Bacs Direct Debit or card: the best way for PTs to take payments
How card payments and Bacs Direct Debit compare on fees, timing and failed payments, and which to use for PT packages, memberships and drop-ins.
Guides for coaches
Plain answers on software costs, payments, health forms, classes and your own brand, for independent personal trainers and small studios in the UK.
How to cut failed payments in your PT or class business
Why client payments fail, and ten practical steps to collect more of them on time, with fewer awkward conversations.
PAR-Q forms: what personal trainers need, and how to do them online
What a PAR-Q is, what to do when a client answers yes, how UK GDPR treats health answers, and how to collect signed forms online.
Running class memberships with weekly allowances
How to set up class memberships with a weekly allowance, and the rules to settle first: cancellations, waiting lists, pauses and billing.
What PT software costs in the UK in 2026
List prices for the main personal trainer apps, the costs that sit on top of the subscription, and how to work out what you will really pay each month.
Your own branded app as a personal trainer: what it takes
The difference between a store app, an installable web app and a logo inside someone else's app, and what each takes in cost, time and set-up.