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The Anytime Fitness CEO on plans to become the UK’s largest operator
HCM issue 7 2018
Giving town and cities more powers to decide over taxation and public spending could
improve public
health across the UK, an influential new report has found.
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19 Jun 2018
The CEO of the UK’s only listed fitness
business on producing record results
HCM issue 5 2018
Plans to redevelop Urmston Leisure Centre in Greater Manchester have been approved by
Trafford Borough Council, paving the way for contractor Willmott Dixon to begin work later
this year.
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13 Mar 2018
Offering free access to gyms and leisure centres – and promoting them heavily – could have
dramatic results on the health of communities.
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06 Mar 2018
Construction work has officially begun on the new £10m Ingleby Barwick Leisure Centre in
Stockton-on-Tees.
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15 Feb 2018
Freedom Leisure has signed a 10-year partnership agreement with Lichfield District
Council to manage two of its leisure centres, as the authority looks to use its resources
more efficiently.
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30 Dec 2017
Catherine Larner looks at how a UK
country club is staying competitive with
IHRSA’s support and resources
HCM issue 10 2017
Serco Leisure has secured a five-year contract extension to manage three leisure sites in
Hampshire.
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22 Sep 2017
The official reopening of the redeveloped Westway Sport & Fitness Centre in North Kensington has
been used to help those affected by the Grenfell Tower disaster.
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16 Aug 2017
Steven Ward, Executive Director of ukactive, is confident that 2017 will see our sector move forward at an increasingly fast pace
HCM Handbook 2017
Plans for a multi-million pound leisure centre in Eastbourne have been given the go-ahead.
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14 Dec 2016
Kingston Council in South London has given the go ahead for a trio of “next generation”
integrated community hubs.
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21 Oct 2016
The US city of Chicago is installing “fitness trackers” on lamp posts and to the sides of
buildings in a bid to improve both the health of local people and the city’s infrastructure.
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01 Sep 2016
A borough authority in Northern Ireland will be holding a series of public consultations in
September to gather views on a proposed £30m leisure centre.
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23 Aug 2016
No-contract fitness operator The Gym Group is continuing its expansion in the north of England after
securing a 21,000sq ft (1,900sq m) space for a new gym at the Frenchgate Shopping Centre in
Doncaster.
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02 Aug 2016
The boss of the UK’s only listed gym chain has called on
planning authorities to reconsider
the role that gyms have to play in creating healthier and
resurgent high streets.
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13 Jul 2016
Could you lead the commoditisation of the spa industry in the UK? Massage Heights is looking for international expansion partners.
HCM issue 6 2016
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Grimshaw are among five architecture practices
shortlisted to design a major new leisure centre in Islington, north London.
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15 May 2016
FaulknerBrowns Architects partner Michael Hall has described how the studio’s planned
indoor waterpark project in the British city of Coventry uses elegant and community-
focused design to create a “high octane” and “holistic” type of health and fitness facility.
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12 May 2016
The doors are set to open on a new £15m (US$21.3m, €18.9m) leisure centre in Hinckley,
Leicestershire on 3 May 2016.
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14 Apr 2016
Andy Reed – the former MP for Loughborough – has been assigned to lead the review into
the role played by County Sports Partnerships (CSP) as called for in the government’s
sport strategy.
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08 Mar 2016
The NK Social Strollers project demonstrates how 1Life is able to collaborate with local partners to promote wellbeing
HCM issue 2 2016
A “state-of-the-art” sports centre which benefitted from £2m (US$2.9m, €2.7m) of Sport
England money has been opened to increase the participation of people in Chesterfield.
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11 Jan 2016
A UK university is hoping its new 1.7 mile ‘Active Trail’ can help students to swap
stereotypes of living on beer, black coffee and baked beans, for success stories of fitness
and fun.
news •
02 Nov 2015
Fitness presenter Rachel Holmes is launching a new pop-up fitness concept which will see
three week ‘Transformation Studios’ offer fitness, food and lifestyle advice in empty
shopping spaces.
news •
29 Oct 2015
Virgin Active has continued its three-year, £100m
investment in its UK portfolio with the
unveiling of the refurbished Salford Quays site in
Manchester.
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28 Oct 2015
Trampolining company Oxygen Freejumping has announced that its second venue will
open at a retail park in Southampton in December.
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17 Sep 2015
Everyone Active is to invest £500,000 into a football stadium complex as part of a private
contract which will see the site become the “Everyone Active Stadium.”
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20 Aug 2015
A new £36m leisure centre has opened in Huddersfield boasting a wealth of exercise and
play facilities. The centre replaces the ageing Huddersfield Sports Centre, which has now
closed.
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10 Jun 2015
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The Bannatyne Group says it has officially bounced back from the pandemic, with both turnover ...
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“We want our future sports centre to act as a co-location for health and wellbeing services, furthering our connections with GP referrals and digital health platforms”
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The partnership between PureGym and Belfast-based
supplier BLK BOX is transforming the gym floor
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The New Keiser M3i Studio Bike brings ride
data to life to engage and delight members
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Nuffield Health has worked with ServiceSport UK for more than ten
years, ensuring the equipment in its clubs is commercially optimised
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GymNation is pioneering the future of
fitness with software specialist Perfect
Gym providing a scalable tech platform
to power and sustain its growth
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“The goal is for all new centres to be Net Zero. Sustainability is something we’re investing heavily in across the business”
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Footballer and entrepreneur“Taking care of your physical and mental health is essential for a fulfilling life”
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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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Basic-Fit – which has been scaling rapidly across Europe –
is considering franchising to ramp up growth further afield
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