Australia’s fast-growing fitness network, Viva Leisure, is adding a low-cost gym brand to its already extensive portfolio.

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

Tewinbury Farm Hotel in Hertfordshire, UK is expanding its premium leisure proposition with the launch of Farm Club, on 15 June.

The healthy ageing advocate argues that doctors should be prescribing exercise along with – or instead of – medication

SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions

Luxury hospitality and wellness pioneer Jeremy McCarthy has launched Leisure Alchemy, a digital platform that will provide professionals with strategic guidance on how to build transformational leisure experiences that drive profit.

UK Active has published new guidance on defibrillators to help fitness and leisure operators deliver life-saving support for anyone who suffers a cardiac arrest.

Luxury members’ club Tramp has expanded into the fitness, health and wellness sector with the launch of Tramp Health, a 16,000sq ft high-end fitness and longevity club in London’s Mayfair.

Brio Northgate – formerly Northgate Arena – has officially reopened following a £12 million refurbishment.

Everyone Active has partnered with Team GB sprinter and TV personality, Harry Aikines- Aryeetey, who is the first ambassador of its You+ wellbeing membership.

Activity levels are still rising among English adults according to Sport England’s new Active Lives Survey, which covers November 2024 to November 2025.

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Record UK market penetration reveals a deeper shift in consumer engagement, a new report finds

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A new digital interface is being hailed as ‘revolutionary’ for the leisure, health and wellness industry, allowing disparate data from multiple membership systems to be aggregated into one customer journey.

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

The newly published The UK Health & Fitness Market Report 2026 shows penetration has reached a remarkable 18 per cent of over-16s, with a record 12.

Managing director of awarding body, Active IQ, Jenny Patrickson, is leaving to focus on consultancy, advisory and non-executive director roles.

The £30. 6 million Bedworth Physical Activity Hub is now open, replacing a centre which dated back to the 1970s.

Manchester City Council has launched an ambitious programme to offer free gym memberships and access to fitness classes for 11- to 16-year-old secondary school pupils.

Boutique franchisor, Tribute Brands, has signed a deal with Let’s Go Fitness to open 20 reformer Pilates studios in Switzerland.

The founders of mindful fitness experience Sanctum – Luuk Melisse and Gab Olszewki – will lead a four-night residency called Wellness Within Sanctum at Cap Juluca, a Belmond Hotel in Anguilla on Maundays Bay, in the Eastern Caribbean.

David Bibby will retire from Everyone Active in May after leading the organisation since 2006.

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

Places Leisure has announced a new strategic partnership with COPA as the preferred apprenticeship delivery partner for its leisure centres, following a six-month pilot.

New York City-based real estate developer Continuum Company has announced it will build a new mixed-use development in Miami, US, with a 150,000sq ft waterfront wellness space for sport, leisure and social experiences.

Tony Veal and Atara Sivan on why access to leisure needs more focus from leaders

KA Leisure is investing more than £1.2 million in a major capital improvement programme across the gyms at four of its leisure centres. 

Across the UK, local authorities are facing the same challenge: ageing leisure facilities, restrictive layouts and rising expectations from multigenerational communities.