Community news & features
How can clubs best serve Gen Alpha? Vicci Wells shares insights from the Youth Sport Trust study
HCM issue 4 2026
It’s possible to reduce the running costs of swimming pools while also cutting their carbon footprint. Abi Harris reports
HCM issue 11 2025
The Higher Order founders talk to HCM about their new social wellness concept in West Palm Beach, Florida
HCM issue 10 2025
Female health and customised exercise programmes are now firmly part of the mainstream, says Liz Terry
HCM issue 10 2025
Gen Alpha, and Chinese and Indian imports were talking points at this year’s W3Fit, held in Spain
HCM issue 10 2025
Children’s fitness and GLP-1 customers are this month’s topics for discussion
HCM issue 10 2025
As the popularity of ice bathing and sauna as a recovery tool grows, how can operators best embrace the trend? Kath Hudson reports
HCM issue 10 2025
Julie Cramer looks at recent health club projects where the combination of expert-led design and functionality have elevated the offering
HCM issue 10 2025
The leisure business and commercial manager of Move Southwark talks to HCM about the experience of bringing leisure services back in-house
HCM issue 9 2025
Huge opportunities exist in emerging markets, while Millennials and Gen Z are driving growth across the whole industry, says the HFA Global Report
HCM issue 9 2025
Matrix Fitness examines how progressive programming, empowered instructors and a pivot toward prevention are driving deeper member engagement
HCM issue 9 2025
We’re in the middle of a 21st century Renaissance, driven by Gen Alpha, who are more focused on health and community, says analyst and founder of Leisure DB, David Minton
HCM issue 9 2025
Workplace wellness schemes now go well beyond gym memberships, with increasingly-aware employees looking for wider wellbeing services
HCM issue 9 2025
The challenge of attracting and retaining talent is greater than ever before, as Vicky Kiernander reports
HCM issue 9 2025
Peloton has announced a complete overhaul of its portfolio which will see it introducing an all-
new Cross Training Series designed to maximise the benefits of both cardio and strength
workouts.
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01 Oct 2025
Wave Active CEO Duncan Kerr on uniting local health leaders and Living Longer Better joint director Muir Grey on how physical activity impacts healthspan
HCM issue 8 2025
We look inside a major five-site refurbishment,
as Matrix partners with Pembrokeshire Leisure
HCM issue 8 2025
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) in the UK is expanding a pilot on suicide prevention,
using the Flow Neuroscience brain-stimulation headset, following remarkable early results.
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18 Sep 2025
Colets Health & Fitness is supporting active ageing with Technogym Biostrength
HCM issue 8 2025
Longevity is no longer an abstract concept—it’s a market force reshaping how people train,
recover, and live.
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18 Sep 2025
Competitive fitness events are booming and the health clubs adapting to this demand
are creating highly-engaged communities, Dan Barker from BLK BOX explains
HCM issue 8 2025
A new report from the Health and Fitness Association in collaboration with Deloitte India shows the exciting potential of the Indian Fitness market
HCM issue 8 2025
With padel and pickleball experiencing exponential growth, how can health clubs tap into this golden opportunity? Padel’s Luigi Carraro and pickleball’s Karen Mitchell explain
HCM issue 8 2025
A hospital redevelopment in the UK is set to create an age-friendly wellness neighbourhood
designed to support people as they get older and serve as a benchmark in the UK.
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26 Aug 2025
A new medical membership giving access to fitness facilities as well as GP appointments and
wellness tests has been launched by The Wave Active and South Downs Health and Care
partnership.
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19 Aug 2025
Huw Edwards argues that school holiday schemes must be funded, while Natasha Jones celebrates the end of medical consultations before exercise
HCM issue 7 2025
Fitness Worx and Core Health and Fitness are shaping the future
of independent gyms in the UK, with a partnership fuelled by passion
HCM issue 7 2025
The new COO of Nuffield Health talks to Kate Cracknell about plans to take the brand’s current health and fitness estate to its highest level yet
HCM issue 7 2025
The operations manager of Mid Devon Leisure talks Kath Hudson through its rebrand to Active Mid Devon
HCM issue 7 2025
Every week, millions of people get fit in 21,000 clubs, across 100 countries with the ...
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22-23 Sep 2026
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