We catch up with Boditrax co-founder, Nick Stillman, for an invaluable insight into the journey, development and future of the innovative body compoisition technology.
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Whether you operate an open cafeteria for visitors, or provide catering on a larger scale for children’s parties, a successful catering operation can be a profitable revenue stream for the business and drive more new and repeat custom. We take a closer look at current industry trends to find out what the paying customers- parents and carers- are really looking for.
Folkestone Sports Centre, Kent, has been a popular attraction for both local residents and visitors since its inception in 1974. Boasting a huge range of facilities, from swimming to all year dry slope skiing, the centre is the perfect location for those looking to improve fitness, enjoy relaxing treatments, entertain the family, or engage in a little healthy competition! In order to continue providing high-quality fitness equipment to the community, the centre recently upgraded the ageing range of cardio equipment.
Johnson Reed Fitness Finance has recently partnered with Impact Fitness, who specialise in membership sales solutions throughout the UK health and fitness market. We spoke to Managing Director, Neil Haughin, to find out more about the business.
Danny’s latest venture, in conjunction with business partner, Luke Kousoulou, is VIP HQ. Rather self-explanatory; the new headquarters will provide a base from which he will run his operation and host his clients. However, VIP HQ isn’t just another gym facility in the saturated Essex fitness market. Based in Stapleford Abbots and spanning three acres of land, the new site boasts both indoor and outdoor facilities; a prefab building filled with functional fitness equipment, and a large outdoor army-style assault course.
Gym 64 boasts all the facilities of a top luxury health club, yet has a modest monthly membership fee starting at just £39 per month. Having first approached us five years ago for equipment finance for the Dunfermline site, we were thrilled when owners, Alan and Nindy Goodsir, and the team at Gym 64 returned to us for help financing their second site in Kirkcaldy.
Connor Crotchett and Leon Jones both boast an extensive background in training and fitness; with Connor serving as Director of 3D Fitness Ltd, which designs and imports their own brand of gym equipment, and having previously owned All Your Life Fitness Club in Tipperary. Leon has been in the fitness industry for 13 years, with five years of amateur kickboxing and five years in the gym industry under his belt, as well as gaining personal training and nutrition specialist qualifications.
As part of a large CEC modernisation programme taking place, facilities at Crewe and Holmes Chapel were the first of the 15 sites to undergo transformation. Crewe Lifestyle Centre combined several existing and services across the area, as well as children’s services, adult day care services, the library and workspace for council employees, all under one roof. The development under Everybody has also allowed for a café facility to be introduced at the site, introducing additional forms of revenue and creating jobs for five more individuals.
The first glimpse of spring sunshine has got us excited for the summer ahead, and while we can hope that the weather gods are kind to us this year, the lucky ones amongst us will be jetting off to somewhere slightly more exotic. The rare British sun also brings the onset of pre-holiday panic, seeing a rise in the number of people investing in costly gym memberships in a last-minute bid to obtain their desired beach bodies.
The team at Life Leisure gyms see fitness as a long-term goal reached by implementing realistic lifestyle changes and setting achievable goals, rather than a quick fix that’s unlikely to satisfy you in the long term. As the biggest fitness provider in Stockport, Life Leisure offer members access to fitness classes, swimming and the latest gym equipment across all sites.
We know all too well that the ‘New Year, New You’ attitude often falls short of our expectations- especially during those tricky winter months. The gym can feel like a harsh replacement to a cosy bed on cold mornings, motivational mantras on our social media feeds can be guilt-inducing and although you might intend to snack on almonds at work, the chocolate is always the more tempting option…
At Scunthorpe’s Elite Fitness, however, the team have been helping members blast through the winter blues and offset their fitness regimes with helpful guidance, a huge range of equipment and enough of a reason to keep returning!