HCM Handbook’s annual prediction of key trends, influences and opportunities coming down the tracks.

After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, Fusion Lifestyle has called in administrators after a “prolonged period of financial difficulty.”

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

Mark Tweedie has joined the Devon-based Plymouth Active Leisure (PAL) board as a non- executive director a week after Justin Musgrove's appointment was announced.

The CEO of Plymouth Active on the area’s strategic plan to use physical activity with public health to tackle inequalities

Perth and Kinross Council has officially opened the £36 million Blairgowrie Recreation Centre – Scotland’s first Passivhaus leisure development.

The finalists of the UK Active Awards 2025 have been announced today (19 August) following a record number of entries from across the UK’s physical activity sector.

The operations manager of Mid Devon Leisure talks Kath Hudson through its rebrand to Active Mid Devon

The legendary broadcaster can still do the splits at 80. Now she’s uniting the world of dance for wellbeing and wants health clubs to join the cause

It has been a year of significant growth for PureGym, both at home and overseas. Today (13 December) the low-cost operator celebrated the launch of four gyms across the UK.

Mid Devon Leisure has launched an initiative focused on menopause education for both its trainers and members.

While there’s much talk of fitness and healthcare working closer together, research shows that there are still many barriers to overcome

Thoughts from Helen Rowbotham of Access Sport and Jason Stanton of Mytime Active

Parkwood Leisure has invested more than £1m over the past 12 months in new fitness equipment, as part of the operator’s plans to upgrade its leisure centres and improve its offering to members.

The Tarka Leisure Centre in North Devon, which reopened in June after a £15m revamp, welcomed 33,800 visitors in August – up 43 per cent from the previous year. Participation in July had increased by 33 per cent from the same month in 2021.

The CEO of the Bricks Group talks about growing a portfolio of wellness offerings and launching a new gym chain in the UK

Leading UK leisure facility operator Parkwood Leisure has won the contract to manage the Riviera International Conference Centre (RICC) in Torquay, South Devon.

Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight under a variety of new restrictions announced during an emergency press briefing this evening by prime minister, Boris Johnson.

The CEO of retirement village operator Inspired Villages tells HCM about the wellbeing-focused communities

Parkwood Leisure managing director Glen Hall talks about putting the company on a new path to fitness in recent years, with customers and staff at its heart

Leisure trust 1610 will begin offering DNA testing to members at the leisure centres it runs on behalf of local authorities across Somerset, Devon and Dorset.

New York’s Blum Center for Health, a functional health facility, is offering a personalised, non- invasive, neuro-enhancement programme.

Saunton Sands Hotel in Devon, UK, has completed a £2m expansion of its spa and wellness facilities.

Saturday, 8 June 2019 will mark the eighth annual Global Wellness Day (GWD), and thousands of locations across the world – including hotel/spa chains, fitness centres, yoga studios, associations, foundations, hospitals, schools and senior living centres, along with governments, businesses and celebrities – will be celebrating GWD with free, non- commercial, health and wellness activities for the public.

A look at the latest innovations in health and fitness

Quantum Cryotherapy, a Devon-based cryotherapy specialist, has launched the CryoQube, the world's first whole body cryotherapy chamber.

Health secretary Matt Hancock has announced the government is changing its focus from cure to prevention. Is his plan deliverable? We ask the experts

The co-founder of Bridges Fund Management, which has backed The Gym Group, Planet Fitness and Fitness Hut tells Kate Cracknell every business needs to think about social impact

Anytime Fitness has opened its 150th club in the UK as it continues its rapid expansion in Europe.