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Jack Lemley, who controversially resigned as chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) a fortnight ago, has cited political wrangling and escalating costs as the reasons for his decision.
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01 Nov 2006
UK leisure giant Whitbread has reported a 20.8 per cent increase in pre-tax profit from £91m to £109.8m for the first half of the year.
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24 Oct 2006
Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged the public to take more responsibility for fitness and diet in the wake of a new report which has revealed that English adults have the highest rate of obesity in Europe.
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13 Oct 2006
Holmes Place is set to open its fifth Privilege health club next month in Bank, Central London.
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05 Oct 2006
Training company fitness fx is to launch a new, pre-choreographed exercise class called kick fx in January 2007.
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13 Sep 2006
Corinne Thompson has been appointed the new manager of the Forum Health Club and Spa at the Celtic Manor Resort in South Wales, UK.
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06 Sep 2006
Health and fitness chain Virgin Active has confirmed that it has acquired rival Holmes Place in a deal which values the enlarged group at £650m.
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05 Sep 2006
German consumer affairs minister Horst Seehofer has reportedly announced that draft legislation is being prepared to partially ban smoking in public places across the country from as early as 2007.
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26 Jul 2006
New research has suggested that children could risk becoming asthmatic and wheezy if they regularly use indoor swimming pools.
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18 Jul 2006
As the fitness industry heads towards a potential partnership with both government and businesses to promote a healthy lifestyle, one of the biggest challenges it faces is identifying, attracting and retaining senior management with the skills and experience to take the industry to the next level.
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07 Jul 2006
The Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) and the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) are applying for a grant from the National Sports Foundation to expand the inclusive fitness concept to the private sector.
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16 Jun 2006
The Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) is investigating the potential delivery of the scheme in Europe, following its success in the UK over the past five years.
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08 Jun 2006
Belgian fitness chain Sportopolis is in merger talks with HealthCity – the largest fitness chain in the Netherlands – and private equity investor Waterland, one of HealthCity’s shareholders.
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08 Jun 2006
The international sports association IHRSA, in cooperation with Deloitte and sponsored by Technogym, has published its second, annual study of the European fitness market.
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31 May 2006
A new leisure company called Surfdome has secured UK licensing rights to build Europe’s first indoor surfing centre.
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17 Mar 2006
Manchester-based Modus Properties and Bucharest partner Nova Imobiliare plan to build a £280m (US$491m, e408m) leisure and retail complex in Bucharest, Romania.
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08 Mar 2006
Fitness fx is taking its brand of exercise classes to Europe this year, starting with a national rollout in France.
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09 Feb 2006
Olympic medalist Roger Black is set to open the 10th annual SIBEC UK and Europe forum in Portugal this November.
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25 Jan 2006
Gold’s Gym’s ambitious expansion plans have now taken the chain to Hungary, where it has opened its first club in Budapest.
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10 Jan 2006
The health and fitness industry continues to face tough trading conditions with first quarter results in 2006 crucial to continuing the early signs of recovery in the market.
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10 Jan 2006
Health club entrepreneurs David Lloyd and his son Scott are believed to be considering putting their Next Generation Clubs chain up for sale, following the appointment of investment bank UBS to investigate strategic options.
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29 Nov 2005
Dublin-based Aura Sports and Leisure Management has received an EIQA-EFQM (European Quality Foundation Management) award in recognition of its commitment to continuous improvement and quality.
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21 Nov 2005
Keith Burnet has been appointed managing director of the Hilton group's health club division LivingWell.
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07 Nov 2005
Fitness First claims that it is now the largest operator of wholly-owned health and fitness clubs in the world.
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10 Oct 2005
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has bought back the 55 per cent interest in Virgin Active that it sold to Bridgepoint Capital in 2002 – for £134.5m.
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06 Oct 2005
The Injoy International Sports & Wellnessclubs chain is heading for Italy, with two sites due to open next month.
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13 Sep 2005
Health club entrepreneur and former captain of the British Davis Cup Team, David Lloyd, is planning to open at least one ‘lifestyle’ tennis club in Russia as part of plans to create a string of sites in developing markets.
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13 Sep 2005
The new international headquarters of the John Ding Academy for Tai Chi and Complementary Therapies has opened in Limehouse, London, UK.
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12 Sep 2005
UK-based health club operator Holmes Place has ended its operations in Spain and Portugal and sold its clubs to a local consortium.
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12 Aug 2005
The European Health and Fitness Association (EHFA) – the body that sets standards for the European health and fitness industry – is developing a regulation system for instructors, teachers and trainers working in the EU and plans to launch the European Register of Exercise Professionals this autumn.
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03 Aug 2005
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