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David Stalker outlines the music usage agreement reached between ukactive and PPL
HCM issue 2 2013
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has joined forces with the Performing Right Society (PRS) – a non-profit making organisation which collects and distributes music royalties on behalf of its members – to make sure that every fitness operation in the UK has a current PRS licence.
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06 Jun 2006
Active leisure and learning sector, SkillsActive, has received its full licence from Secretary of State for Education, Charles Clarke.
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29 Oct 2003
Music service provider Rehegoo (pronounced Reh-air-go) has launched a streaming service for
health clubs, gyms, studios, spas and other businesses that need to play music in a physical
space.
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05 Jul 2022
Fitness First Middle East (FFME) has launched a new nutrition service for both
members and non-members.
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16 Jan 2015
Scandinavian health club chain SATS has acquired
the second largest fitness club chain in Sweden,
Stockholm-based e2.
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11 Aug 2005
UK gym operators will be able to save thousands of pounds in the face of new legislation
around the
use of video content on commercial premises after an intervention by ukactive.
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14 Feb 2017
Marcus Kingwell on music licencing policy and John Harling on SLT’s COVID programme
HCM issue 8 2021
Andrew Scraggs is the first personal trainer (PT) to take advantage of Leisure Connection’s recent PT licence initiative at its Harpers-branded gyms.
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14 Aug 2006
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) and Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) have reached an
agreement to reform PPL's Exercise tariff - which covers the use of PPL-recorded music as an
accompaniment to fitness classes.
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09 Nov 2012
US-based health and fitness franchise Gold’s Gym has announced that it has signed the lease for its first franchised UK site, which will be located in Park Royal, west London.
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04 Jan 2006
Portuguese fitness chain Vivafit has secured a deal to open 100 women-only health clubs
in Saudi Arabia.
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14 Nov 2016
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.
news •
25 Nov 2022
SATS, the largest fitness chain in the Nordic region, has been acquired from Nordic Capital by Danish development company Tryg i Danmark for approximately SEK1.6bn (£118m).
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23 Jan 2007
Reflex Nutrition have launched a new radio station which is available via the internet providing gyms with the opportunity to listen to chart music accompanied by soundbites based on generic supplementation and training advice.
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18 Mar 2009
John Whittingdale, the former chair of the House of Commons culture committee, has
been named as the new secretary of state for culture, media and sport.
news •
11 May 2015
Fitness First has announced the launch of its third health club in Kuwait.
news •
10 Oct 2014
Zumba Fitness has teamed up with the Exercise Movement and Dance (EMD)
Academy and Lifetime Training, to launch the all-new Zumba Combo
Qualification.
news •
02 Jun 2014
The Bannatyne Group will invest £1.8m (US$2.4m, €2m) in its Ingleby Barwick health club
– the company’s first centre, which opened in 1997.
news •
10 Oct 2017
Cardiff Council has unveiled its bid for the regional casino licence, claiming a supercasino in Wales' Cardiff Bay would boost the city’s International Sports Village (ISV) plans and ensure it was ready in time for the 2012 Olympics.
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20 Dec 2005
SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the active leisure and learning sector, has submitted a formal expression of interest to the government to lead a National Skills Academy (NSA).
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27 Jun 2006
Franchise chain Anytime Fitness is significantly expanding its portfolio with up to 500 gyms
expected in China alone by 2020.
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27 Jun 2017
London's Hammersmith and Fulham Council (HFC) has introduced new fees for personal trainers who use the borough's parks and open spaces to provide paid-for sessions.
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28 Apr 2011
Boutique fitness operator Boom Cycle will launch its fifth site next year.
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20 Sep 2018
Plans for the construction of a new leisure centre in Canvey Island, Essex, have been unveiled by developer Skanska as part of the local Building Schools for the Future programme.
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04 Jun 2010
What are the challenges faced by fitness brands looking to expand globally? Is there an ideal model for international success? We ask our panel of experts
HCM issue 10 2013
UFC commercial range offers gyms a brand “synonymous with elite-level performance”
HCM issue 5 2018
Prime Fitness – the largest énergie franchisee in Ireland which controls eight of the chain's 14 clubs
there – has entered examinership as it battles to preserve what is left of the Jackie Skelly health club
chain.
news •
06 May 2015
Sport England's highly successful This Girl Can campaign has made its first outing outside
the
UK, following the launch of an all-new version in Victoria, Australia.
news •
05 Apr 2018
Philip Newborough, co-founder of investment company Bridges Fund Management, has claimed that
capitalism "risks losing its mandate" – and that every business needs to start thinking about social
impact.
news •
30 Jan 2019
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“We are the new youth club, a social space for young people to connect”
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Egym has announced deals designed to position it for growth acceleration, as Kath Hudson reports
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offerings to meet growing consumer demand, Steph Eaves takes a
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