4Global news & features
Children’s fitness and GLP-1 customers are this month’s topics for discussion
HCM issue 10 2025
Superusers (HVPs) are the key to success, according to new research from Les Mills
HCM issue 7 2025
The operations manager of Mid Devon Leisure talks Kath Hudson through its rebrand to Active Mid Devon
HCM issue 7 2025
Public sector leisure and physical activity services in the UK are increasingly being customised to local needs via place-based initiatives, we talk to those driving change
HCM issue 6 2025
Kath Hudson reports on the first UK Health and Fitness Market Report.
HCM Handbook 2025
A UK Active market report by Deloitte shows positive growth and increasing consumer demand, says Matthew Wade
HCM issue 4 2025
Price increases and openings are driving growth in the European market, according to a report from Deloitte Germany
HCM issue 4 2025
Testosterone shots, GLP-1s and wellness – HCM talks to industry leaders about their plans for 2025 and examines current opportunites, threats and trends
HCM issue 1 2025
The director of special projects for 4Global talks about the European DataHub and taking the company into the US market
HCM issue 11 2024
The team at industry research outfit, Active Insight, celebrate 25 years of advisory work and outline their succession plan to Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 11 2024
While critical for business success, the challenges of ESG can be overwhelming. Operators tell us how they’re tackling it
HCM issue 10 2023
A new Quest mystery shopping initiative reveals how operators could do better when handling communications with hard-to-reach groups
HCM issue 9 2023
Xplor Gym’s open software is empowering fitness clubs to unlock new opportunities for growth, says James Barter
HCM issue 7 2023
As leisure provider GLL celebrates its 30th year of operations, its CEO and founder share their five-year vision
HCM issue 7 2023
Inverclyde Leisure is on a mission that has boosted attendance by 60 per cent. We talk to the CEO about how a community-centric approach is driving success
HCM issue 8 2022
Sports data analysis and consultancy firm 4Global has appointed Kerstin Obenauer as chief
customer officer as part of a new growth strategy.
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29 Mar 2022
Europe Active has reinvented itself over the pandemic, rallying the sector, progressing the public health agenda, and opening itself up to global collaboration. Its CEO talks to Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 3 2022
The Gym Group has published its full-year results for 2021 and announced plans to open 28
new sites in 2022, including three gyms acquired this month from Fitness First in Haringey,
Leytonstone and Romford, strengthening its clusters of properties in this part of the UK.
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18 Mar 2022
The rollout of Moving Communities marks a watershed moment for data in the public sector. 4global’s Ed Hubbard talks us through the early insights and the impact this initiative will have
HCM Handbook 2021
Industry research showed independent gyms were more resilient in last year’s challenging conditions than some of the big operators, we find out why
HCM Handbook 2021
Six months on from the launch of its Kickstart programme, The Gym Group is hiring the majority of trainees in the first cohort
HCM issue 7 2021
The results from the first Moving Communities Customer Experience Survey show users are satisfied with local authority health and fitness facilities
HCM issue 7 2021
Sport England’s new monitoring and insight study will track the impact of the National Leisure Recovery Fund and its impact on communities, says Mike Hill
HCM issue 3 2021
Move Consulting’s director on the challenges and opportunities for operators looking to appeal to a diverse membership
HCM issue 2 2021
Leisure-net’s lockdown 2 survey yielded findings that will set a course for the UK industry as it comes out of lockdown 3
HCM issue 1 2021
Modelling by 4global shows what we can expect for UK public sector fitness
HCM issue 9 2020
A Datahub report has used modelling to predict what the next 12 months will look like for the UK fitness industry
HCM issue 5 2020
A new survey tells us how consumers are likely to respond to reopening
HCM issue 5 2020
DataHub has launched a contact tracking app, specifically designed for the fitness and physical
activity sector.
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03 Jun 2020
According to ukactive’s Reimagining Ageing Report, ageing
is an issue that we simply cannot afford to ignore. Chris
Phillips from Datahub summarises the findings
HCM Handbook 2019
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