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Oxygen Consulting is about to launch its first UK Padel Report, which investigates this fast-growing sport. Brought to the UK around 2012, padel has really ... More

The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is looking for recruits ahead of undertaking its largest-ever research programme. The study, called Our Future Health, will seek ... More

Top-level sports people and elite athletes can live more than five years longer than the rest of the population. The finding comes from an in-depth ... More

Customer demand for health clubs and gyms in the UK was ‘back to normal' during January 2022, according to proprietary search data from fitness marketplace ... More

Jan Spaticchia, founder and chair of énergie Fitness has died aged 51 following a short illness. Spaticchia was also chair of the recently-launched Empowered Brands ... More

The UK government has been forced to remove a controversial radio advert which claimed people who go out running or walking are "highly likely to ... More

Fitness industry analyst Ray Algar has taken up a non-executive strategic advisory role at fitness equipment start-up Pendex. Algar has been tasked with advising the ... More

Ray Algar, managing director of business insight specialist Oxygen Consulting, has called for the leisure sector to get better at understanding the data they hold ... More

Premium health and fitness operator Equinox has launched a challenging new year fitness campaign to revive the ailing concept of consumer loyalty to their gym. ... More

The organiser of the London Marathon is to fund the expansion of running community GoodGym across three new locations in London to help spread physical ... More

Mid-market gyms are in need of a radical overhaul of their traditional models if they are to avoid being squeezed into submission by all sides ... More

Global fitness giant Les Mills is aiming to help conventional health clubs counter the threat to their business posed by boutique studios – through harnessing ... More

Gym managers should treat their role like that of a theatre manager and focus on getting the public through the door by promoting and selling ... More

Health and fitness operators must redefine the boundaries of their market and embrace innovation if they are to survive and thrive in an increasingly competitive ... More

Bodypower, the new owner of Leisure Industry Week (LIW), has pledged to unite ‘disparate sectors’ under the leisure umbrella as it prepares to launch the ... More

The Gym Group’s chief operating officer Jim Graham has poured cold water on press reports of an imminent £300m listing on the London stock market, ... More

Fitness industry analyst Ray Algar will deliver a keynote session at Leisure Industry Week (LIW) 2015, exploring what the future holds for the ‘squeezed middle’ ... More

Boutique fitness studios pose a significant threat to traditional gyms, which have taken their eye off the needs of consumers, warns respected fitness industry analyst ... More

Moving tributes have been paid to Lifestyle Fitness chair and founder Baron Carl Gripenstedt, who has died suddenly one month shy of his 60th birthday. ... More

Major health club brands such as LA Fitness, Fitness First, Anytime Fitness and Sports Direct will seriously innovate their consumer offering as they battle to ... More

After what has been generally viewed as a successful 2014 for the physical activity sector, the industry must now take further steps to raise its ... More

Health Club Management recently revealed how online gym pass provider PayasUgym will soon begin testing Bitcoin, potentially paving the way for the cryptocurrency to become ... More

Traditional health clubs offering a broad selection of activities at a mid-range price are at serious risk of having their business ‘salami-sliced’ away by specialised ... More

A new report due out in December will bid to uncover what is driving the current investment boom in boutique fitness studios. Authored by respected ... More

The Gym Group is “positively exploring” foreign markets and engaging in discussions with a number of parties as it bids to banish the ghost of ... More