Highlights from the Health & Fitness Association 2025 Global Report, which deep dives into the state of the industry globally.

Nuffield Health has told HCM that it takes its responsibilities towards its colleagues seriously and is committed to meeting all legal obligations after news of a tribunal has made national headlines.

Work is underway in Madrid on one of Europe’s most significant multi-functional complexes, combining sport, entertainment, culture and education.

Therme Group’s Romanian bathing resort Therme Bucharest is currently hosting its Herbarium Festival (4-17 May), offering guests a chance to explore sauna and steamroom experiences performed by 92 aufguss sauna masters and therapists from 26 countries.

Viva Leisure’s CEO on global growth and redefining revenue generation

Fitness franchise Snap Fitness has launched a next generation club in Chancery Lane London in the heart of the financial district.

Playlist, parent company of Mindbody, Booker and Classpass, has merged with EGYM, supplier of AI-enabled workout programmes and corporate wellness solutions, to create an expanded entity with a US$7.5 billion valuation.

The founder of Fitness Worx on bringing the personal transformation model to the wider community

Go Fit has been brought on board by Club Atlético de Madrid for the €800 million Sport City project

Researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands show that smartwatches fail to differentiate between excitement and stress

Smartwatches are consumer gadgets, not medical tools say researchers from Leiden University, after a study found that wearables can’t tell the difference between stress and excitement.

Ongoing investments in group training and member experience is leading to member growth, higher activity levels and increasing revenues at Nordic operator, SATS.

The 2025 HFA Global Report, which looked at almost 30 markets, shows that around the world more people are joining gyms and seeing fitness as essential, despite rising living costs.

Finnish multi-activity operator, SuperPark United, has revealed ambitions to roll out sites across the UK via franchise licences and partnerships with investors, property owners and operators.

Some 800 people attended the UK Active Awards ceremony last night (3 October) in Birmingham. Sponsored by STA, the hosts were Professor Greg Whyte OBE and comedian, Esther Manito.

Planet Fitness has exceeded expectations with its Q2 results, causing shares to jump by more than 11 per cent.

Employee wellness app GoJoe has teamed up with Les Mills for a major new content offering, giving access to hundreds of new workouts.

Planet Fitness has announced certain subsidiaries intend to complete a refinancing transaction, which will include the issuance of a new series of securitised debt under its existing securitised financing facility.

A new urban city centre in Gothenburg, Sweden is in development with the aim of accelerating health innovation.

As Club Pilates arrives in the UK, CEO of Xponential Fitness, Anthony Geisler, tells HCM the brand is showing no sign of peaking.

HCM gets the lowdown on the latest treadmill technology for health club operators who are looking to refresh their gym floor offering

As the sector in the UK welcomes more members and sees record market value, Leisure DB’s David Minton explains The State of the UK Fitness Industry Report 2023

When YMCA Black Country Group needed a new management solution, switching to Xplor Gym was stress-free with big benefits

The government has pledged £63m to support publicly-owned swimming pools and leisure centres as part of a one-year scheme.

A new pilot study – The Prevention and Enablement Model – has shown exercise interventions can deliver economic value

As the physical activity sector works to deepen its relationship with the health sector, a new study has revealed how exercise interventions can deliver proven economic value to the economy.

The Gym Group (TGG) has announced that Simon Jones has taken the role of non-executive director. This is the first appointment to come from TGG since Richard Darwin stepped down from his role as CEO and TGG founder John Treharne took over its leadership as executive chair until a new CEO is in place.

New laws designed to step up protection against terrorism at the UK's leisure facilities are to be published in early 2023.

The internationally-recognised sporting goods exhibition Sports and Fitness Taiwan (TaiSPO) will return on 22-25 March 2023. The event will be held at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 2 (TaiNEX 2) and feature a full range of sporting goods, fitness equipment, sports technology, and workout services for all ages.

Antonio Iozzo, founder and CEO of Body Action Gym in Johannesburg, South Africa, has announced plans to open his upscale clubs in seven locations across the country, both inland and along the Atlantic coast.