Participation news & features
The operations manager of Mid Devon Leisure talks Kath Hudson through its rebrand to Active Mid Devon
HCM issue 7 2025
The Everything App has launched aimed at getting UK health workers and their families active with
on-demand, live-streamed and in-person fitness and wellbeing activities.
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21 Jul 2025
Southampton Sport has reinforced its commitment to inclusivity
with a £36m extension of its Jubilee Sports and Recreation Centre
HCM issue 6 2025
The CEO of Mytime Active is delivering fitness and wellness interventions both within facilities and in the community. He explains all to Kate Cracknell.
HCM issue 6 2025
Duncan Wood-Allum says the UK’s plans for local government reorganisation will open up huge opportunities for the sector
HCM issue 6 2025
Public sector leisure and physical activity services in the UK are increasingly being customised to local needs via place-based initiatives, we talk to those driving change
HCM issue 6 2025
The exercise physiologist and research scientist is leading on brain health at Orangetheory. She talks to Kath Hudson
HCM issue 6 2025
Gyms are becoming essential to employee
benefit strategies, says Epassi, an expert
in employee wellbeing schemes
HCM issue 5 2025
With the right strategy and innovation, the cycling studio can be the most profitable space in your club, say Phillip and Jackie Mills
HCM issue 5 2025
Founder member of the Active Wellbeing Service, Martyn Allison, talks through the vision of the sport and physical activity sector collaborating to deliver a service, which can narrow gaps in activity and tackle health inequalities.
HCM Handbook 2025
A clinic offering longevity medicine and health optimisation packages, Humanaut Health, will
launch its first franchise in Palm Beach Gardens in Florida, US, in July – following the success
of its flagship centre in Austin Texas that launched in October last year.
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03 Jun 2025
A summary of the Health & Fitness Association’s research into the global market.
HCM Handbook 2025
Kath Hudson reports on the first UK Health and Fitness Market Report.
HCM Handbook 2025
Karsten Hollasch and Steffen Gausselmann talk us through the key findings of the 12th European Health and Fitness Market Report.
HCM Handbook 2025
Colin Waggett, Tom Leverton, Elaine Jobson and Liz Clark are among the line-up of CEOs giving their take on current issues, such as how to influence governments and whether the recovery trend is here to stay.
HCM Handbook 2025
HCM Handbook editorial director, Liz Terry and Kath Hudson predict key trends, influences and opportunities set to shape the sector, including vagus nerve resets, diagnostics and social prescribing.
HCM Handbook 2025
Price increases and openings are driving growth in the European market, according to a report from Deloitte Germany
HCM issue 4 2025
Consumer demand and product innovation is making Pilates an exciting proposition for health clubs, finds Julie Cramer
HCM issue 4 2025
As European fitness businesses head to the FIBO 2025 in Germany, Kath Hudson rounds up some of the key deals that have happened across Europe during the past year
HCM issue 3 2025
Cliff Collins gives the historic background to the development of the health and fitness sector across the Continent
HCM issue 2 2025
As interest in women-only workout spaces booms, we talk to the operators working to develop a new generation of facilities by understanding women’s common needs
HCM issue 2 2025
The duo have brought together a wellness trust and a GP federation to create a new model with clinical governance embedded at its heart, as Kate Cracknell reports
HCM issue 2 2025
Burnley Leisure is boosting exercise
participation and building community through
skill-based fitness in partnership with BOX12
HCM issue 1 2025
Group exercise is the engine room of the sector, relying on its talent to deliver. Abi Harris asks industry experts how we can engage the next generation of instructors
HCM issue 1 2025
Testosterone shots, GLP-1s and wellness – HCM talks to industry leaders about their plans for 2025 and examines current opportunites, threats and trends
HCM issue 1 2025
The director of special projects for 4Global talks about the European DataHub and taking the company into the US market
HCM issue 11 2024
The recent refurbishment of York Sport Village with Technogym has
modernised the university campus facilities and addressed training trends
HCM issue 11 2024
Speedflex continues its successful growth, delivering
a new Connected Fitness Zone for Everyone Active
HCM issue 11 2024
Michael Whitelock, children’s activities manager at Horizon Leisure tells HCM how the operator is supporting home-schooled children
HCM issue 11 2024
The team at industry research outfit, Active Insight, celebrate 25 years of advisory work and outline their succession plan to Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 11 2024
CET have developed ice baths specifically for the fitness and wellness sectors in addition to ...
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