boutique club news

Leisure trust Active Nation has expanded its portfolio of budget gyms with the acquisition of a former énergie Fitness site in Ormskirk, Lancashire. The 4,140sq ... More

Bridges Fund Management has completed a deal to buy franchise gym operator, énergie Fitness. The private equity firm has acquired a majority stake for an ... More

Budget operator énergie Fitness has named Neil King as its new CEO. The announcement was made at the 2018 évolution Conference – énergie's annual franchisee ... More

Boutique club operator Studio Lagree has opened its third London studio, at Nobu Hotel Shoreditch. The new studio, offering high intensity workouts which have proven ... More

German fitness operator McFit Group will open its first Cyberobics club in the next few weeks as part of its bid to increase its virtual ... More

Low-cost gyms and boutique operations helped the European fitness market grow in 2016 as membership numbers and revenues increased, EuropeActive research has revealed. Health or ... More

Paris now has its first boutique indoor cycling studio, Let’s Ride, thanks to entrepreneurial duo Nicolas Chabrier and Jonathan Garret, who discovered indoor cycling studios ... More

Third Space CEO Colin Waggett has laid out ambitions for his new health club chain to become the standard bearer in London’s “embryonic” premium health ... More

Hip London fitness chain Gymbox is planning to significantly grow its presence across the capital this year, with plans for four new locations. This week ... 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

Score Sports Center in Willow Springs – a suburb of Chicago, US – has re-opened following a 3.5-year renovation project. With its innovative new concept ... 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

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

Harnessing the power of group exercise in an effective fashion will be key to capitalising on latent potential in the fitness market, says the new ... 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

Ross Sanders, the founder of pub company Urban & Country Leisure (UCL), is to open a night club in London called "DIU". The entrepreneur has ... More