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JD Gyms, part of listed company, JD Sports Fashion plc, has sold UAE health club operator, GymNation, to a management buy-out team backed by investors ... More

Global boutique fitness giant, Xponential Fitness, has finally confirmed its plans for an initial public offering (IPO). The group will list on the New York ... More

US fitness industry revenue dropped 58 per cent during 2020 – from the US$35bn all-time high recorded in 2019 to US$15bn. The figure comes from ... More

Wattbike has secured £11.5m worth of new funding from Piper, a specialist investor in branded consumer businesses. The indoor bike specialist said the investment will ... More

Boutique fitness brand Frame has launched an 'online studio', offering a selection of virtual exercise classes for its members to take part in at home. ... More

John Treharne, founder of The Gym Group, has been appointed chair of boutique fitness brand Frame. Frame was launched by entrepreneurs Pip Black and Joan ... More

TRT Holdings, the majority shareholder of Gold's Gym since 2004, has put the fitness brand up for sale in order to "focus on its core ... More

Celebrity personal trainer Mark Anthony has sold his flagship budget gym in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, to fitness chain The Gym Group for an undisclosed sum. The ... More

Boutique fitness brand Frame is to press ahead with expansion following a £6m funding injection. The London-based business announced the investment from Piper Private Equity ... More

Celebrity personal trainer Mark Anthony has sold two of his Rush Fitness clubs to Swansea-based leisure trust Bay Leisure Ltd in a £1.5m (US$2m, €1.7m) ... More

Celebrity trainer Mark Anthony has launched a new flagship site in Aylesbury for his growing Rush Fitness chain of gyms. The independently-owned Rush clubs are ... More

Fitness trainer to the stars Mark Anthony is planning to expand his low-cost gym concept Rush Fitness in sites across the south east of England. ... More

The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar will take place in November and December – despite fierce opposition to the timing from major European football ... More

US Fitness has announced it has added Sport & Health’s 23 clubs to its portfolio. US Fitness was formed in 2011 as a partnership between ... More

The Tower of London, one of the UK's leading visitor attractions, is the focus for commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the First World War, ... More

Celebrity fitness trainer Mark Anthony has sold his eponymous club in Notting Hill to HIIT-focused chain Heartcore Fitness for an undisclosed fee. The deal sees ... More

Piperdam Golf and Leisure Resort in Angus, Scotland, has revealed plans for a new activity centre that will help it “compete with businsses like Centre ... More

Club Med has opened North America's first L'Occitane-branded spa as part of a US$28m (EUR21.3m, £17.8m) redevelopment of the Club Med Sandpiper Bay resort in ... More

Resort operator Club Med has teamed up with spa supplier L'Occitane to launch the first L'Occitane-branded spa at Club Med Sandpiper Bay, Florida, US in ... More

More than two thirds of hospitality executives are confident about the European industry's prospects for 2011, according to new research from DLA Piper. Around a ... More