David Minton and his team at The Leisure Database Company take a tour of the capital’s diverse and boutique sector to share their cream of the crop

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

Gympass, the world’s largest corporate fitness platform, has launched Gympass Plus to offer its 2,200 operator partners access to more than 500 workouts from 18 content providers – including Zumba and Gaiam.

Everyone Active has launched a new brand, FORTIS By Speedflex, as part of a venture into branded studios

This Warwickshire GP has launched a virtual fitness club at his practice

Group exercise continues to grow in popularity, making great instructors more important than ever before. But are we paying them enough?

The latest case studies from Precor, Gympass, Fisikal and Physical Company

As aggregator PayAsUGym announces a rebrand, we talk to COO Neil Harmsworth about the move

The lowdown on the UK’s largest physical activity trade show

Is the boutique boom reaching the peak of its lifecycle? ukactive CEO Steven Ward asks a panel of experts

Tesco has signed a corporate fitness deal with Gympass, which will see the retail giant's 300,000 staff members being offered subsidised gym memberships.

Operators share creative ways they’re tapping retail as a revenue source, including a partnership between More Yoga and musician, Goldie

HIIT is evolving and being combined with other disciplines (HIIT plus a sound bath anyone?). Kath Hudson investigates

Pure World Energy is delivering energy savings to Bristol and Weymouth leisure centres via its gas microturbine units

The energié group has appointed a new COO

Leading the race to a more connected world

Is tracking member activity and performance during group exercise classes always a good thing?

Local authority clubs are adding spa services

Simon Stevens, CEO of NHS England, recently challenged the fitness industry to get involved in preventing lifestyle diseases

From education to lively demonstrations and debate, we presents the highlights from LIW 2016

The vibration platform provider has rebranded, focusing on its value as a warm-up and cool-down tool

Annie Holden, Everyone Health, preventative, prevention, Everyone Active, public health, Kate Cracknell

The fitness industry may be growing, but it needs to do even more to achieve future success. David Minton looks at moves in the private and public sector, and the need for all clubs to better embrace the power of social media

Technology must be placed front and centre in initiatives to get communities moving if the health and fitness sector is to overcome the UK’s inactivity epidemic, according to a new white paper.

MoveGB’s innovative membership model is a risk-free and lucrative proposition for operators, says MD Justin Mendleton

Meet the winning health and fitness clubs, announced at the recent Health Club Awards, as voted for by club members around the UK

Health clubs rise and fall on the strength of their financial control and keeping the confidence of stakeholders, says Katherine Selby

Online gym pass provider PayasUgym will soon begin testing Bitcoin as a form of payment across its network, paving the way for more than a third of UK gyms to be able to sell membership via the cryptocurrency.

Online gym pass provider PayasUgym has continued its busy start to September by adding Everyone Active clubs to its growing network – which comprises more than a third of the UK’s 6,000 gyms.

How will your club fare at this year’s Health Club Awards? Winners will be announced at LIW 2014