The original low-cost gym concept is getting its third major makeover since being established in 1996, with the first club opening in Cologne. Liz Terry takes a look

The chair of énergie and vice chair of BMF on bringing together indoor, outdoor, online and VR fitness

TVS Group is one of the leading suppliers of flooring and surfaces for gym, sports and play environments. We take a look at what's behind this company's success

Bridges Fund Management has completed a deal to buy franchise gym operator, énergie Fitness.

énergie Fitness has tasted success at the bfa HSBC Franchise Awards, winning the Brand Awareness & Innovation category.

Leisure trust Active Nation has acquired the former Fit4Less gym in Preston, Lancashire, bringing the number of budget clubs in its portfolio to three.

Leisure trust Active Nation has opened a new club in Long Eaton, Nottingham.

Founders Paul Trendell and Chris Djuric tell us about their new boutique, which centres around boxing and running group fitness classes

Neil King, the managing director of 1Life Management Solutions, is set to join énergie Fitness as its new chief operating officer, Health Club Management can exclusively reveal.

We discuss rebranding, IPOs and international growth with the CEO of the UK’s first fitness franchise and his top team

Fitness franchise énergie Group has opened thé Yard - a new signature training concept that will be rolled out at its énergie and Fit4less clubs across the UK as part of rebranding efforts.

Innovations are growing the fitness industry, but more needs to be done to achieve future success. David Minton summarises findings from The Leisure Database Company’s (TLDC) State of the Fitness Industry Report

Fit4Less has defended a billboard poster promoting its gyms as “light-hearted fun” despite coming under criticism.

Canadian operator GoodLife Fitness is on target to reach its goal of 100 low-cost clubs open by the spring.

Canadian chain GoodLife Fitness has teamed up with US health club operator 24 Hour Fitness in a reciprocal arrangement to offer members access to each other’s clubs while they are travelling in North America.

énergie Group is gearing up to roll out its low-cost brand, Fit4less by énergie, into eastern European, with the announcement of a site in Riga, Latvia, and two in Gdansk, Poland.

Xercise4Less is to launch a new £1.5m gym in the already-crowded Milton Keynes market as it seeks to steal a march on its low-cost rivals.

Prime Fitness – the largest énergie franchisee in Ireland which controls eight of the chain's 14 clubs there – has entered examinership as it battles to preserve what is left of the Jackie Skelly health club chain.

Leading Canadian health club operation GoodLife Fitness recently opened its latest club in downtown Calgary, within the Bank of Montreal building.

Reinvention, repositioning, a return to growth? Kate Cracknell asks our experts what’s next for the mid-market after several tough years

We round up the expansion plans of a selection of key private sector operators around the world, and offer a snapshot of upcoming UK public sector developments

Low-cost growth, public sector strength and the impact of technology. David Minton offers an overview of the fitness sector based on the latest TLDC State of the UK Fitness Industry report

Fitness franchise the énergie Group is celebrating a major landmark after signing up its 100,000th member earlier this month.

énergie Group chair and CEO Jan Spaticchia has set his sights on leading the fitness franchise company through its biggest growth phase yet, with a raft of new gym openings planned in the UK and Europe during 2015.

Meet the winning health and fitness clubs, announced at the recent Health Club Awards, as voted for by club members around the UK

Birmingham’s Motorcycle Museum was the scene for the glittering Members’ Choice Health Club Awards 2014 this evening (30 September), which saw a cross-section of top-performing operators collect accolades based solely on the views of their members.

Canadian operator GoodLife has unveiled plans to bulk up through growth of its current GoodLife Fitness club model, in addition to setting its sights on a new club model, Fit4Less by GoodLife.

How will your club fare at this year’s Health Club Awards? Winners will be announced at LIW 2014

énergie Fitness is the new operator of Naas Health and Fitness, a 31,000sq ft (2,880sq m) health club in North Kildare, Ireland, which replaces Wilmslow as the largest club in the énergie estate.

A number of high-profile gym chains and businesses will be demonstrating the potential for health and fitness industry profits by featuring at The National Franchise Exhibition.