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Elevate Arena is underway at London's Excel and the hot topic of AI was the ... more

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Freedom Leisure and Ebbsfleet Garden City Trust have opened the £13 million Weldon Wellbeing Pavilion ... more

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Public sector: Charitable trust, Mytime Active, tackles loneliness

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Shocked by the UK loneliness statistics, charitable trust Mytime Active has been doubling down on ... more

Wellness: Tewinbury Farm Hotel launches fitness and wellbeing offering

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Tewinbury Farm Hotel in Hertfordshire, UK is expanding its premium leisure proposition with the launch ... more

Mixed-use: Work gets underway on Madrid's €800 million leisure complex

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Work is underway in Madrid on one of Europe’s most significant multi-functional complexes, ... more

Breaking news: PureGym tackles doomscrolling with joy strolling

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Health: Small lifestyle changes yield huge benefits for heart health, says research

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Small improvements to sleep, diet quality, and physical activity, made in combination lead to a ... more

Safety: UK Active delivers new defibrillator guidelines to empower staff to deal with cardiac arrests

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UK Active has published new guidance on defibrillators to help fitness and leisure operators deliver ... more

Public sector: Brio reopens historic Chester Northgate leisure centre after a £12 million investment

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Brio Northgate – formerly Northgate Arena in Chester – has officially reopened following ... more

Premium: Life Time increases the size of its clubs to accommodate premium features

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US athletic country club operator, Life Time, says its 2026 growth strategy and outlook are ... more

Collaboration: Everyone Active appoints Harry Aikines-Aryeetey as celebrity ambassador for You+

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Everyone Active has partnered with Team GB sprinter and TV personality, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, to be ... more

Research: Active Lives data shows positive impact from fitness sector

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Activity levels are still rising among English adults according to Sport England’s new Active Lives ... more

Research: Study shows its the brain that programmes endurance capacity, not the body

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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a potential brain-driven mechanism behind the physical ... more

Administration: Fusion Lifestyle calls in the administrators – councils appoint new operators

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After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, Fusion Lifestyle has called in administrators after a ... more

Breaking news: The UK Health & Fitness Market Report 2026 shows the fitness sector has achieved record growth

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The newly published The UK Health & Fitness Market Report 2026 shows penetration has reached ... more

Research: Cognitive boost from exercise can extend until the following day, shows UCL study

09 Apr 2026

The cognitive boost from exercise can last until the following day according to a study ... more

Everyone Active reveals Bedworth Physical Activity Hub with 100-station gym

08 Apr 2026

The £30.6 million Bedworth Physical Activity Hub is now open, replacing a centre which dated ... more

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Anytime to break through 1,000 site landmark

By Tom Walker 04 Apr 2008

US-based Anytime Fitness, the 24-hour franchise which launched in 2002, is aiming for its 1,000th club by the end of 2008.

“Everyone associated with Anytime Fitness is proud of what we’ve accomplished this past year and excited about what lies ahead,” said co-founder Chuck Runyon.

“We’re currently opening clubs at a rate of more than one a day. The 1,000th club will be an incredible milestone.”

Entrepreneur magazine (Feb 08) recently ranked Anytime Fitness the 13th fastest-growing franchise of any type in the US, up from 36th last year, and Franchise Times magazine ranked Anytime Fitness 35th on its ‘Fast 55’ list of new franchises.

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