The franchise sector has investors keen to back businesses with the potential to grow

Deloitte’s Alicia Whistlecroft summarises findings from the State of the UK Fitness Industry Report. Budgets and boutiques are challenging the domestic status quo, throwing up a range of new opportunities

ClassPass is organising a day of free, live fitness classes to be broadcast around the world on 24 April.

Amazon Web Services is changing the sports industry with artificial intelligence

One of the factors that has made the coronavirus outbreak so severe across the globe is that some of those infected do not show any symptoms, resulting in them going about their lives as normal, infecting even more people.

GymAware, a fitness equipment company based in Australia, has created Flex, a tracking device that collects performance data from weight training.

Bolto saw a need for a “bespoke, femalespecific, results-driven boutique”

A knockout partnership

The ex-Special Forces Navy diver and Army fitness instructor tell how their backgrounds inspired EMF Fitness

The CEO of CHi Fitness, in Malaysia, discusses turning the business around and launching his latest new venture

After reviving Fitness First Germany, Seibold is building a portfolio of fitness brands under new company, Life Fit Group

The founders of Goodlife, Australia’s largest gym chain, have a new concept, which combines boutique disciplines

Over 300 delegates recently gathered in Singapore for the inaugural World Fit Summit conference. Steph Eaves attended to talk to founder Ross Campbell about what’s happening in Asian fitness

Is the UK boutique fitness sector capable of attracting the funding it needs? Alicia Whistlecroft from Deloitte takes a look at the level of opportunity

Plenty of room for Rebels and Virgins

Private equity firm North Castle Partners has made possible the Barry’s Bootcamp expansion and Curves’ success in Asia. We talk to the firm’s fitness lead, Jon Canarick

Growing economies are fuelling growth in Asia-Pacific, opening up a wealth of opportunities in the less developed markets, according to the second IHRSA Asia-Pacific Health Club Report. Kristen Walsh reports

New operators are queuing up to enter the booming franchise market. Tom Walker reports

Insights manager Lizzie Broughton sums up ukactive’s inaugural Global Boutique Trends Report, highlighting the demographics and behaviours driving the boutique boom in key cities around the world

Deloitte’s Karsten Hollasch summarises key data from the latest European Health & Fitness Market Report showing that membership and market value remain strong in Europe. The goal – 80 million members by 2025

Editor Helen Patenall rounds up the latest visionary developments in health and fitness, ranging from new start-ups to innovative flooring and clever use of colour

Innovative projects targeting niche markets

Liz Terry shares her thoughts

The founder of Xponential Fitness, Anthony Geisler, discusses the secrets behind his success, and tells us why franchising is key to crushing the big box chains

After attending a women’s leadership summit at IHRSA, Rainwater was inspired to start the Women in Fitness Association

The new CEO of Xercise4Less – one of the founders of Virgin Active – says the budget operator is gearing up to double in size

After a career with Virgin Active, Fitness First and WeWork, Gaunt has devised and launched a new fitness business called Hero. He explains the concept to Kate Cracknell

A record number of international startups have entered the ActiveLab accelerator programme – strengthening the UK's reputation as a fitness tech hub.

Boutique operator 1Rebel is planning an expansion into the Australian market. Co-founder James Balfour tells us all about it

Pure Sports Medicine’s CEO discusses the challenges and opportunities involved in setting up sports medicine clinics that offer elite-level treatment to the general public