The CEO of Freedom Leisure on the trust’s work with its 30 local authority partners and what developments lie ahead

Bolton Middlebrook Leisure Trust has scooped the contract to run five leisure sites as an agent on behalf of Bolton Council.

Supporting the GLP-1 journey and delivering for WorkWell centres are the topics of this month’s letters

Unless urgent action is taken to increase physical activity this generation of children will face poorer health, lower happiness and reduced life chances over the next decade and beyond.

Matrix Fitness examines how progressive programming, empowered instructors and a pivot toward prevention are driving deeper member engagement

Across Europe there are encouraging signs that governments are waking up to the value of exercise and the services the fitness sector provides.

Former NHS leader, Jane Ollis, has launched an AI-powered vagus nerve stimulator to address the stress and burnout problem she witnessed during her medical career.

The Everything App has launched aimed at getting UK health workers and their families active with on-demand, live-streamed and in-person fitness and wellbeing activities.

The CEO of Mytime Active is delivering fitness and wellness interventions both within facilities and in the community. He explains all to Kate Cracknell.

HCM Handbook editorial director, Liz Terry and Kath Hudson predict key trends, influences and opportunities set to shape the sector, including vagus nerve resets, diagnostics and social prescribing.

Mental health is increasingly recognised as a critical part of wellbeing and in response to demand, England's National Health Service (NHS) is set to open a network of mental health crisis centres across the country to relieve the pressure on overcrowded hospital accident and emergency services.

A Sussex hospital-based stroke rehabilitation programme, delivered by health instructors and NHS physiotherapists, has seen far-reaching benefits and there are now hopes to extend it further.

Can an Agency Agreement Model protect public services asks Lisa Forsyth

Nuffield Health is partnering with the UK government to offer 4,000 health workers who live with chronic joint conditions a free rehabilitation programme to get them back to work.

The duo have brought together a wellness trust and a GP federation to create a new model with clinical governance embedded at its heart, as Kate Cracknell reports

Sport England has announced investment into 53 areas highlighted in the top 10 per cent of the UK in terms of inactivity, social need, deprivation and health inequality.

Testosterone shots, GLP-1s and wellness – HCM talks to industry leaders about their plans for 2025 and examines current opportunites, threats and trends

The team at industry research outfit, Active Insight, celebrate 25 years of advisory work and outline their succession plan to Kate Cracknell

Freedom Leisure has merged with 1610, a not-for-profit trust based in the west of England. The move is in response to financial challenges facing much of the public sector.

Community Leisure UK and The Richmond Group of Charities have joined forces to support charitable trusts and social enterprises in strengthening their programmes for people with long- term health conditions.

Dr Tim Anstiss talks to HCM about the ‘coachbots’ he’s developing to help clubs successfully support behaviour change in members

Leisure development specialist, Alliance Leisure, has appointed industry veteran, David Stalker, as advisor to the board, as the company aims for £150 million turnover next year.

Edinburgh Leisure has appointed Jen Holland as chief executive. She will take over from June Peebles on 18 March.

The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data of their employees to be used for attendance checks and the resulting salary payments.

New research into the digitisation of the health club sector has found both examples of best practice and room for improvement, as Dave Gerrish explains

Pocket Rocket Marketing has launched a training academy to deliver education to the health, fitness and wellness industry.

A proposed change to the way councils organise the operation of their leisure facilities –  including gyms and health clubs – could see not-for-profit leisure trusts benefitting from up to £78 million of VAT savings a year across the UK.

Rob Cunningham, director of leisure at BH Live, explains the positive impact Orbit4 is having on the organisation

The founder of GLL reflects on the challenges he faced setting up the UK’s first charitable trust for leisure services

As leisure provider GLL celebrates its 30th year of operations, its CEO and founder share their five-year vision