Parkwood Leisure and Legend Club Management Systems have collaborated to develop a new Customer Management Module, which combines enterprise-level reporting with membership sales and prospecting functionality to drive revenue

Argos – recently acquired by Sainsbury’s – is making a bid for the home fitness market and using social media influencers to target a younger audience

A team of entrepreneurs – including double Olympic medalist Roger Black – has launched a new online service which will help connect members of public with sports coaches.

Wearable technology company Myzone has secured a partnership deal with fitness tech and services company Hero Wellbeing.

The co-founder of HiitGirl was inspired by consumer wellness brands to create a boutique HIIT studio for busy women

Loughborough is getting a hotel with altitude bedrooms: get fit while you sleep

The average age of onset for depression is now 14. Can exercise turn the tide?

The CEO of the UK’s only listed fitness business on producing record results

Liz Terry shares her thoughts

Precor has responded to customer requests and introduced striking new colours for its cardiovascular and strength equipment

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

IHRSA’s career and US salary research

The co-founder of Gymbox talks to Kate Cracknell about breaking the rules, innovation in fitness concepts and spending £39m on growth

David Minton reports from California on the latest fitness concepts

Emerging fitness technologies could be the "cradle to grave game-changer" for public health in the UK.

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Improving retention with AI

Construction specialist Willmott Dixon is looking to shake up the way public sector procures leisure facilities, with a new partnership-based approach

ICAA’s Colin Milner speaks to MIT AgeLab director Dr Joseph Coughlin about the reality of our ageing population and the importance of engaging older people

We take a look at the ambitious budget and mid-market operators, smaller independently owned chains and foreign boutiques entering the growing franchise sector

Mike Hill and Professor Simon Shibli summarise the importance of National Benchmarking Service data in enabling clients to set realistic priorities and objectives

SKILLRUN - delivering an amazing running experience to members

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The Fitness Industry Technology Council’s president, Bryan O’Rourke, tells us about the impact of fitness and heightened consumer expectations in this digital age

Latin America’s health club industry is robust, according to IHRSA’s Latin American Report. Kristen Walsh provides valuable data on the region’s flourishing market conditions

Nationally and globally, the health and fitness sector must strike out and pave the way if we are to address the challenges facing us, advocates ukactive’s Steven Ward

Ukactive has named the 11 fitness tech disruptors that have made it to the industry body's start-up accelerator programme ActiveLab.

Liz Terry on the boom in franchising

ukactive's new research lead is part of the group charged with the job of revising physical activity guidelines for adults

The director of wellbeing at healthy fast food chain Leon discusses the company’s wellbeing centre for employees