The UK fitness market is a solid investment proposition, according to a new report from OakNorth Bank.

The new COO of Nuffield Health talks to Kate Cracknell about plans to take the brand’s current health and fitness estate to its highest level yet

Steph Eaves looks at how health assessment devices are being reinvented to keep up with industry trends and rising consumer expectations

Francesca Cooper-Boden says health assessment services can boost health club retention

Could health assessments be the ultimate retention solution, asks Steph Eaves

Growing interest in corporate wellness is creating exciting new opportunities for the health and fitness industry, finds Kath Hudson

The CEO of high-end club operator Aspria talks about the company’s launch of Aspresso, a full-service budget brand for the family market

Nuffield Health has completed a five-year refinancing package with NatWest, HSBC, Barclays and Santander UK. KPMG UK advised on the deal which also included a longer-term financing solution for ten hospital sites with Song Capital, in partnership with Alpha Real Capital.

The ‘health seeker’ is a term being used a lot within fitness right now, as recent surveys have shown.

Nuffield Health has reopened the historic Barbican health club in London, as part of ambitious plans to establish its first wellness "health campus" in the UK.

The co-founders of PT consultancy and training company, Future Practice, see an opportunity for fitness professionals to become stress management experts

There are no official numbers indicating how operators are faring after lockdown. In the first part of this special report, HCM talks to big box operators. Next issue we talk to the boutiques

Global spa consultancy and contract management company, Resense, is set to unveil Asia’s first boutique fitness and wellbeing experience in Bangkok, after two years' planning and development.

The City of Portland in Maine, US, is investing in a wellness programme for its entire workforce. We talk to the founder and CEO of Wellness Workdays

The senior management team explain how they are developing a network of connected health across the UK

Health-tech brand hero has acquired Revitalise London – a preventative health and vitality specialist – as part of its plans to expand and strengthen its presence in London and the South East of England.

Wattbike has secured a deal to supply more than 30 Bupa Health Clinic sites across the UK with its indoor bikes.

Quest for success

Nuffield Health has launched a series of bespoke health assessments for UK businesses as it looks to help tackle work-related illness.

Measuring over 40 different performance parameters with a high degree of accuracy, Wattbike has proved to be a powerful testing and fitness tool for top athletes and regular gym-goers alike

Nuffield Health has today (30 September) acquired cognitive behavioural therapy business CBT Services, enabling the not-for-profit healthcare organisation to add an emotional wellbeing provision to its growing list of health and wellbeing services.

Nuffield Health has become the UK’s second largest fitness provider after completing a deal to acquire 35 Virgin Active clubs.

The health and fitness industry has a huge opportunity to bridge the gap between illness and wellness, says Oliver Patrick, the co-founder of international health management business Viavi

Nuffield Health group CEO David Mobbs has announced that he is to stand down at the end of 2015, having transformed the charity during his 14 years at the helm.

Not-for-profit wellness provider Nuffield Health will make its customised wellbeing memberships a core focus of the company’s gym chain moving forward – having been delighted with the initial results of the proposition.

Nuffield Health has signed £330m of debt facilities as the charity bids to widen its footprint in the UK health club market as part of a push towards integrated care pathways.

Nuffield Health has cut the ribbon on its newly-refurbished London City flagship gym, following a £1.9m redevelopment of the 80,000sq ft (7,432sq m) facility.

Supermarket chain Tesco is to continue its push into the health and fitness market, with a new range of healthy food options in a similar vein to those offered by Weight Watchers and Slimming World.

As part of merging its corporate and consumer wellbeing services into Nuffield Health Wellbeing, the Nuffield Health charity is pushing ahead with planned digital innovations to expand its corporate wellness offerings.

The MD of the newly merged Nuffield Health Wellbeing talks to Julie Cramer about expanding further into prevention and wellbeing