After acquiring DC Leisure, housing giant Places for People became a new player in the leisure arena. Julie Cramer talks to both company chiefs

Cloud-based spa software company SpaBooker has secured an investment of US$27.5million (£17.9m; E21m) in series B financing in a deal led by Bain Capital Ventures.
The company will use the funding to continue to refine and develop its software, which gets five new releases a year, with a focus on the continued development of revenue-driving marketing tools.

As today's consumers start to take control of their own health, Louise Kennedy considers how this will shape the future fitness industry

The CEO and co-founder of Anytime Fitness talks to Kate Cracknell about incentivising healthy living and the company's expansion plans

Pete Ellis, chair and CEO of SpaFinder, has launched WellTech, a new health and wellness-focused 'incubator' designed to support, develop and bring new technology companies to market. Selected firms using technology to devise new consumer health and wellness solutions will receive a minimum investment of US$50,000.

The EU is now focusing on physical activity as a way of addressing obesity, and is looking to our sector for solutions, says Kate Cracknell

Cloud-based business management software provider GramercyOne has launched GoSuite, a free booking and marketing tool aimed at small and medium-sized service businesses.

GramercyOne, the company behind spa industry software SpaBooker, announced today that it has secured US$14.5m (10.5m euro, £9.2m) of VC funding from a raft of new backers led by Revolution Ventures - the company behind Living Social, spa resort Miraval and Exclusive Resorts.