investment news & features
Health Club Management recently revealed how online gym pass provider
PayasUgym will soon begin testing Bitcoin, potentially paving the way for the
cryptocurrency to become an accepted form of payment across more than
2,000 UK gyms in the PayasUgym network.
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28 Oct 2014
Online retailer Amazon appears poised for a further push into the wearable technology sector, with
the company poised to increase investment and staff at its secretive hardware operations unit
Lab126.
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02 Oct 2014
David Hopkins, MD and founder of mystery shopping and research company Proinsight, on turning everyday insights into profits
HCM issue 10 2014
Alison Bledge examines how the offshore industry is managing the wellbeing of its workers, and looks at a gym installed onboard the floating hotel Safe Scandinavia
HCM issue 10 2014
An upcoming report promises to put a true value on the fitness sector, say ukactive’s David Stalker
HCM issue 9 2014
Virgin Active has unveiled plans to launch two new ‘technology-focused’ clubs in
London during early 2015.
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12 Aug 2014
EuropeActive and Deloitte share the topline findings from their new European Market Report
HCM issue 7 2014
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HCM issue 7 2014
The chair of Health & Fitness Nordic talks to Kate Cracknell about the disruptive influence of technology and the fundamental need for businesses to be useful
HCM issue 7 2014
Kath Hudson reports on payment trends in health and fitness
HCM issue 7 2014
The joint MD of 3-1-5 Health Clubs talks to Julie Cramer about creating an exclusive family of X-Force ‘negative training' facilities in the UK
HCM issue 6 2014
Les Mills International has today launched a brand new “immersive fitness”
product in an initiative it’s calling The Project.
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28 May 2014
A number of devices are currently in development that could be used to provide
real-time data and metrics specific to individual players partaking in sport,
giving audiences and commentators more detailed information on performance
levels during contests.
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01 May 2014
IHRSA Annual Convention & Trade Show, IHRSA 2014, Sally Hogshead, Gary Vaynerchuck, Dan Heath, Luke Williams
HCM issue 5 2014
ukactive has launched a business performance benchmarking tool for gyms and
leisure centres, enabling them to compare how their facility is performing
against the industry average and rival establishments.
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29 Apr 2014
Functional training is generating a real buzz both
for members and for the balance sheet
HCM issue 4 2014
Dirk Kemmerling gives an overview of Germany's fitness market
HCM issue 4 2014
Lauren Applegarth looks at a council scheme to open multiple sites, each with their own specialism
HCM issue 4 2014
In the second part of our management series, Carl Bennett looks at the importance of understanding a community's needs
HCM issue 4 2014
Online gym pass provider PayasUgym has today announced a £1.6m raft of
venture capital funding as it seeks to continue growth across the UK market.
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25 Mar 2014
The industry has gone mad for functional training, but what do members really think?
HCM issue 3 2014
In the final part of his series looking at member retention, Dr Paul Bedford takes a look at the reasons why members leave
HCM issue 3 2014
The CEO of Fitness First talks to Kate Cracknell about putting behavioural psychology at the heart of the business, in a £270m repositioning and rebrand
HCM issue 3 2014
Scientific and technological developments are becoming increasingly important
in contributing to the success of athletes, as recent medal triumphs in the Sochi
Winter Olympics have shown.
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25 Feb 2014
2014 will be the year that operators decide whether they
want to play a recognised role within the health sector,
says ukactive's David Stalker
HCM Handbook 2014
IHRSA's expert panel on the forces that will shape the
fitness industry around the world in the coming year
HCM Handbook 2014
Can human energy expended on CV equipment realistically be converted into electricity to run your club?
HCM issue 2 2014
In the second part of our new series, Ray Algar takes a look at a charitable fundraising venture being run by The Gym Group in the UK
HCM issue 2 2014
Kath Hudson looks at how clubs are turning pilates into a successful secondary revenue stream
HCM issue 2 2014
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