Fitness World news

PureGym saw revenues rise by 15 per cent in 2023, with the company announcing plans to develop 200 new clubs in the next three to ... More

PureGym added 190,000 new members in the first half of 2023 when compared with H1 2022, taking the total number of members across its clubs ... More

Safe Sweat, a new hybrid club concept offering members a private workout experience inside a 2,700sq ft public gym space has launched in British Columbia, ... More

Pure Gym saw its Q2 revenues jump to £119m, a 9 per cent increase on the (pre-pandemic) second quarter of 2019. The figure also marks ... More

Drop Fitness has launched its first club – a 25,000sq ft space – in the US town of Montvale, New Jersey. It has also unveiled ... More

Pure Gym has launched in the US under the brand Pure Fitness, with the first three locations having opened in the Washington DC area as ... More

PureGym says it is looking to expand its operations beyond Europe, after experiencing a strong recovery in business performance since reopening its clubs in April ... More

PureGym expects lockdowns to last "until at least 31 March" – and that it will be reopening its Danish and Swiss operations before the UK. ... More

Polish medical insurance outfit, Medicover, has rescued Polish operator, Fitness World, out of administration. The 15-club gym chain was placed into bankruptcy by previous owner, ... More

Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of PureGym, has confirmed to HCM that the company's operations in Poland have been placed into bankruptcy following a strategic review. The ... More

Pure Gym's overseas clubs returned to pre-COVID-19 profit levels in the first month of trading after reopening, according to the company's Q2 2020 financial results, ... More

PureGym's operations in Europe have helped the business through the UK lockdown, according to CEO Humphrey Cobbold. In 2019, PureGym acquired Danish operator Fitness World, ... More

Budget operator, Pure Gym, has revealed it’s trialling a franchise offering to grow the brand globally. Speaking at the Fit Summit in Singapore today (5 ... More

The leisure industry is increasingly feeling the pressure as countries introduce measures to tackle the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Travel bans, border closures, social distancing measures ... More

Three leading Nordic fitness chains have closed their clubs as a precautionary measure against the spread of Coronavirus, effective from noon on 12 March. Among ... More

PureGym is set to become the second largest fitness operator in Europe, after revealing plans to acquire Danish chain Fitness World. Fitness World is the ... More

Veteran physician Sir Muir Gray has called on Health Secretary Matt Hancock to enlist the services of the fitness industry to help deliver NHS England’s ... More

US-based Eat the Frog Fitness, co-founded by Olympic champion Bryan Clay, will enter the Canadian wellness market after signing a franchise deal for 11 locations ... More

Ralph Scholz is joining the management team at German fitness operator McFit in an executive role to lead an innovation project after four years as ... More

The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) has revealed the 2017 cohort of its Rising Stars initiative. The IHRSA Rising Stars initiative was founded ... More

Danish health club giant Fitness World has acquired the Polish gym group Condizione as part of ongoing expansion plans. Having snapped up the Danish arm ... More

The Danish arm of low-cost gym chain Fresh Fitness has been sold to the country’s largest health club operator Fitness World. Approximately 8.5 per cent ... More

More than 500 health and fitness industry professionals from across the globe are expected to gather in the Netherlands later this month as the 14th ... More

California Fitness - a wholly owned subsidiary of 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide - has opened its latest club. The new site, a Jackie Chan Sport ... More