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5 Editor's letter

Making magic

Investment in great facilities is essential to the success of the sector, but nurturing a positive culture is what ultimately makes a winning organisation says Liz Terry

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12 Feedback

HCM Forum

Angela Brown explains Freedom Leisure’s decarbonisation commitments and Tash Fleming is delivering swimming for people with disabilities through WeSwim

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14 HCM People

Gilly McArthur

The climber and ice swimmer talks about the benefits of wild swimming and how health club operators can inspire members to harness the power of nature

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20 HCM People

Dr Davina Deniszczyc

Nuffield and Manchester Metropolitan University are partnering to deliver medical interventions in a fitness setting

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26 HCM News

McKinsey releases new workplace wellness report, Everyone Active partners with Oliver Patrick and KA Leisure moves into preventative health

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34 Interview

Juan del Rio

The CEO of VivaGym has new backers committed to fast tracking the growth of the business within the Iberian market and further afield. He talks to Kate Cracknell

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42 Talking point

Everyone's talking about Company culture

Positive company culture can add commercial value and a competitive advantage, as Kath Hudson discovers

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54 Life Lessons

Dan Summerson

The MD of Everlast Gyms learned valuable lessons during his time at TRIB3, the boutique gym franchise he co-founded. He talks to Kath Hudson

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58 Trends

Forward looking

Testosterone shots, GLP-1s and wellness – HCM talks to industry leaders about their plans for 2025 and examines current opportunites, threats and trends

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72 Sponsored

Box 12 - Taking control

Burnley Leisure is boosting exercise participation and building community through skill-based fitness in partnership with BOX12

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On the cover | Gilly McArthur: The power of ice swimming

74 Specifier

Asset management

New digital platforms are making the management of health club and gym assets efficient and straightforward while optimising resources, reports Julie Cramer

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80 Insight

Future talent

Group exercise is the engine room of the sector, relying on its talent to deliver. Abi Harris asks industry experts how we can engage the next generation of instructors

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88 Standards

A new benchmark

Trade body, UK Active, and its partners have launched The Active Standard, a consumer-facing quality marque for members, as Paul Crane explains

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94 fitness-kit.net

Product innovation

Julie Cramer rounds up the latest health, fitness and wellness kit from leading suppliers

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96 Reader services

HCM directory

If you’re in procurement, HCM Directory is part of a network of resources designed for you that includes www.HCMmag.com/CompanyProfiles

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98 Research

The power of nature

Researchers at Concordia University in Edmonton in Canada are studying the impact of ‘noticing nature’ on mental health and finding it has an impact, even in cities

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CoverMe extends matching service to personal training, rewriting how members and personal trainers connect

CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal training platform that connects the right personal trainer to the right client in under 10 seconds. [more...]

Cornerstone Connect helps Active Blackpool tackle health inequalities

Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple systems to be aggregated into one dataset, to support its focus on reducing health inequalities and improving healthy life expectancy. [more...]

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Serco Leisure

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EP 2025 issue 1

Download PDF

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Magazine archive

5 Editor's letter

Making magic

12 Feedback

HCM Forum

Angela Brown explains Freedom Leisure’s decarbonisation commitments and Tash Fleming is delivering swimming for people with disabilities through WeSwim

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View online

14 HCM People

Gilly McArthur

The climber and ice swimmer talks about the benefits of wild swimming and how health club operators can inspire members to harness the power of nature

View in digital edition
View online

20 HCM People

Dr Davina Deniszczyc

Nuffield and Manchester Metropolitan University are partnering to deliver medical interventions in a fitness setting

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View online

26 HCM News

McKinsey releases new workplace wellness report, Everyone Active partners with Oliver Patrick and KA Leisure moves into preventative health

View in digital edition

34 Interview

Juan del Rio

The CEO of VivaGym has new backers committed to fast tracking the growth of the business within the Iberian market and further afield. He talks to Kate Cracknell

View in digital edition
View online

42 Talking point

Everyone's talking about Company culture

Positive company culture can add commercial value and a competitive advantage, as Kath Hudson discovers

View in digital edition
View online

54 Life Lessons

Dan Summerson

The MD of Everlast Gyms learned valuable lessons during his time at TRIB3, the boutique gym franchise he co-founded. He talks to Kath Hudson

View in digital edition
View online

58 Trends

Forward looking

Testosterone shots, GLP-1s and wellness – HCM talks to industry leaders about their plans for 2025 and examines current opportunites, threats and trends

View in digital edition
View online

72 Sponsored

Box 12 - Taking control

Burnley Leisure is boosting exercise participation and building community through skill-based fitness in partnership with BOX12

View in digital edition
View online

On the cover | Gilly McArthur: The power of ice swimming

74 Specifier

Asset management

New digital platforms are making the management of health club and gym assets efficient and straightforward while optimising resources, reports Julie Cramer

View in digital edition
View online

80 Insight

Future talent

88 Standards

A new benchmark

Trade body, UK Active, and its partners have launched The Active Standard, a consumer-facing quality marque for members, as Paul Crane explains

View in digital edition
View online

94 fitness-kit.net

Product innovation

Julie Cramer rounds up the latest health, fitness and wellness kit from leading suppliers

View in digital edition

96 Reader services

HCM directory

If you’re in procurement, HCM Directory is part of a network of resources designed for you that includes www.HCMmag.com/CompanyProfiles

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98 Research

The power of nature

LATEST NEWS

Industry veterans partner to launch women-only strength brand, LiftHer

An ambitious women’s-only strength and lifting studio concept is set to launch in Dallas this September, with a wider US rollout already in active development.

Omnigym collaborates on an outdoor gym for homeless people

Finnish outdoor fitness equipment specialist, Omnigym, has partnered with charity, Emmaüs Solidarité, to launch an outdoor gym installation at a homeless shelter in Paris.

Virgin Active opens social wellness club in London's Mayfair

Basic-Fit expands German footprint with €52m Wellyou acquisition

Europe’s largest low-cost operator Basic-Fit has agreed to acquire 41 Wellyou clubs in Germany for €52m.

Myzone report shows importance of longevity and social connection

Longevity is the most important motivator for today’s exercisers and social connection is key, according to a report by Myzone.

Until combines multiple disciplines at new Canary Wharf club

Until has opened its fourth club at Canary Wharf, in the iconic YY London building.

Ben Allen appointed managing director at Common Bond

Ben Allen has been appointed managing director at Common Bond. Having set the company up for growth, Robert Rowland now steps into an advisory role.

Industry mourns the loss of Les Mills, a founding father of fitness

Les Mills, whose name became synonymous with one of the world's leading fitness brands, has passed away peacefully at the age of 91.

HCM News: Taking GLP-1s is linked to a decline in physical activity

People taking GLP-1 weight loss medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound may be losing weight, but they’re also becoming less physically active, according to new research presented at the ENDO 2026 annual meeting of the Endocrine Society

PureGym pilots touchless Recovery Zones in London and Manchester

Low-cost gym operator, PureGym, is trialling recovery zones at two of its UK sites, democratising what was previously a premium experience.

New CIMSPA standards upskill coaches and swimming teachers in mental health

In a milestone moment, mental health has become a core part of CIMSPA’s occupational professional standards.

EoS Fitness is the next budget chain to offer reformer Pilates

US high-value, low-price chain, Eos Fitness, has announced plans to pilot reformer Pilates in three locations this year.

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