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Following the completion of PureGym’s Blink Fitness acquisition, outgoing CEO, Humphrey Cobbold, and incoming CEO, Clive Chesser, lift the lid on the rollercoaster journey. “I ... More

Will Orr, The Gym Group CEO, kicked off his live on-stage interview at the HCM Summit by mentioning the high-value low-cost operator’s recent survey which ... More

Socialising is an increasingly important aspect of the Gen Z workout experience, according to research commissioned by The Gym Group to understand this cohort’s attitudes ... More

The UK’s largest operator of affordable fitness, PureGym, has announced today that CEO Humphrey Cobbold will be moving from CEO to the role of chair ... More

Cancer patients who practise YOCAS yoga can benefit from reduced levels of inflammation – helping their road to recovery and even preventing cancer from returning. ... More

UK Health clubs, gyms, hotels, pubs and other leisure businesses will all receive a 50 per cent cut in business rates over the next year. ... More

New research by Barclays Corporate Banking reveals that the leisure, fitness, spa and hospitality industries are bouncing back and look likely to contribute £3.5b (€4bn, ... More

The UK’s largest social enterprise, GLL, is the latest operator to throw its support behind a parliamentary petition calling for gyms to reopen first after ... More

Sign the petition by clicking here. HCM editor, Liz Terry, has launched a Parliamentary Petition calling for gyms to be in the first wave of ... More

The UK government has provided a lengthy response to a petition which demanded that gyms stay open in England, even if there's a new spike ... More

Gym and health club operators with sites in Liverpool, UK, have been left "astounded" at the government's "retrograde step" in ordering gyms to close in ... More

Fitness leaders in the UK have welcomed news that everywhere but Liverpool is currently allowed to remain open under the government's new three-tier COVID-19 control ... More

Health clubs, gyms, indoor pools and leisure centres have reopened in Wales – nearly five months after being forced to close as part of the ... More

A member of SAGE, the government’s independent group of scientific advisers, has said gyms, pubs and other leisure venues may have to close in England ... More

Gyms, health clubs and swimming pools in Scotland have finally been given an "indicative" time for a possible re-opening – but the 14 September date ... More

A set of posters created by a fitness studio manager, mimicking the government's COVID-19 NHS messaging, have gone viral on LinkedIn. The posters, carrying the ... More

The hospitality and attractions sectors will benefit from a temporary cut to VAT as part of stimulus measures announced by chancellor Rishi Sunak. Revealing the ... More

The UK's fitness industry can finally get back to business on Saturday 25 July, following the government's announcement today (9 July) that gyms and leisure ... More

Interest in gym reopening in England is reaching fever pitch, with an announcement expected any time now. To calibrate interest and lighten the mood at ... More

Boutique gym operator, Gymbox, faced threats of legal action over its bid to reopen on 4 July, with CEO, Marc Diaper deciding not to proceed ... More

A number of gym operators are concerned that local lockdowns could come into effect in some areas of the UK before gyms reopen, further delaying ... More

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that gyms may be able to reopen in a ‘couple of weeks’. Johnson made the comments during an interview ... More

Industry body ukactive has today (1 July) hosted a delegation of government and public health officials on visits to a number of gyms and leisure ... More

Gymbox has broken ranks and announced it will reopen all its gyms on 4 July, unless the UK government explains why it should not. CEO ... More

Tanni Grey-Thompson, Chair of ukactive, Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of Pure Gym and ukactive board member and Huw Edwards CEO of ukactive, all appeared on the ... More