Having invested in a wealth of health and fitness businesses, Mastrov tells Liz Terry why he’s bought back the company he started in 1983 – 24-Hour Fitness.

From pro rugby to PT to building a global fitness brand, the founder of MARCHON talks to Kate Cracknell about the journey so far

It’s time to get emotional in inspiring members to find joy and pleasure in their workouts, says Liz Terry

It’s possible to reduce the running costs of swimming pools while also cutting their carbon footprint. Abi Harris reports

The leisure business and commercial manager of Move Southwark talks to HCM about the experience of bringing leisure services back in-house

The UK government has got behind Joe Wicks’ latest initiative – Activate, a new animated series of five minute workouts for kids.

The co-founder of Anytime Fitness talks about building Self Esteem Brands and his partnership with Dave Mortensen

As the UK government reveals its intention to pivot health services to prevention, Liz Terry asks what role the physical activity sector can play

A ten-year plan for health has been published for the UK, with a pivot to prevention at its heart. Kath Hudson gives a briefing and also reports on Joe Wicks’ allied kids’ fitness initiative

Taking place from June 18-19 at London’s Excel, Elevate will bring together 6,000 visitors, 200 speakers and 200 exhibitors to further the growth of the sector

The founder and the CEO of Xtreme Fitness Gyms talk about future plans

The GM of jiu jitsu wellness concept Arma reveals plans to fuse the sport with health and fitness to create a new model

Michael Whitelock, children’s activities manager at Horizon Leisure tells HCM how the operator is supporting home-schooled children

The team at industry research outfit, Active Insight, celebrate 25 years of advisory work and outline their succession plan to Kate Cracknell

Prestatyn Leisure Centre has unveiled some new fitness experiences designed to engage children with physical activity.

How can fitness providers ensure children are safe when doing strength training? ACE’s Chris Gagliardi gives his guidance

The PureGym founder and the developer of VOR are working together on a new AI workout builder to help personal trainers scale their businesses

Steph Eaves looks at training products designed to encourge the development of powerful balancing skills

Malcolm McPhail on how North Ayrshire is revolutionising community wellbeing

There is evidence to show that the way we speak to ourselves has an impact on our behaviour and physical health. Could encouraging self-compassion and positive self-talk help members to achieve their goals?

The MD of Jims explains to Kate Cracknell how Colruyt, an €11 billion a year retailer, got into wellness to put healthy living at the heart of its customer-centric ecosystem

The CEO of Midtown Athletics Club talks about how the timings of a major funding round and COVID threatened the existence of his family-founded company

The CEO of Go Fit talks to Kate Cracknell about the company’s year of record revenues, reaching new demographics and its expansion into Italy

As franchise business Orangetheory Fitness merges with Self Esteem Brands, its CEO tells Kate Cracknell about plans to expand to 10,000 units globally

The founder of Myzone and one of the fitness industry’s most visionary entrepreneurs talks to Kath Hudson about how he deals with adversity

Many people living in rural areas are missing out on fitness. What can the public and private sectors do to broaden their customer reach?

Andy King says the industry will be doing men and their families a great service if it enables them to make meaningful friendships

We dive into the State of the UK Swimming Industry Report 2023 by Leisure DB to see what challenges and opportunities lie ahead for the aquatics sector

The founder of GLL reflects on the challenges he faced setting up the UK’s first charitable trust for leisure services

David Minton reports on how to make the industry welcoming to the trans community, and talks to Ryan Lanji who has created a burgeoning scene in London which grew out of lockdown sessions.