The chair of Health & Fitness Nordic talks to Kate Cracknell about the disruptive influence of technology and the fundamental need for businesses to be useful

As little as £3 is enough incentive for 50 per cent of people to change their behaviour, says a team from Newcastle University in the UK

Clubs that ignore the tech trend will increasingly lose out. It's time to reinvent ourselves to ensure we remain relevant, says Kate Cracknell

EuropeActive plans to grow usage of fitness centres to 80 million members across Europe by 2025. But how?

Dave Wright offers his advice to health club managers wanting to improve their understanding of, and performance in, the area of sales

Technology giant IBM is pushing ahead with the development of predictive analytics to help experts forecast the outcome of sports games, while also providing fans with more intriguing statistics during contests.

A progressive shirt has been developed enabling fans to experience the same sensory sensations as athletes live during games and contests.

A look at how health and wellbeing boards are faring one year on, and how the fitness and leisure sector can be more involved moving forward

What forms of communication do your members value? In the second part of his TRP 10,000 series, Dr Melvyn Hillsdon looks at the art of communication

Heart rate-based training can motivate members to reach their goals, and with it help clubs boost member satisfaction and retention

IHRSA Annual Convention & Trade Show, IHRSA 2014, Sally Hogshead, Gary Vaynerchuck, Dan Heath, Luke Williams

Does your business look beyond profit to deliver a more socially-conscious agenda? Ray Algar outlines the findings of his new report

Group exercisers versus gym-only exercisers. Who does what, and does this predict retention levels? Dr Melvyn Hillsdon reports

Part seven of a nine-part Alliance Leisure brings strong supply chain benefits to clients – not just in terms of price, but range, quality and aftercare

Getting active online

Kate Cracknell talks to the fitness entrepreneur and celebrity PT about data-based training, personalisation and driving a health-focused message

With today's activity tracking devices, reward schemes can acknowledge actual activity, not just attendance

The health and fitness sector is being presented with a once in a lifetime opportunity to create 'wellness cities', says Kate Cracknell

US real estate developer Delos has created the first set of building standards based on wellbeing. Its founder Paul Scialla explains

The CEO of Fitness First talks to Kate Cracknell about putting behavioural psychology at the heart of the business, in a £270m repositioning and rebrand

Henry Mason of trendwatching.com outlines the key consumer trends for the fitness sector to run with in 2014

From activity trackers to fitness apps, we round up some of the technology that's set to change the way we work out

From laughter as medicine to wellness hotels, Camilla Parke of The Futures Company looks at some of the trends set to shape the wellness sector in the coming year

What's in store at the UK's largest trade beauty event taking place at ExCeL, London, this month?

Learning with Learn2

Part five of a nine-part series detailing Alliance Leisure's process for creating successful public leisure facilities – Fixed price contracts

Whether it's payroll support, scheduling or task allocation, Sean James says today's CRM systems can play a key role in staff management

Camilla Parke of The Futures Company outlines some of the trends that will influence the health and wellness sector this year

Catalan footballing giant Barcelona has announced that it has become the first sports club to gain 50 million fans on Facebook.

trendwatching.com's Henry Mason identifies some of the key consumer trends for the fitness sector to run with in 2014, from Crowd Shaping to The Internet of Caring Things