Sauna specialist Effe has introduced its new sauna and hammam collection, Baluar, designed by architect and designer Patricia Urquiola.

Market research outfit, Leisure DB, is launching a monthly ‘market tracker’ for the UK’s health and fitness industry

Planet Fitness has become the subject of a hate campaign by certain groups of consumers and seen share values slide, in the wake of a trans person having been photographed using the women’s locker room at an Alaskan gym.

New legislation will change the way health clubs in the UK manage their membership process, creating greater powers for consumers when it comes to contracts and cancellations.

Local government organisations and industry thought leaders have slammed the UK government’s decision not to increase funding for prevention.

Fitness First has filed a Court Order for restructuring at Companies House in the UK – the document is currently being processed, with details due in nine days.

Myzone has announced it's partnering with Wigan Warriors as the rugby club’s official heart rate monitor supplier.

Richard Lucas, founder of GoVox, explains how his system helps clubs identify athletes who are struggling with mental health issues

Virtuagym is enabling operators large and boutique around the world to build successful hybrid offerings. This case study of Thebodycontent in Dublin gives insights

Thousands of gyms, restaurants and retail outlets in the UK will be going out of business if the government fails to extend protection from rent enforcement activity.

Thousands of UK gyms could go out of business if they're forced to pay full rent payments, which are due at the end of this month.

Ross Kirton, head of leisure agency at Colliers International says landlords with portfolios containing gyms should hold their nerve in the current climate when it comes to rent payments, or risk long term damage to relationships with their tenants.

The legislation intended to protect commercial tenants from eviction during the coronavirus (COVID- 19) pandemic has a loophole, which could see hundreds of gyms and leisure centres being hit with legal action by their landlords.

Formerly the UK’s secretary of state for health, now mayor of Greater Manchester, Burnham has ambitious plans to normalise physical activity and place it at the heart of primary care

Tony Hewitt, the founder and executive chair of the Parkwood Group, which owns Parkwood Leisure, has passed away at the age of 68.

Life Leisure is aiming for a national roll-out of its pioneering public health programme which uses web analytics, technology and specialist coaching to place inactive adults on the path towards a healthier lifestyle.

Health experts are calling for greater wellbeing services to be made available for would-be mothers, amid findings that children born to overweight mothers are at greater risk of health problems in later life.

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science (formerly known as the Miami Science Museum), which is nearing the halfway stage of moving to a new US$275m (€212m, £168.5m) facility in downtown Miami, has received a donation of US$5m (€3.9m, £3.1m) to fund health and wellness programmes when the new facility launches in 2016.

Sean James reports on the growing functionality and popularity of apps among gym members and health club operators alike

For years it's been possible to book hotels and trains via smartphones, but not fitness classes. Kath Hudson examines how technology is enabling clubs to finally catch up

Technogym has opened its brand new headquarters: the Wellness Village in Cesena, Italy. Kate Cracknell pays a visit and finds an exemplary corporate wellness model

Former US President Bill Clinton and Giorgio Napolitano, the President of Italy, will be at the opening of the Technogym Village on 29 September 2012, along with 800 other guests from more than 60 countries.

Gladstone plc has announced the launch of a major upgrade to its on-line self-service customer solutions - Gladstone Connect2™ and Gladstone Kiosk2™.

Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has admitted it will only be a matter of time before a complete smoking ban will introduced in England.

A clash between cabinet ministers has forced the health secretary to an embarrassing u-turn on the UK smoking ban proposals.

Tony Blair has announced that Tessa Jowell will return to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in the new government – a move seen as being designed to preserve continuity for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid.

The government’s proposals to extend family-friendly working rights have been welcomed by trade unions but raised fears in the leisure sector that they could create an “enormous burden” on small companies and cause major disruption throughout the industry.

Teesdale Leisure Services has installed the FitLinxx gym management system to monitor and enhance its GP referral scheme.