Chris Lane reports on the link between good management and customer care, outlining how a focus on staff satisfaction can translate into huge benefits for end customers

Could adopting a different approach to city design and planning help make the UK population healthier? Jacqueline Bennett reports

The CEO of Life Leisure talks to Kate Cracknell about challenging the public health commissioners, and about totally rethinking the model of fitness facilities

Tech-savvy members are using apps and devices to take fitness into their own hands. Are you ready for the health tech revolution?

Scotland has never been known for its warm climate, but members of the ClanFit gym in Glasgow were given the chance to go seriously sub-zero this week, thanks to an extreme cryotherapy treatment.

A new research paper examining why as many as one in three people ditch fitness trackers shortly after buying them, has found that better education of the benefits is key to ensuring more “happily ever afters” between consumers and their wearables.

Apple is expected to continue its push into the health and fitness technology market when it releases the iPhone 6 and its new iOS8 operating system.

Google’s plans to develop smart contact lenses, designed to foster health benefits and aid vision, have progressed after the firm outlined a partnership with pharmaceutical company Novartis to take the project forward.

People could be shifting their Christmas-list focus towards the wearable technology market this year, as consumer interest continues to grow in the booming fitness monitoring sector.

The 2014 final of what has been touted by football fans and media alike as the greatest World Cup of all time, has been filmed using a pioneering 360° Ultra HD viewing experience to debut in FIFA’s recently approved World Football Museum, opening in 2016.

Technology experts are tipping Microsoft to launch a new piece of wearable fitness technology this autumn, which will work in tandem with all three of the major smartphone operating systems.

Details have emerged suggesting that Adidas is closing in on the launch of a new wearable fitness product, as the sportswear giant seeks to boost its presence in the booming technology marketplace.

On a new 3D body scanner

On his dream for the fitness industry

Technology developer X-Doria has created a new piece of wearable kit allowing parents to set physical activity goals for their children, also enabling them to keep tabs on how much exercise their kids are doing.

Google has beaten rival Apple to the punch by releasing its first smartwatch, which went on sale last night (25 June) after being unveiled at Google's I/O developer conference in San Francisco

Exciting new launches in the area of resistance equipment

We review some recent club refurbs

A round-up of some of the latest product launches for the sector

For those with mental health issues, the physical and social benefits of exercise can change lives, says Rob Love of British Military Fitness

Rafi Mohammed on competing with the budget clubs, and IHRSA's new publication aimed at children

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Software supplier Gladstone talks about completing the switch-over of Active Newham's three leisure centres in just six weeks

As the economic climate improves, what should operators be doing to catch the attention of investors? We ask our panel of experts

Clubs must make people believe they can be active today, and make them want to be by telling them how good it will make them feel – today, says Kate Cracknell

The shortlist is announced for the 2014 Members' Choice Health Club Awards. Is your club in the running?

CEO David Stalker talks about a new tie-up with Coca-Cola and how it fits with ukactive's mission

Exercise may reduce the risk of obesity thanks to its impact on good bacteria in the gut, says new research

Ray Algar reports on the GoodGym initiative, where the act of running is given a valuable social purpose

Gerflor completes its installation at Metro Fitness in Stockport, owned by European boxing champion Matthew Hatton and his father Ray