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  Sony Pictures to launch immersive Wonderverse entertainment destination
Sony Pictures is set to launch an immersive indoor entertainment park at Oakbrook Center in Chicago in December, featuring escape rooms, interactive exhibits, racing simulators, VR attractions, bumper cars and food and drink. Called Wonderverse, the entertainment destination will occupy a 45,000sq ft retail .... more
  Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the spotlight – new research report will be published by UK Active in March 2024
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is everyone’s responsibility, especially given the industry’s ambition to broaden its reach and benefit more people and to this end, UK Active is inviting operators to engage with its new inclusion self-assessment tool. The tool – called Equality, Diversity and .... more
  Xponential opens 3,000th location – confirms plans to buy more brands
Xponential Fitness, the largest global franchisor of boutique fitness brands, has announced the opening of its milestone 3,000th studio – a CycleBar in Loveland, Colorado – with more expansion in the pipeline, as well as the planned acquisition of an eleventh brand. Speaking exclusively to HCM, .... more
  Nike and Spotify team up to empower girls through the Make Moves Fund
The Make moves Fund, co-funded by Nike and Spotify, is gearing up to award grants equivalent to approximately US$25,000 for pioneering, UK-based organisations to empower a new generation of girls to take their first steps into dance. Girls in the UK are more than twice as likely as boys to report poor mental .... more
  JD Gyms sells GymNation to MBO team
JD Gyms, part of listed company, JD Sports Fashion plc, has sold UAE health club operator, GymNation, to a management buy-out team backed by investors TriCap Investments and Ruya Partners, which has revealed it invested SAR 94 million (US$25 million) private credit into GymNation. JD Gyms, bought GymNation from Select Investments Ltd in February 2022. The MBO was .... more
  Bannatyne launches budget gym concept
UK operator, Bannatyne Group, has revisited one of its classic brands to launch a budget gym concept. First launched 25 years ago by founder, Duncan Bannatyne, Just Fitness was the company’s original name before it rebranded to Bannatyne. Now the company says it will selectively develop Just Fitness by Bannatyne .... more
  Shenzhen art museum opens exhibition showcasing work of MAD Architects
Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning (MoCAUP) has opened an exhibition which provides a retrospective of the research and practices of MAD Architects. Called Ma Yansong: Landscapes in Motion, the exhibition occupies an expansive space of more than 3,000sq m and takes visitors on a .... more
  The Fitness Group partners with My PT Hub
Training provider, The Fitness Group, has teamed up with personal training app, My PT Hub, to make it easier for aspiring personal trainers to set up their own businesses. The partnership will see My PT Hub being integrated into the education courses provided by The Fitness Group. Graduates will learn how they .... more
  Everlast Gyms prepares for global expansion with 37,000sq ft flagship 'showroom' location
Everlast Gyms today (16 November) opened a new flagship property at the Metro Centre in Gateshead UK as part of a strategy to globalise the brand. The 37,000sq ft health club occupies a former Debenhams department store. Speaking exclusively to HCM magazine for a profile interview in the next edition, .... more
  Revealed: The latest on the state of the London boutique studio market from Leisure DB
There are now more than 300 boutique fitness studios across London – an increase of 17.4 per cent when compared to 2018. Figures from the London Boutique Studio Report 2023, published by insight outfit Leisure DB, also show that more than half (56 per cent) of London's adult population of 6.98m people now .... more
  Echelon Fitness teams up with Run Disney to tap into 170,000 runners
Connected fitness equipment supplier, Echelon Fitness, has signed a multi-year deal with Run Disney, the road race division of Disney Sports Enterprises. The Run Disney race series is one of the largest race organisations in the US, with more than 170,000 runners participating in events each race season, plus .... more
  Good Work Pledge becomes part of the CIMSPA portfolio
The UK's Good Work Pledge – an employer commitment to workplace wellbeing for employees – has come under the umbrella of CIMSPA. Created and launched by Lindsey Simpson and Katie Lewis co-founders of Workplace Mental Wealth Ltd in 2021, The Pledge was established to enable companies to 'publicly commit and take .... more
  CORRECTION: New operator launches UK health club chain as XF Holdings reveals first 40,000sq ft Xtrafit location
CORRECTION A previous version of this story reported that the UK operations of Xtrafit were connected to the German Xtrafit business. We now understand that this is not the case and have amended this story to clarify this point. New-launch health club operator, XF Holdings, has signed its first .... more
  Clive Ormerod steps down as CEO of Les Mills
Clive Ormerod will stand down from his role as Group CEO of Les Mills at the end of 2023. Ormerod joined the global fitness company as chief marketing officer in early 2018 and was promoted to Group CEO in July 2019. During his near six-year tenure, Les Mills has significantly grown its global footprint .... more
  World’s largest franchise operator enters the health club market – plans aggressive growth
Flynn Restaurant Group, the world’s largest fast food franchise operator, with ambitions to be the largest global franchise operator across all markets, has entered the fitness market with the acquisition of a portfolio of Planet Fitness clubs. The move is part of a ‘third stage’ of growth for the business, .... more
Jobs in this issue
Recreation Assistant
Romford
Everyone Active
Activity and Wellbeing Coordinator
Stowmarket
Everyone Active
Activity Leader/Lifeguard Coordinator
Luton, UK
Active Luton
Self Employed Personal Trainer
London
Everyone Active
Self Employed Golf Instructor
London
Everyone Active
Swimming Teacher
Bedminster
Everyone Active
Swimming Teacher
Bristol
Everyone Active
Swimming Teacher
Bristol
Everyone Active
Swimming Teacher
Bristol
Everyone Active
Activity & Wellbeing Leader
Stevenage
Everyone Active
Front of House - Receptionist
Wythenshawe
Everyone Active
Swim Teacher
Slough
Everyone Active
Fitness Motivator and Personal Trainer
Southam
Everyone Active
Yoga Instructor
Southam
Everyone Active
Swim Teacher
Southam
Everyone Active
General Manager - Snowdon Mountain Railway
Llanberis, Caernarfon, UK
Heritage Great Britain
Duty Manager
Harlow, UK
Harlow Leisurezone
Duty Manager
Slough, UK
Everyone Active
Swimming Teacher
Slough
Everyone Active
Maintenance Engineer
Stratford-upon-Avon
Everyone Active
Contract Maintenance Manager
Stratford-upon-Avon
Everyone Active
Duty Manager
Luton, UK
Active Luton
Operations Manager
Gravesend, UK
Cyclopark
Swimming Teacher
Rickmansworth, UK
Everyone Active
Swimming Teacher
Watford, UK
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