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JD Gyms has designed its own personal training qualification and announced the launch of the JD Gyms PT Academy. Created as an official pathway into ... More

Activity levels are still rising among English adults according to Sport England’s new Active Lives Survey, which covers November 2024 to November 2025.  According to ... More

JD Gyms has introduced a new group exercise class for the new year. JD Engine is a coach-led conditioning class incorporating exercises that focus on ... More

JD Gyms is delivering 'sector-leading metrics' as well as record pre-tax profits, turnover and EBITDA CEO, Alun Peacock, has told HCM. Interviewed in the latest ... More

JD Gyms celebrated a milestone this week by opening its 100th site. The Enfield club is also the company’s first organic gym within the M25. ... More

Across Europe there are encouraging signs that governments are waking up to the value of exercise and the services the fitness sector provides. UK Active ... More

JD Gyms is moving closer to its target of 100 sites across the UK, with a new club in Basingstoke (pictured) and another opening next ... More

Once described as “the greatest of them all” by Hilton’s founder Conrad Hilton, Waldorf Astoria New York, US, has reopened its doors after one of ... More

Sport England has confirmed that Simon Hayes will take over from Tim Hollingsworth as CEO. Hollingsworth announced his departure in February following seven years in ... More

Loughborough University in the UK has teamed up with Vitality to launch a Women in Sport Research and Innovation Hub. Headed up by Professor Jo ... More

Four-time Olympic medallist, Rebecca Adlington OBE, and Olympic swimmer, Steve Parry MBE, have successfully completed a management buyout of Swim! The pair originally founded the ... More

Sport and physical activity creates annual savings of £10.5 billion for the NHS and social care, according to Sport England research published today (22 October). ... More

The JD Gyms Group has completed a deal to acquire Simply Gym from Bay Leisure. The deal comprises four gyms: one in Greater London and ... More

GymNation, which was acquired by JD Gyms in 2022, has opened its latest health club in Dubai, bringing the number of sites in its UAE ... More

The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end on 31 March leaving thousands set for closure or service ... More

Storm LDN, a community-supporting boutique boxing gym concept based in London, is gearing up to open a £2m seed-funding round from 9 February. Currently with ... More

The growth of budget health club chain JD Gyms has been accelerated by "at least three years" thanks to the company's acquisition of Xercise4Less during ... More

JD Gyms has acquired the gym estate of Xercise4Less, following the budget chain calling in administrators. Xercise4Less ran into financial trouble earlier this year after ... More

London's Natural History Museum is set to a host an exhibition inspired by the creatures featured in JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find ... More

Property developers AP Thailand (AP) and the Mitsubishi Estate have joined forces to build a £221m (US$278.8m, €250m) ultra-luxe development in Bangkok, Thailand. Called "The ... More

Turkey’s parliament is planning to bring more attention to animal rights in the country via the unusual method of opening a zoo outside its buildings ... More

Double Paralympic gold medallist Jonnie Peacock has launched a new online hub, designed to empower disabled people to become more physically active. Called Parasport powered ... More

Les Mills International (LMI) has joined forces with health club mobile app provider Netpulse to offer a digital fitness solution covering both the gym and ... More

Fitness kit and software supplier eGym has announced the acquisition of fitness app specialist Netpulse for an undisclosed sum. The two companies are sharing a ... More

The UK division of Ben Dunne Gyms has been acquired by JD Gyms in a multi-million-pound deal. JD Gyms, part of JD Sports Fashion group, ... More