For this unprecedented year, we asked a stellar line up of industry big hitters, from around the globe, to give their thoughts on how COVID has shaped the health and fitness industry and where we go from here

GM Active has launched a transformational leadership programme, designed to empower staff to play a greater role in wellness services

With financial pressures brought on by the pandemic, will we see more local councils bringing the management of gym and leisure facilities back in-house?

Katie Lewis on workplace mental health and Alan Cooper on Retrain

The results from the first Moving Communities Customer Experience Survey show users are satisfied with local authority health and fitness facilities

Six months on from the launch of its Kickstart programme, The Gym Group is hiring the majority of trainees in the first cohort

Black Box VR is the world’s first virtual reality gym. The co-founder explains how it can make people addicted to fitness

The founder and CEO of RSG Group talks to HCM about acquiring Gold’s Gym, continuing the global expansion of John Reed and dealing with COVID-19

Digital fitness coaching firm Asensei has released an API platform which allows developers of connected fitness products and apps to add motion capture and real-time connected coaching to their products.

Magicline gym management software – the system used by RSG Group – has been launched globally in English by owner, The Sport Alliance Group.

The manager of SportCity’s first wellness club tells how adding holistic elements has attracted a different demographic

Active Nation’s MD and commercial director say they want to be influencers of activity, focusing on social impact

Paul Bedford identifies patterns of member behaviour as gyms reopen

A new report from ukactive sets out ways in which the health and fitness sector can engage the over 55s in exercise

Technogym has launched a new app featuring an AI-powered digital coach.

Our panel of experts – Sir Muir Gray, Tara Dillon, Stuart Armstrong and Elaine Briggs – discuss ways to upskill the workforce in response to the challenges of the pandemic

Martyn Allison says the sector is comfortable when data confirms how good things are, but less comfortable when it exposes our weaknesses

As the UK’s first dedicated development framework for leisure comes to the end of its initial four-year term, Jamie Groves and Sarah Watts discuss the impact

Actor Mark Wahlberg has officially joined Power Plate as an investor in parent company, Performance Health Systems and brand ambassador for the product. He will also consult on strategy, product and programming development.

Hamilton City Council in New Zealand is putting play at the heart of an ambitious strategy to get residents active

Founders of The Well on helping women thrive, plus cover star Jessica Ennis-Hill launches Cyclemapping

Hamilton’s Honour is Leicester’s newest fitness studio opening, with the latest innovation from Technogym

What does the UK government’s Fit Miles Programme mean for the industry? We explore the issues and opportunities surrounding this £100m initiative

Software is helping operators win during the pandemic. HCM takes a look at inspiring collaborations

The pandemic has highlighted the fitness sector’s role in protecting the health service. How can the industry make the most of this opportunity?

Dave Wright, CEO of Myzone, talks about the world’s first interchangeable heart rate monitor that provides real-time feedback

Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has introduced a new wellness app, developed to help women create an exercise regime based on their natural period cycle.

The University of Stirling has transformed its fitness offering with world-class performance sport and fitness facilities powered by Technogym

Sport England’s new monitoring and insight study will track the impact of the National Leisure Recovery Fund and its impact on communities, says Mike Hill

Fitness tech firm Therabody has expanded into a new area of wellness with the launch of a new compression recovery device.