budget chain news

The UK fitness industry's market value has reached an all-time high, despite a small drop in the number of health clubs. Figures from the annual ... 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

The Gym Group has opened five clubs in one day to reach 200 sites in the UK. Opening this week were gyms in Oxford (Headington ... More

The Gym Group saw its revenues cut by nearly half during the pandemic, a direct result of the group losing 45 per cent of its ... More

The Gym Group has brought in Rio Ferdinand and Wais Shaifta as non-executive directors, signalling a broadening of its remit, new horizons and an intention ... 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

Basic-Fit has launched a new share issue as it restarts its growth plans for the European fitness market. The Netherlands-based budget chain is using an ... More

PureGym has become the latest fitness operator to deploy a digital offering in a bid to increase visibility and engage with non-members during the COVID-19 ... More

Fitness First Middle East is to launch an entirely new budget chain for the region. Speaking to local media, CEO George Flooks said the company ... More

US-based budget fitness chain 24 Hour Fitness will begin offering members a "subscription" to newly-installed FloWater stations. The new-tech water refill stations offer seven-stage water ... More

Three-time National Basketball Association (NBA) Champion Draymond Green has opened his first Blink Fitness gym in Warren, Michigan. The 29-year-old Green, who currently plays for ... More

Low-cost gym operator EōS Fitness has acquired five former Gold's Gym locations in Utah – its first in the US state. The acquisitions are part ... More

The Gym Group has launched a marketing campaign targeting teenagers who are in the midst of their exam period. The budget chain is offering free ... More

Low-cost fitness operator Xercise4Less is has revealed plans to double in size and have 100 clubs open by 2021. Peter Wright, the company's recently appointed ... More

Andy Tee, co-founder of boutique fitness studio V1BE, has revealed plans to expand the concept from a single site in Manchester using a combination of ... More

The first ever FIBO USA kicks off in Orlando, Florida today (5 December 2018), directly challenging the established IHRSA International Convention and Trade Show. The ... More

Fitness On Demand (FoD) has signed a partnership deal with fitness software platform Virtuagym, making FoD's premium fitness workouts available to Virtuagym members by integrating ... More

Low cost operator The Edge Fitness Clubs has secured two new sites as it continues its expansion across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions in the ... More

PureGym has completed the acquisition of Soho Gyms and its 10 clubs, all of which are based in prime London locations. The move comes after ... More

The UK fitness industry has continued to grow in size and value, with the number of gyms hitting 7,000 for the first time in history. ... More

Budget chain Xercise4Less has secured growth investment worth £42m from Swedish credit provider Proventus Capital Partners. The funding will allow Xercise4Less to press forward with ... More

Low-cost gym operator Xercise4Less will open its 50th UK club in Chesterfied later this year. The 30,000sq ft (2,800sq m) site, due to open in ... More

National Basketball Association (NBA) star Draymond Green has revealed plans to become a fitness entrepreneur, after signing a franchise deal with New York, US-based chain ... More

Low-cost fitness operator The Gym Group today announced it has acquired 18 gyms from fellow budget chain Lifestyle Fitness for the sum of £20.5m. The ... More

Low-cost US-based gym franchise Planet Fitness is opening its first club in Panama, central America. The 20,000sq ft (1,860sq m) facility in Santa Maria is ... More