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Real Madrid and Wales football star Gareth
Bale will be joint partner and investor in
Rowbots, a rowing-based boutique concept
HCM issue 5 2019
US-based fitness operator 24 Hour Fitness has opened a new 30,000sq ft (2,790sq m)
club
in the town of Kapolei on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, US.
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07 Dec 2016
New fitness startup 1Rebel has raised more than £1m of investor capital for its
fledgling business in under two weeks, thanks to an innovative crowdfunding
venture.
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16 Jul 2014
Fitness tech startup Fiit has announced a £2.4m seed investment to launch its on-demand
home exercise platform.
news •
19 Dec 2017
US capital Washington’s largest health and fitness chain, the Sport & Health company, has been acquired by a group of local investors led by the chain’s former CEO for US$75m (£42m, 62.6m euro).
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09 Feb 2006
Clark Hatch, founder and chairman emeritus of fitness club chain Clark Hatch International, has announced that the company plans to seek investors or a public offering in order to fund further expansion.
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11 Oct 2005
Budget gym operator Pure Gym is to open its fifth UK site in Sheffield, after agreeing to a leasehold deal on a property at the city's Sheaf Gardens industrial estate.
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01 Mar 2010
A new mobile fitness platform delivers personal training sessions to people at home by
combining live fitness instruction with AI-enabled tracking and two-way audio-video.
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28 Oct 2020
A new report due out in December will bid to uncover what is driving the current
investment boom in boutique fitness studios.
news •
08 Oct 2014
Mental health and mindfulness app Open has completed a Series A funding round worth US$9m,
with Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey among the high-profile investors.
news •
26 Oct 2021
London-based fitness chain Soho Gyms has moved to draw a line under speculation of a
potential takeover by outlining plans to develop its existing portfolio, as well as its
fledgling budget offering.
news •
09 Oct 2015
Strava has raised US$110m in a Series F financing round led by TCV and Sequoia Capital.
news •
04 Dec 2020
Having hit headlines last week with a high profile float on the London Stock Exchange
(LSE), The Gym Group has stayed in the spotlight, with analysts tipping the shares for
success.
news •
17 Nov 2015
Aludel, operator of the ladies-only health club chain Reviva, has been placed in administrative receivership.
news •
11 Aug 2004
Boutique fitness franchise YourZone45 has secured investment and executive support from
fitness industry specialists Mhairi FitzPatrick, Andy Kay and Jeremy Taylor.
news •
26 Jun 2018
US-based fitness operator 24 Hour Fitness will open a club at a mixed-use development in
Katy, Texas next month.
news •
30 Nov 2016
Online fitness marketplace Hussle has reached overfunded status within days of
launching its first ever crowdfunding campaign.
news •
19 Nov 2019
A new initiative looks to deliver innovation in the healthy ageing market as part of the
government's Industrial Strategy. In total, £12m worth of grants will be distributed to micro, small or
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and social enterprises which develop measures aiding healthy
ageing – including those involving physical activity.
news •
05 Aug 2019
upmysport – the platform for booking recommended local sport and fitness instructors –
has announced a successful seed round of fundraising totalling £1m as it bids to ramp up
its online and mobile offerings.
news •
04 Jun 2015
Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of Pure Gym, has confirmed this morning to Health Club Management
that the company has "withdrawn" plans for today's IPO, saying: "Given the challenging IPO
market conditions, the board has decided not to proceed with a listing, despite the strong interest
shown by potential investors."
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11 Oct 2016
A report by ukactive highlights the growth and exciting prospects for the fitness sector
HCM issue 11 2016
The physical activity sector has the potential to
broaden its appeal to investors and gain
‘an even bigger wingspan’ if it can demonstrate its
true economic value, according to new
ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.
news •
24 Jun 2015
Health club operator énergie has opened its fourth of Fit4Less budget club in Canterbury, Kent.
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19 Mar 2010
The first new énergie SHOKK youth fitness franchise has been sold to Mickey Mellon, an ex-professional footballer from Paisley, Renfrewshire.
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14 Nov 2007
Budget operator Fit4less by énergie has opened its smallest ever club in
Maidstone, Kent. The 3,000sq ft (279sq m) club is the chain's 23rd site in the UK.
news •
30 Aug 2012
Health club operator Life Time Group has become a listed company again, after it was listed on the
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
news •
11 Oct 2021
The chairman of LA Fitness, Peter Jacobs, has confirmed that the company is reviewing a number of serious expressions of interest for the company.
news •
15 Dec 2004
Fahad Alhagbani, CEO of Saudi-based health club operator, Armah Sports has told HCM he
plans to do an IPO before the end of 2023.
news •
30 Oct 2023
Fit4less, the low-cost gym concept owned by énergie Group, has announced the
opening of its 14th UK fitness club in Stockport, with more new locations to
follow "shortly".
news •
03 Oct 2011
Esporta Property Holdings (EPH) - owner of 17 freehold or long-leasehold racquet clubs - has been sold to a fully-owned subsidiary of the British Land Company (BLC) for £179m.
news •
08 Jul 2011
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Jen Holland
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“Actually most people go to the gym to feel better and that’s far easier to achieve than losing 5kg”
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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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Speaking on the LIFTS podcast recently, Xponential Fitness CEO Anthony Geisler said participation in studio cycling is down globally. Kath Hudson decided to investigate
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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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