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Andy King launches The Conveners podcast to champion the pivot to wellbeing
The fitness sector’s pivot to active wellbeing is being discussed in a new weekly podcast, called The Conveners, and hosted by chair of GM Active and director of Miova, Andy King with industry veteran, John Oxley, as a guest presenter. As leisure, health and social care converge, the duo will invite guests to
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Planet Fitness reveals Colleen Keating as its next CEO
Planet Fitness has a new CEO – Colleen Keating. She will take up the position on 10 June. The announcement follows a search which began with the ousting of former CEO, Chris Rondeau on 16 September last year. Shareholder, Craig Benson, has been covering the role in the interim and will remain on the board.
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UK Active Awards for excellence open for nominations
UK Active has announced details of its annual health and fitness industry awards ceremony, which will take place in Birmingham on the evening of Thursday 3 October at the International Convention Centre. The trade body has created 16 award categories for 2024, including new additions, with the Outstanding
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Hospitality veteran Belinda Steward takes the helm at Places Leisure
Social enterprise, Places Leisure, which is part of the Places for People Group, has appointed Belinda Steward as MD. Steward was previously MD at Derwent FM, which is also part of Places for People (PFP). Before joining PFP she held a number of leadership roles, including for hospitality brands such as
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Basic-Fit trials corporate wellness drive across its Spanish clubs
Basic-Fit has signed up to trial Wellhub across its recently expanded Spanish network, giving access to subscribers and enabling them to use all 152 of its Spanish clubs. This includes the 42 McFit and five Holmes Place locations it acquired recently from RSG Group. The move is a change of tack for Basic-Fit,
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Go Fit CEO, Mário Barbosa, unveils expansion plans in this month’s HCM
Having redefined the model of public-private collaboration in Spain, Go Fit is now expanding into Italy and has ambitious plans to grow its estate, memberships and profits. Speaking exclusively in this month’s HCM, Go Fit’s new CEO, Mário Barbosa, talks about the company’s ambitions to enter new markets,
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Planet Fitness trans debacle shows need for global industry guidelines
Planet Fitness has become the subject of a hate campaign by certain groups of consumers and seen share values slide, in the wake of a trans person having been photographed using the women’s locker room at an Alaskan gym. The situation has been escalating over the past couple of weeks, since a female member of the
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Top operators gather from across Europe for EHFF
Industry experts are gathering in Cologne for today's European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF), followed by FIBO from 11-14 April, which will feature almost 1,000 exhibitors. EuropeActive is partnering with FIBO for the 11th time to run EHFF and this year's theme is Futureproofing your business through strategic
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John Kersh and Garrett Marshall leave Xponential Fitness
John Kersh has announced he is leaving boutique franchisor, Xponential Fitness, after eight years with the company – seven of them driving international growth across multiple brands and the best part of a year with Pure Barre at the start. As chief international development officer, Kersh has been responsible
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Oxygen Consulting deep dives into padel with forthcoming report
Oxygen Consulting is about to launch its first UK Padel Report, which investigates this fast-growing sport. Brought to the UK around 2012, padel has really taken off in the past couple of years, with David Lloyd Leisure and GLL being among the first operators to invest. Offering a sociable experience and being
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4Global and UK Active launch private sector health club benchmarking
The first annual Private Sector Benchmarking report was released today (27 March). A collaboration between UK Active and 4Global, the aim of the research is to provide accurate insight into the state of UK-based private sector health clubs. Twelve private sector operators – representing 1,089 facilities – have so
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Total Fitness turns a profit as it beats pre-COVID membership
Total Fitness has released results for its most recent financial year (to June 23), which saw a return to pre-COVID membership levels following a year-on-year uplift in membership numbers of 5 per cent. Members also used the clubs more, with total visits up by 8 per cent. Revenues grew by 11 per cent to £39.97
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