England rugby legend and founder of the One Living brand, Jonny Wilkinson, is now on stage at the HCM Summit, in central London, being interviewed by HCM editor, Liz Terry.

With the CEO of Armah Sports due to speak at the HCM Summit in October, we explore the company’s post-IPO plans

Global publishing outfit, Leisure Media, has announced details of its new annual conference for decision- makers across the health, fitness and wellness markets. The event – the HCM Summit – will be held at the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster, London on 24 October 2024, with pre-summit events the day before.

Survivalist, Bear Grylls has partnered with four mental health heavyweights and former TV producer, Neil Smith, to create an app targeted directly at men. Mettle is designed to promote sleep, help people manage stress and improve mental focus.

Storm LDN, a community-supporting boutique boxing gym concept based in London, is gearing up to open a £2m seed-funding round from 9 February.

Sency's motion analysis technology is allowing users to check their technique as they exercise

The Humanity app puts the focus on ageing, letting users see the repercussions of their habits

Aumio, a new sleep, relaxation and meditation app for children has raised €3m to drive market expansion across Europe and the US. The seed funding round was led by investment platform Partech and venture capitalist fund byFounders.

Fitness startup Arena Innovation has secured US$5.2m worth of seed funding, as it looks to launch its robotically-assisted resistance training product to the market.

A new platform, marketed as an "emotional fitness studio" and offering live classes and one-on-one therapy, has secured US$3m worth of seed funding.

Leisure Media is launching a new platform for technology in the health, fitness, wellness and sports markets

Theresa May has appointed minister for sport and civil society Tracey Crouch to a newly created position as minister for loneliness.

A fitness app that rewards people who are physically active has secured financial backing of US$5.7m (£4.1m, €4.7m) to help boost its presence globally.

Steven Ward, Executive Director of ukactive, is confident that 2017 will see our sector move forward at an increasingly fast pace

Fitness leaders have spoken out on the importance of Britain staying in Europe, warning that ‘Brexit’ could derail the sector’s growing momentum.

Bad for Britain, bad for fitness? Steve Ward, executive director at ukactive, offers his thoughts on the upcoming referendum on Britain leaving the EU

Despite several reports to the contrary, Pure Gym is not planning to list on the stock market before Britain’s 23 June EU referendum, Health Club Management understands.

Investor interest in fitness is booming. Jak Phillips gets expert tips for securing funding

Social workout app Fitssi is on a mission to connect more like- minded fitness fans and the company has outlined expansion into the US as its latest objective.

UK low-cost operator The Gym Group recently completed a successful IPO, and Pure Gym is also considering a flotation. What might be the impact and learnings for the rest of the sector? Niamh Madigan reports

Fitness start-up Dibs Technology has raised US$1m (€920,000, £687,000) in seed funding as the fledgling business bids to expand the reach of its dynamic-pricing technology for fitness classes.

Wearable tech giant Fitbit will float on the New York Stock Exchange later today (18 June) in one of the most highly-anticipated IPOs of the year.

upmysport – the platform for booking recommended local sport and fitness instructors – has announced a successful seed round of fundraising totalling £1m as it bids to ramp up its online and mobile offerings.

Global fitness chain Virgin Active has been sold to South African investment firm Brait.

Virtual fitness coaching startup Wello could soon be subject to a takeover from Weight Watchers, according to press reports.