Sunday Times news

Global publishing outfit, Leisure Media, has announced details of its new annual conference for decision-makers across the health, fitness and wellness markets. The event – ... More

The Gym Group has appointed Will Orr as its new CEO and executive director. Orr joins the low-cost fitness operator from Times Media – publisher ... More

The fitness industry in Europe is uniting today (30 May) to launch #beactivehour, a free one hour workout at 5.00pm CET/3.00pm GMT. The event has ... More

The attractions industry has lost one of its personalities with the passing of Lord Bath, the owner of Longleat Safari Park in the UK, who ... More

British Gymnastics has appointed Mike Darcey as its new chair, to replace the outgoing Matt Neville, who is stepping down after serving the maximum term ... More

Liz Terry, editor of HCM, has called on the industry to counter the "annual tradition of gym-bashing" by national consumer media. In her Editor's letter ... More

The architect David Marks, co-founder of Marks Barfield Architects, has died at the age of 64 following a long illness. Marks, best-known as the co-designer ... More

Shelley Hepburn has been appointed as new spa director at the Gaia Spa at Boringdon Hall hotel in Devon, UK. During her 20-year career, Hepburn ... More

David Lloyd Leisure has been named number 21 in the Sunday Times’ Top 30 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2017.   The company ... More

Budget gym chain, Xercise4Less, has made The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list for the third consecutive year. The operator was ranked in 68th position ... More

Business mogul Luke Johnson will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Visitor Attractions Conference (VAC) in London, sharing his insights on how to manage ... More

UK-based attractions specialist Simworx has been named among the top 100 small and medium-sized companies with the fastest growing international sales. Ranking 49th on the ... More

Spafinder Wellness 365 has put together a team of global editors and experts for their expanded international panel of 39 judges who will nominate candidates ... More

Any suspicions that the boutique studio boom is stealing the thunder of fast-growing budget gyms has been dispelled by the latest Sunday Times Virgin Fast ... More

Sports Coach UK, the UK’s technical agency for coaching, has appointed former Royal Mail and Marks & Spencer executive Gillian Wilmot as its chair. Windsurfing, ... More

ukactive has announced the high-profile shortlist of candidates aiming to join the new ukactive Board of Directors, to be helmed by recently-appointed chair Tanni Grey-Thompson. ... More

Spafinder Wellness 365 has revealed the global panel of judges who will nominate candidates for the 2015 Wellness Travel Awards – the programme dedicated to ... More

Pure Gym is the reported frontrunner in a three-horse race to buy LA fitness for £80m, with Fitness First and Sports Direct Fitness also in ... More

Xercise4Less has secured £31m worth of finance as the low cost gym chain bids to turbocharge its growth and reach 100 sites by the end ... More

Pure Gym, Xercise4Less and The Gym Group have all been named on the Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100, as low cost operators put in ... More

The Ashes-winning England cricket team, the world cup-winning rugby union team and European champion Jo Pavey are among the shortlist for this year’s Sportswomen of ... More

One Direction star Louis Tomlinson has announced a deal to buy English League One side Doncaster Rovers – the club he has supported since childhood. ... More

FIFA investigator Michael Garcia is set to meet organisers of the Qatar 2022 World Cup on Monday night, amid calls for the bidding process to ... More

The Gym Group has taken 16th place in a Sunday Times financial league table ranking companies according to growth in profits over the last three ... More

LA fitness has rolled out its new high intensity, 20-minute signature classes across its UK and Ireland clubs, following their popularity at the operator's new ... More