Global design practice Perkins & Will has unveiled plans for a net-zero operational carbon community sports centre, health club and cultural hub in Toronto, Canada.

Parkwood Leisure managing director Glen Hall talks about putting the company on a new path to fitness in recent years, with customers and staff at its heart

New tech is coming down the track which will change the gym experience and improve retention

Organisations providing physical activity programmes for children would attract more public funding if they improved standards and focused on measurement, according to ukactive.

It seems the word on everyone’s lips at the moment is beacons. Partly because it’s fun to say, but more so because these simple devices are being tipped as a potential gamechanger for the leisure industry.

Bryan K O’Rourke takes an in-depth look at beacon technology and considers its future implications for health and fitness clubs

Researchers at the University of Iowa Health Care, US, are working on an injectable bioactive gel that encourages self-healing of cartilage caused by knee injuries, with hopes it will result in a minimally invasive, practical and inexpensive approach for repairing cartilage and preventing osteoarthritis.