revealed the fitness company’s unique culture and
strategy behind member growth and retention in a competitive market.
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30 Nov 2022
José Nercellas, CEO of l’Orange Bleue, is planning to open 450 new European
gyms and day spas over the next five years to make an 850-strong network.
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25 Nov 2022
Black Friday, which falls on 25 November, will be one of the busiest retail days of 2022,
marking the start of this year’s Christmas shopping season. Now extending into ‘cyber week’
and finishing on Cyber Monday, it's a time when shops and companies offer significant
discounts on their products.
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24 Nov 2022
Luxury fitness club Optimo has opened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A new concept, combining
high-end hotel design with upscale fitness facilities, the brand will open two further sites in the
next three to six months.
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16 Nov 2022
The CEO of Jetts Fitness Australia talks to Kate Cracknell about leading the recent MBO and the company’s plans for expansion driven by their culture of love
HCM issue 10 2022
Fit+ is aiming to operate at least 1,000 clubs by 2027. The staffless gym franchise currently
has 208
studios across 19 countries, but with master franchise licenses granted in Asia and the USA, is
planning to roll out facilities in these territories, as well as others, over the next five years.
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14 Nov 2022
Planet Fitness has reported record results, with 16.6m members globally, according to its
Q3 results. Shares jumped ten per cent on the news.
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08 Nov 2022
Antonio Iozzo, founder and CEO of Body Action Gym in Johannesburg, South
Africa, has
announced
plans to open his upscale clubs in seven locations across the country, both
inland and along the
Atlantic coast.
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03 Nov 2022
Independent gym The Foundry and W10 Personal Training have merged to launch small-group
personal training club Foundry. The Foundry was originally founded by ex professional rugby
player
Ben Gotting and W10 was the brainchild of personal trainer Jean-Claude Vacassin, who is also
chairman of the Independent Operators Council at UK Active
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27 Oct 2022
Private gym chain New York Sports Clubs (NYSC) has acquired boutique brand Fhitting Room,
which operates two studios in New York City (Flatiron and Upper West Side). These will
continue to operate as standalone, flagship clubs, but NYSC CEO Bill McMenamy has confirmed
plans to develop Fhitting Room studios inside some NYSC facilities.
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21 Oct 2022
The CEO of the Body Fit Training franchise is pushing out globally – including a UK launch – following a major deal with Xponential Fitness
HCM issue 9 2022
The CEO of Body Action Gym in South Africa dabbled in the sector with a small corporate gym before getting the fitness bug and going large. Now he’s building a six-star health club chain and taking on some major competitors
HCM issue 9 2022
Myzone is exploring Web3 and metaverse possibilities through a partnership with digital fitness
company OliveX.
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06 Oct 2022
Former CEO of Anytime Fitness Neil Randall has been appointed the new CEO
of TrainMore and
Clubsportive at Urban Gym Group (UGG).
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05 Oct 2022
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has acquired fitness clubs ABC Serrano and La Finca in Madrid. Once
refurbished they will open in 2024.
news •
30 Sep 2022
New Eurobarometer research results, published by the European Commission, show
conclusively that women remain less active than men.
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28 Sep 2022
Plans to shelve the UK's sugar tax (Soft Drinks Industry Levy) and other pieces of legislation designed to
tackle the obesity epidemic have hit legal hurdles and fierce resistance from both MPs and the medical
profession.
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20 Sep 2022
Active Nation has released a new app, Active Nation Anywhere, which offers over a thousand
on-demand workouts to users.
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07 Sep 2022
Inverclyde Leisure is on a mission that has boosted attendance by 60 per cent. We talk to the CEO about how a community-centric approach is driving success
HCM issue 8 2022
Urban Gym Group (UGG) has announced a 50 per cent increase in TrainMore memberships in
Q1 of 2022 compared with same quarter in 2021.
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06 Sep 2022
Pound – known for its drumbeat-driven cardio sessions – has launched a new iteration
of its programme called Pound Unplugged.
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06 Sep 2022
Drop Fitness has launched its first club – a 25,000sq ft space – in the US town of Montvale,
New
Jersey. It has also unveiled a “pay for what you want, when you want” membership model,
which
consumers can sign up for separately though the Drop Fitness app.
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23 Aug 2022
Doing the recommended amount of exercise at the weekend is just as beneficial as spreading physical activity through the week, according to research
HCM issue 7 2022
The gaming industry is the inspiration behind a new fitness concept launching in New Jersey. We talk to the Drop Fitness CEO about his innovative approach
HCM issue 7 2022
Global gym software company ABC Fitness Solutions has entered an agreement to acquire
boutique fitness management platform Glofox. The merger will extend ABC Fitness Solutions’
reach to 31m members in around 24,000 locations worldwide. The deal is expected to
complete before the end of the year.
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03 Aug 2022
Parkour Generations and Gymbox have joined forces to bring parkour into the UK’s mainstream
fitness scene.
news •
01 Aug 2022
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Nuffield Health has worked with ServiceSport UK for more than ten
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D2F had updated its brand styling to keep pace with
business growth. MD, John Lofting and operations
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University of Sheffield Sport has opened the doors of its flagship
Goodwin Sports Centre following a major refurbishment
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The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based
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The European fitness sector is beating pre-pandemic numbers according to the 11th annual European Health & Fitness Market Report 2024 from Deloitte and EuropeActive, as Karsten Hollasch reports
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HCM People
Belinda Steward
MD of leisure, health and wellbeing, Places Leisure Places Leisure“We need to make it automatic that when people go to their doctor, they’re offered exercise rather than medication where appropriate”
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When a hefty round of investment
coincided with the pandemic, the
CEO of Midtown Athletic Clubs
feared the company – founded by
his grandfather – would go down
on his watch. He talks to Kath
Hudson about the pressure to
keep the business afloat
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HCM People
Jen Holland
CEO: Edinburgh Leisure“Edinburgh Council will have a £143m budget shortfall by 2028/29 and so must find ways to become more efficient”
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With the industry experiencing a huge swing towards strength training, researchers recommend continuing to make the case for cardio
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