Gyms news

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

UK consumer confidence has improved significantly since the beginning of the lockdown, with a fifth of households now thinking they will be better off in ... 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

Health and fitness company Ingesport – which operates the GO fit chain of gyms in Spain and Portugal – has secured an official certification by ... More

Mountainside Fitness in Arizona has filed a lawsuit against state's governor, Doug Ducey, after he ordered gyms to shut their doors again for at least ... More

Physical activity levels in England have continued to fall from those recorded at the initial phase of lockdown – partly due to schools, shops and ... More

Almost half of all public health and fitness, leisure and community facilities in the UK, including swimming pools and leisure centres with gyms, will close ... 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

Gyms and health clubs in Northern Ireland have been given the green light to reopen their doors on 10 July. The Northern Ireland Executive has ... More

A large-scale academic study has concluded that there is "no threat of increased COVID-19 spread" at fitness facilities, even when intensive training takes place. A ... More

Greg Glassman, founder of CrossFit, has sold the fitness company to entrepreneur Eric Roza – two weeks after Glassmann faced fierce backlash for a tweet ... 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

Momentum is gathering pace in the push for a U-turn on the government's decision to open pubs before gyms, with the industry and consumers joining ... More

Gyms in the UK could reopen by mid-July, according to a tweet, just posted by culture minister, Oliver Dowden. In a bid to contain the ... More

UK spas will continue to remain closed until further notice, following an announcement by Prime Minister Boris Johnson today (23 June 2020). There were already ... More

Budget fitness chain, Xercise4Less, will have a new ownership structure and financing set-up by the time the UK's gyms are allowed to open their doors ... More

Pubs are to open before gyms, to the bitter disappointment of the health and fitness sector. Following a week of leaks and briefings, which indicated ... More

Budget operators, Pure Gym has released its reopening video, taking a very customer-centric approach. The video stresses the warm welcome, the ease of use and ... More

Construction work on planned leisure projects is beginning to return to normal across the UK. One of those returning to business is Alliance Leisure, which ... More

Leisure trust Vivacity, which terminated its contract with Peterborough City Council council last week, has confirmed it's lost £8m as a result of the COVID-19 ... More

Journalists on The Times are reporting today that they’ve seen a leaked document confirming how the UK government will allow a range of leisure businesses ... More

The government has announced that it will keep the Moratorium of Forfeiture, which protects businesses from rent enforcement activity, in place for a further three ... More

Boris Johnson has hinted that social distancing measures might be reduced by 4 July in some areas. Speaking earlier this afternoon during a visit to ... More

UK budget operator, The Gym Group, has revealed its new reopening video for customers, fronted by CEO, Richard Darwin, with support from team members. The ... More

Industry body ukactive has invited Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon to "visit gyms and leisure facilities", in order to see first-hand the measures the facilities ... More