footfall news & features
Is now a golden moment for health and fitness operators to secure favourable leases as desirable anchor tenants? Kath Hudson asks the experts
HCM issue 2 2024
The creator of the UK Leisure Framework explains how he developed the concept and the impact it’s having
HCM issue 1 2024
Members of HCM’s senior-level industry panel share their thoughts with Kath Hudson on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead
HCM issue 1 2024
Many people living in rural areas are missing out on fitness. What can the public and private sectors do to broaden their customer reach?
HCM issue 10 2023
The booming market for strength training is driving growth in everything from hardware to programming, as Steph Eaves discovers
HCM issue 8 2023
Padel tennis and pickleball are taking the world by storm and finding a great fit with health clubs, as operators such as David Lloyd Leisure get on board
HCM issue 3 2023
The MD of Everlast Gyms is steering the business through a process of rebranding, with a hybrid model intended to take it to UK number one status
HCM issue 6 2022
Leisure operators should
embrace activity to engage
members says Jenny Patrickson,
managing director of Active IQ
HCM issue 11 2021
Suppliers share their most exciting products, launches and installations from 2021
HCM issue 11 2021
The CEO and chief experience officer of Until explain their plans to develop the first chain of members' clubs with workspace for fitness professionals
HCM issue 10 2021
Following our update on bounceback in the big-box market last month, we talk to studios about how they’re trading
HCM issue 9 2021
Gympass is helping énergie Fitness to rebuild, by winning new members
HCM issue 6 2021
An ongoing partnership between Active Leeds and Hussle has created exciting results in the form of increased usage and memberships
HCM issue 5 2021
More than 30,000 Hussle users
have been turned into direct
members in the last 18 months.
HCM issue 4 2021
HCM talks to suppliers and operators about how the aggregator market is changing in response to demand
HCM issue 2 2021
Policymakers and operators discuss trust and public sector pandemic responses
HCM issue 10 2020
Modelling by 4global shows what we can expect for UK public sector fitness
HCM issue 9 2020
Gym operators in the UK can now open on the high street, without planning permission. What impact will this have on the industry?
HCM issue 8 2020
Precor has been engaged with modernising Aberdeen Sports Village
HCM issue 5 2020
The newly refurbished Aberdeen Sports Village (ASV) has undergone a £500,000 overhaul to
enable it to
offer a stronger user experience with digital connectivity at its core.
product innovation •
06 Apr 2020
Technology firm Purple WiFi has launched a live data website, offering a real-time, visual
representation of the effects of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic on leisure industry sectors
globally.
news •
20 Mar 2020
Supplier Matrix Fitness latest collaboration with Long Stratton Leisure Centre, run by South Norfolk Council
HCM issue 3 2020
Supplier Gympass latest collaboration with DW Fitness First
HCM issue 3 2020
The CEO and co-founder of BLOK
tells how he developed ‘one of
the coolest gyms in the world’
HCM issue 3 2020
HCM talks to Fraser Smith about founding his studio and why he picked
miha bodytec as his supplier and EMS training for his USP
HCM issue 2 2020
HCM talks to Rasmus Ingerslev, Emma Barry, dave Stalker and Steven Scales about trends in the industry and what’s coming down the track for 2020 in terms of opportunities and threats
HCM issue 1 2020
Ross Kirton from Colliers outlines the
finding of recent research into health
and fitness real estate values which has
found people are prepared to pay more
for residential real estate with a gym
HCM issue 9 2019
Precor’s bikes are bringing success to a wide range of different health and fitness
operations, from boutiques to trusts
HCM issue 8 2019
The founders tell us about their plan to become the UK’s dominant yoga chain
HCM issue 7 2018
The TVS Group supply and install sports and fitness flooring to a wide range of ...
CoverMe Fitness is an on-demand group exercise cover app that connects qualified and insured instructors ...