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Budget fitness chain Pure Gym has announced that it has re-appointed company founder Peter Roberts as
the new chief executive.
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14 Dec 2012
Gymfinity Kids, the club and nursery operator launched by Pure Gym founder,
Peter Roberts, has raised more than £5m to support the next stage of its
expansion.
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27 Sep 2022
Peter Roberts, former CEO and founder of Pure Gym, has invested in Another Round, a
personal training app which utilises AI and machine learning.
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11 Aug 2022
Budget health club operator Pure Gym has named Iain Watson as its new group operations manager as it looks to expand its UK portfolio over the next two years. Watson - former general manager at Total Fitness and JJB Sports Leisure - will be responsible for ensuring the smooth roll-out of 24 new clubs across the country.
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04 Jun 2010
Low cost operator Pure Gym has recruited Humphrey Cobbold to be the chain’s
new CEO, with current incumbent and company founder Peter Roberts to
assume the role of executive chair.
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20 Jan 2015
Pure Gym, the low-cost health club operator, has announced that it is to open a new site in Leicester next month, following work to refurbish the city's former Sturgis Land Rover garage.
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11 May 2011
Another Round, the startup behind the AI-driven personal training app of the same name, has
developed a new B2B solution that it claims can enable personal trainers to work with more
than 50 clients over a 14-hour week.
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21 Feb 2023
Pure Gym founder and executive chair Peter Roberts has called on the government to
abolish VAT on gym memberships to encourage more people to get active and lighten the
load on the NHS.
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12 Oct 2015
Budget health club operator Pure Gym has announced that it is to open five new sites in the UK - including its first two locations in London.
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15 Feb 2011
Budget gym operator Pure Gym is preparing to open its fourth club in Wolverhampton.
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04 Jan 2010
Low-cost health club operator Pure Gym has confirmed plans to open 24 new sites across the UK over the next two years, following a £10m investment in the company.
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01 Jun 2010
The founder of budget health club operator Pure Gym has launched a new salon concept
which aims to “transform” the UK’s beauty market.
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02 Nov 2016
Tony Harris has been named as the new chief executive officer of Pure Gym, the
low-cost fitness chain founded in 2009 and which currently has nearly 30 sites
nationwide.
news •
28 Jun 2012
Low-cost health club chain Pure Gym has announced plans to open new locations in
West Bromwich (31 May) and Walsall (19 June) as part of its ongoing UK expansion
strategy.
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27 Mar 2012
Low cost operator Pure Gym plans to banish the blues of its failed merger with
The Gym Group by foraging ahead with a substantial expansion, possibly aided
by further attempted acquisitions.
news •
17 Jul 2014
Budget gym operator Pure Gym is to open its fifth UK site in Sheffield, after agreeing to a leasehold deal on a property at the city's Sheaf Gardens industrial estate.
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01 Mar 2010
Budget fitness club operators Pure Gym and The Gym Group have today
announced plans to merge, pending regulatory approval.
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11 Feb 2014
Pure Gym has joined a number of high-profile UK gym chains in setting its sights
on dominating the capital’s fitness market by announcing a raft of new health
clubs in the coming months.
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14 Oct 2014
Pure Gym has announced that it has secured £9m worth of fresh investment to help support an "ambitious" expansion of the budget health club chain's UK estate by February 2012.
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18 Aug 2011
Low-cost health club chain Pure Gym is continuing to push forward with its UK
expansion plans, with the forthcoming opening of new sites across the country.
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21 Oct 2011
Budget gym operator PureGym has reached agreements to open 24 new fitness centre in key locations
throughout the UK.
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18 Jul 2013
Budget health club operator Pure Gym will open four new sites in South London (Kennington), Belfast, Birmingham (Edgbaston) and Southampton.
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20 Oct 2010
Pure Gym, the low-cost health club operator first launched in 2009, has
announced its plans to unveil 14 new sites across the UK this year as part of
its ongoing expansion strategy.
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16 Feb 2012
PureGym is to continue its expansion after the failed merger with The Gym
Group by opening yet another new club in Manchester by the end of the year.
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18 Aug 2014
Budget club operator Pure Gym will open a new site in Smethwick, West Midlands later this month.
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12 Aug 2010
US private equity firm CCMP Capital Advisors has signed an agreement under which UK-based affiliates of
CCMP will acquire Pure Gym, the budget gym operator.
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08 May 2013
Pure Gym posted a strong set of financial results today (30 March), revealing that group profits
for 2014 leapt 365 per cent to hit £10m.
news •
30 Mar 2015
The Gym Group chief executive John Treharne believes the pending merger with
former rival in the budget club sector Pure Gym has come at the perfect time
for both companies to continue their expansion.
news •
13 Feb 2014
Low cost health club operators Pure Gym and The Gym Group have announced
the termination of their proposed merger.
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16 Jul 2014
The original low-cost gym concept is getting its third major makeover since being established in 1996, with the first club opening in Cologne. Liz Terry takes a look
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