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Whitbread has today revealed it has cut 250 jobs from its head office in Luton.
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25 Oct 2005
In an interview with Health Club Management magazine, Stephen Roma, CEO of American fitness chain Wow! Work Our World, said that pricing is the greatest issue the health club industry has to face.
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11 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
Bally Total Fitness has entered into an agreement to sell its Crunch Fitness division for US$45m (£25m) in cash to industry veteran Marc Tasche in partnership with the private equity group of Angelo, Gordon & Co.
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23 Sep 2005
A fully-inclusive gym has opened in Essex and is already training future Paralympic hopefuls.
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12 Sep 2005
A SpoRTA group encompassing four trusts from London, Essex and Kent has commenced an initiative with energy market consultancy John Hall Associates (JHA), to manage their exposure to rising energy prices.
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06 Sep 2005
LA Fitness chief executive Fred Turok has announced that he intends to lead the fitness industry into a period of consolidation and launch new concepts to attract consumers currently ‘underserved’ by the health club market.
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22 Aug 2005
David Lloyd, chair of the Next Generation health and fitness chain, has taken up the position of non-executive chair of indoor soft play centre Topsy Turvey World.
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27 Jul 2005
Contours Express Ladies Fitness and Weight Loss Studios has recruited two franchisees to open facilities by the end of the year.
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25 Jul 2005
Holmes Place has reported an increase in new members following an extensive rebranding exercise.
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19 Jul 2005
SkillsActive – the Sector Skills Council responsible for the tackling the skills gap in the health and fitness industry – is calling for health club employees to take part in the second Working in Fitness Survey.
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14 Jul 2005
Health club operator Esporta has sold 13 non-core clubs to Virgin Active as part of its ongoing strategy to focus on the premium sector in the UK.
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14 Jul 2005
Penetration rates and private memberships in UK clubs are up according to the latest survey of the fitness industry.
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05 Jul 2005
Freedom Leisure, the community leisure trust operating in Sussex, has announced membership growth of 10.3 per cent across its six sites for the 2004-5 financial year.
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07 Jun 2005
Irish health and leisure company Jackie Skelly Fitness (JSF) has announced a 10m euro (£6.8m) expansion plan, which will add three new clubs to the Dublin area by September 2006.
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31 May 2005
Edinburgh Leisure has teamed up with Scottish Swimming to offer recreational swimmers a more structured workout in the pool.
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26 May 2005
More than 60 health and fitness operators and suppliers from throughout Europe attended the SIBECEU05 event in Cyprus in April.
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20 May 2005
Deloitte has issued its latest analysis of results for the German health and fitness market, showing membership growth of the 15 selected operators has fallen to 3 per cent in the first quarter of 2005, compared to 6 per cent for the same period last year.
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20 May 2005
Up to 2,000 women-only fitness and weight-loss centres are expected to open in Japan over the next five years.
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15 Apr 2005
The founder of the US-based Cuts for Men fitness club franchise,b John Gennaro, is planning to unveil Cuts for Women – taking on ladies-only operators including Curves, Contours Express and Ladies Workout Express.
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05 Apr 2005
Customer service and a strict policy of non-discounting have been credited for the strong 2004 figures reported by health and fitness chain Esporta.
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23 Feb 2005
Virgin Active has entered the Italian spa market by launching its first day spa in Milan.
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22 Feb 2005
An investment vehicle created to capitalise on opportunities in the UK health, fitness, beauty and spa markets is set to launch on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) next month.
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16 Feb 2005
Five new directors have been appointed at health club chain Fitness First following the company’s recent management restructure.
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10 Feb 2005
Health Club Management has outlined its view of the forthcoming year, predicting that the next 12 months will herald a level of corporate activity which has not been since since valuations fell in 2001-2.
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27 Jan 2005
The privately-owned, UK-based, von Essen hotels group – whose flagship is the Cliveden – has announced plans to invest £35m in its collections over the next three years which will see spa and leisure facilities introduced in many properties.
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25 Jan 2005
Russian health and fitness chain, World Class Clubs, has become one of the first health club companies in the world to receive the prestigious EFFIE award.
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05 Jan 2005
GS Hotels & Resorts is to roll out its Wren’s health and spa brand in Croatia this year following its successful launch in the summer 2004.
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05 Jan 2005
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has opened its first health and fitness club in Belgium, in one of the most prestigious suburbs of Brussels.
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07 Dec 2004
The Aspria Group will officially take over a Champneys Club in Brussels in January 2005.
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07 Dec 2004
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