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Having announced its intention to open 50 low cost gyms in the next three years, with a ROIC of 30 per cent, The Gym Group ... More

New legislation will change the way health clubs in the UK manage their membership process, creating greater powers for consumers when it comes to contracts ... More

British telecommunications company BT Group has sold its iconic BT Tower for £275 million (US$347 million, €321.3 million) to hotel management company MCR Hotels. The ... More

Dawn Tuckwell and Cheryl Hersey, founders of Action Group, have sold the company to their team via an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). Both will remain ... More

A deal between one of the world’s biggest gym groups and a streaming giant involves members of RSG Group’s gyms being offered a Paramount+ subscription. ... More

Jack Shakespeare, UK Active's director of research, policy and communications, is leaving the organisation to join UK-based data, services and software company 4Global as its ... More

The winners of this year's Museums + Heritage Awards have been revealed, with the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World ... More

International spa and wellness professionals have flocked to Las Vegas, Nevada, to attend the 31st annual ISPA Conference and Expo, kicking off today at the ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has appointed Cathy Feliciano-Chon – a leading brand development and communications expert with offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai – ... More

The British Beauty Council has introduced the Future Talent Programme, a beauty-specific career development programme set to nurture a steady pipeline of talent to the ... More

Carowinds theme park in North Carolina, US, has launched year-round operations this month (January 2023). The park has introduced additional weekends to the calendar in ... More

At UK Active’s Active Uprising event yesterday (30 June) in Birmingham, Hattie Jones, the head of consumer engagement, announced that UK Active, Sport England’s This ... More

Caterpillar, a new app that rewards healthy actions with redeemable points at entertainment and fitness outlets, will launch a pilot scheme on 6 June. Under ... More

All adults can prevent declines in episodic memory with regular exercise. Researchers led by psychologists at the University of Pittsburgh investigated more than 1,279 studies, ... More

Body Fit Training (BFT), the Australian fitness franchise, has successfully defended a court action brought by F45 in the Australian Federal Court. The lawsuit between ... More

ukactive has stressed the importance of landlords and tenants "sharing the burden" of commercial rent arrangements. The industry body made the call during a committee ... More

Jakob Wahl has been named executive VP and chief operating officer of global attractions industry body IAAPA. In the new role, Wahl – who has ... More

Simworx has appointed Paul Kent as its global business development manager. Kent joins the media-based attractions specialist from audio-visual business, Electrosonic, where he spent over ... More

Nearly half (49 per cent) of health club members in the US who've cancelled their membership since the pandemic began are eager to rejoin their ... More

The new H.C. Andersen House, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, has opened its doors to visitors in the Danish city of Odense. Dedicated to ... More

Peloton is expanding its reach within the online fitness market with the launch of a new Corporate Wellness platform. The service will be made available ... More

World Leisure Organization (WLO) has opened the entry process for its International Innovation Prize. Now in its ninth year, the award celebrates organisations that have ... More

The First 1000 Days of Wellness (F1000 Days) will introduce specialised practitioner training for conception, pregnancy, and family integrative wellness, in partnership with respected industry ... More

Michael Bruggeman, CEO of OM4 Organic Male and haia, is leading a new nonprofit charitable foundation supported by a host of leading beauty, wellness and ... 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