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Scandinavian health club chain SATS has acquired
the second largest fitness club chain in Sweden,
Stockholm-based e2.
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11 Aug 2005
Members of the Sports and Recreation Trust Association (sporta) are finalising plans to create a nationwide chain of leisure centres and fitness suites.
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13 Jan 2011
Cuts for Men, the franchise chain offering 30-minute circuit training and cardiovascular-based workouts, is to expand to Ireland.
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04 Oct 2004
Whitbread has quashed rumours that it is planning to demerge its chain of David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) clubs.
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05 Jan 2005
Madonna is teaming with the founder of the US health club chain 24 Hour Fitness to launch her own chain of fitness clubs.
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27 Oct 2010
Polish fitness chain Fabryka Formy has opened its latest club in the southern city of Bytom
– its first in that city.
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23 Jun 2016
VivaFit, the largest fitness chain in Portugal, will expand its brand into Northern Cyprus after agreeing a master franchising deal with two local entrepreneurs.
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12 Aug 2011
The Holmes Place health club brand is to disappear this year, following a merger with Richard Branson’s Virgin Active chain. Details are expected to be announced this week.
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04 Sep 2006
Cinven, the private equity group which owns health club chain Fitness First and bingo group Gala, has been linked to a £600m bid for retailer and fitness chain JJB Sports.
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04 Oct 2004
According to media reports, the former Asda chair Archie Norman is among the bidders for health club chain Esporta.
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09 Oct 2006
Low-cost Norwegian chain EVO Fitness has continued its expansion programme with the opening of four new clubs during the first half of 2011.
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20 Sep 2011
Dubai-based investment agency Istithmar has pulled out of the bidding for UK-based health and fitness chain Esporta because it was reportedly too expensive.
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11 Oct 2006
It has been widely reported that Richard Branson’s Virgin Active health and fitness chain is in advanced talks to acquire the UK assets of rival chain Holmes Place.
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12 Jul 2006
Fitness First has refused to comment on media reports claiming the chain is in discussions regarding the possible £800m sale of the chain.
news •
28 Jun 2005
Nick Coutts, a former chief executive officer of health club chain Holmes Place Iberia, is to launch a new budget health club venture called Fitness Hut.
news •
01 Jun 2011
The Third Space – a premium London health club chain which reportedly counts
Prince Harry and Guy Ritchie among its members – has been bought by the
same group which owns the capital’s mammoth Reebok Sports Club.
news •
28 Oct 2014
US capital Washington’s largest health and fitness chain, the Sport & Health company, has been acquired by a group of local investors led by the chain’s former CEO for US$75m (£42m, 62.6m euro).
news •
09 Feb 2006
Aludel, operator of the ladies-only health club chain Reviva, has been placed in administrative receivership.
news •
11 Aug 2004
Premium German health and fitness chain Elements is
set to open two new clubs in Frankfurt in the coming
months, bringing its total number of clubs in the city
to three.
news •
01 Oct 2015
Vivafit, the largest chain of gyms in Portugal, has signed a contract to open a club in Lepe, near the city of Huelva, southern Spain.
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30 Nov 2010
Esporta, the health club chain, has announced the appointment of a new board along with plans to invest around £1bn to expand the firm over the next three to five years.
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05 Jun 2007
Polish full-service fitness chain Fabryka Formy is expanding its offering by launching a
chain of budget clubs.
news •
20 Jul 2016
Eight Topnotch health club sites have been sold to a new company called Topnotch Fitness, spearheaded by the chain’s former CEO, Matthew Harris.
news •
02 Oct 2003
The Oman-based health and fitness chain Horizon Fitness launched a new ladies spa and wellness
retreat – Al Jasmine – in June.
news •
15 Jul 2015
Low cost operator The Edge Fitness Clubs has secured two new sites as it continues its expansion
across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions in the US.
news •
27 Jul 2018
After a successful trial at one club, Barcelona-based health club chain DiR has now converted a total
of 13 of its 17 gyms to “à la carte”.
news •
22 May 2015
Dutch health insurance provider Achmea has withdrawn from the fitness sector,
pulling the plug on its chain of Achmea Health Centers.
news •
21 Jul 2014
Aspria Fitness – a chain of clubs in Georgia, owned by Fitness Company LLC –
has opened its latest club in the capital city of Tbilisi.
news •
04 Nov 2014
US-based Hilton Hotels Corporation (HHC) is in talks to sell the LivingWell health club chain, which it acquired in February as part of its £3.3bn (US$5.7bn, 4.7bn euro) takeover of Hilton International.
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03 Apr 2006
German women-only fitness chain Mrs.Sporty is gearing up to grow its presence in
Italy, through a partnership with businessman Massimo Puppo, who has launched
the first Full-Pix Mrs.Sporty club in Italy.
news •
23 Dec 2015
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