Brakes news

Nordic health and fitness chain, SATS, has maintained its momentum in the third quarter of 2025, both operationally and financially. Revenues grew by 8 per ... More

The UK’s Health and Social Care Committee is actively looking at how physical activity can be used to improve the health and wellbeing of the ... More

Ongoing investments in group training and member experience is leading to member growth, higher activity levels and increasing revenues at Nordic operator, SATS. The number ... More

Improvements in life expectancy in Europe have slowed according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health Journal, with England showing the largest deceleration. ... More

Third quarter revenues are up by 8 per cent on last year at SATS; price increases have led to record-high profitability, while club upgrades have ... More

SATS, which runs 274 clubs in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, increased revenues in Q2 2024, thanks to product improvements following investment and price increases. ... More

Results from SATS' Q4 2022 report show that membership numbers grew to record levels in 2022, reaching 721,000 overall, including an increase of 13,000 during ... 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

Ever since the UK's leisure facilities were closed on "lockdown day" – 20 March – the charitable trusts and social enterprises managing them have been ... More

Leisure trust GLL has partnered with foodservice company Brakes to offer a home delivery service to its members – and to create an alternative revenue ... More

TRT Holdings, the majority shareholder of Gold's Gym, has cancelled its plans to offload the gym chain. The US-based private holding company, which also owns ... More

DXB Entertainments – the owner of Dubai Parks and Resorts – has slammed the brakes on its under-development Six Flags-branded theme park in Dubai, citing ... More

Andreas Theve, park historian at the popular Grona Lund theme park in Stockholm, has urged theme park operators to adopt edutainment offerings into their annual ... More

Merlin Entertainments has been fined £5m (US$6.5m, €5.7m) after last year’s horrific Smiler crash at Alton Towers, an accident which left five visitors with life-changing ... More

Merlin Entertainments has been to court today for health and safety breaches in relation to last year’s Smiler rollercoaster crash which left two people needing ... More

David Marks, chair and designer of the recently-launched i360 vertical cable car in Brighton, UK, has apologised to its visitors after the observation pod broke ... More

Iconic camper van maker Volkswagen has set the wheels in motion for an intriguing venture into the pop-up hotel market, after teaming up with booking ... More

Gilbert, Arizona, could still become home to the “epicentre” of BMX riding in the US, if plans by the country’s national body go through and ... More

The latest addition of Chance Rides' people movers is now on the market. Chance Rides has relaunched its Sunliner after a complete redesign. The Sunliner ... More

Image: Club manager Jason Eaton with the new bikes theclub at Cadbury House, one of the largest independent health clubs in the south west, has ... More

The 146m-(479ft)high Liseberg Tower at the eponymous Swedish theme park, is to be turned into a free fall attraction. Called AtmosFear and to be constructed ... More

The Skara Sommarland water park in central southern Sweden, reported to be the largest in Scandinavia, has seen the opening of 'Tranan', the first of ... More

Middle Eastern investment company Union Properties has put the brakes on the construction of its Formula One World theme park in Dubailand. The multimillion-pound F1-X ... More