Franchised fitness operator, F45, has named Tom Dowd as its new CEO, effective immediately.

Mark Wahlberg- and David Beckham-backed F45 Training has announced a reduction in its core workforce of 110 employees with the aim of cutting its cost base. The number represents around 50 per cent of the head office headcount.

Following its IPO, the sporting superstar is investing in global gym franchise, F45

Australian HIIT chain F45 is set to list on the US-based NASDAQ stock exchange, after securing a deal with Crescent Acquisition Corporation (CAC), a special purpose acquisition company.

Australian fitness franchise F45 has secured deals to open sites in emerging markets across the Middle East and Africa – taking the number of countries it operates in to more than 40.

The 47-year-old Hollywood actor and fitness enthusiast has recently invested in Australian fitness concept F45

New operators are queuing up to enter the booming franchise market. Tom Walker reports

England Rugby International James Haskell has become a gym franchisee, after opening a F45 functional training studio in Bath.

Australian-based fitness franchise F45 has continued its global expansion, reaching a milestone of securing deals for 100 studios in Europe.

We take a look at the ambitious budget and mid-market operators, smaller independently owned chains and foreign boutiques entering the growing franchise sector

Fitness franchises are piling in to the UK. We take a look at the market

Australian fitness franchise F45 is concentrating on growth in the US and UK as it approaches the 1,000 studio mark.

The founder of F45 talks about the fitness franchise’s remarkable worldwide growth in just three and a half years

Australian fitness franchise F45 has sold 50 franchises in the UK with 15 studios expected to be up and running in the country by the end of year.