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

Solidcore, which is majority owned by L Catterton, has confirmed that it is actively exploring international expansion, with Europe representing a priority region under consideration.

Renessence expands services to support mental health and nervous system Amsterdam social wellness and recovery club, Renessence has reopened after an upgrade, including the addition of a gym.

The University of Liverpool has partnered with Matrix Fitness to transform student wellbeing with a major gym revitalisation

Creating fitness spaces users love and keeping them running smoothly takes savvy use of tech, as Julie Cramer reports

ACE has released its top fitness trend predictions for 2026 in the US, along with suggestions about what this means for exercise professionals.

Fifty-six former Blink Fitness gyms in New York and New Jersey have been upgraded and rebranded as PureGym and are now open for business.

PureGym will be maintaining the momentum of its swift rollout next year, with 60 to 65 new sites planned, in line with this year’s new club tally.

Huge opportunities exist in emerging markets, while Millennials and Gen Z are driving growth across the whole industry, says the HFA Global Report

The challenge of attracting and retaining talent is greater than ever before, as Vicky Kiernander reports

A hospital redevelopment in the UK is set to create an age-friendly wellness neighbourhood designed to support people as they get older and serve as a benchmark in the UK.

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.

Pause, a franchise of wellness recovery studios across the US, has partnered with holistic programming platform Alo Moves to provide guests with on-demand breathwork meditations.

A ten-year plan for health has been published for the UK, with a pivot to prevention at its heart. Kath Hudson gives a briefing and also reports on Joe Wicks’ allied kids’ fitness initiative

The much anticipated Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England contains no mention of gyms, leisure centres, health clubs, exercise, fitness, sport, physical activity or wellness.

The much-anticipated UK government’s Spending Review (SR) 2025 was delivered yesterday (11 June), which sets departmental budgets until 2028-9.

Commentators are speculating that the Labour government is considering disbanding the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

NHS England has released a report, Harnessing the benefits of physical activity that suggests it is keen to collaborate with the physical activity sector.

NHS England – the body responsible for delivering public sector health care in England – is to be abolished to free up money for the delivery of frontline services.

Julie Cramer talks to flooring suppliers about the keys to success when specifying new surfaces and the expensive downsides of getting it wrong

As interest in women-only workout spaces booms, we talk to the operators working to develop a new generation of facilities by understanding women’s common needs

Group exercise is the engine room of the sector, relying on its talent to deliver. Abi Harris asks industry experts how we can engage the next generation of instructors

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

With 2.8 million people in the UK economically inactive due to long-term sickness, the government has published a White Paper setting out plans to get people back to work by improving their health and employability.

Recognising the challenges facing local authorities, the Labour government has announced plans to tackle local government funding challenges.

Future Practice co-founder and Modern Wellness podcaster, Oliver Patrick, kicks off the HCM Summit today in central London.

Kemitron has revamped its Technico Sauna Infutronic series to set new benchmarks in convenience, safety and flexibility for sauna operations.

The UK's National Sector Partners Group (NSP) has called on the new government to pledge to make the UK the most physically active nation in Europe, which it says would deliver an additional £3.6 billion in economic growth, £1 billion in NHS savings and £71 billion in wellbeing benefits..

With the UK General Election imminent, industry strategist, Martyn Allison, says it’s time for the sector in the UK to stop asking for money and show the next government solutions.

Despite high energy costs, inflation and interest rates, there’s evidence to show 2023 was the year the industry bounced back. A host of CEOs, talk about the current trading landscape and their plans for the next 18 months