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Leisure Media has added another heavyweight to its line-up of CEOs for its inaugural HCM
Summit this October. Dean Kowarski will talk about the intersection of fitness and nutrition.
news •
22 May 2024
A roll-out of fitness classes and improved member experience helped revenue at Virgin
Active rise by 6 per cent to £483million (US$615.5m, €548.6m) in the year to 31
December 2016, results from South African investment group Brait show.
news •
15 Jun 2017
South African investment group Brait, which owns a controlling stake in Virgin Active, has
scrapped plans to transfer its registered offices from Malta to the UK, and list in London,
due to Brexit.
news •
29 Mar 2017
Body weight training supplier TRX has announced the appointment of Alan Holl – previously head of fitness
at Virgin
Active UK – to operate as senior director of Europe, Middle East, Africa and India.
news •
17 Sep 2014
Virgin Active is rolling out a new fusion ballet class as it bids to bring the spirit of boutique
Los Angeles studios to its UK clubs.
news •
02 Sep 2015
UK-based Virgin Active has announced it will invest £150m in expanding its portfolio
across South East Asia.
news •
22 Jun 2016
Two health club chains have been ranked in the top 15 of the fastest growing private companies in the UK, according to the latest Sunday Times PricewaterhouseCoopers Profit Track 100 league table.
news •
26 Apr 2006
Virgin Active has announced a
range of new offerings aimed at
extreme fitness fans ahead
of the upcoming Tough Mudder
event season.
news •
03 May 2016
Virgin Active has relaunched its flagship Kensington Collection Club in West London as part of
its UK-wide redevelopment programme.
news •
08 Mar 2018
The CEO of Virgin Active has pledged the international gym chain will remain a significant
player in its home market, despite selling a third of its UK clubs to Nuffield Health this
week.
news •
15 Jun 2016
Nuffield Health will today (14 June) announce that it has secured 35 sites from Virgin
Active, as the health charity moves to significantly expand its national network of health
clubs and hospitals.
news •
14 Jun 2016
LaSalle Investment Management, an independent subsidiary of US-based real estate giant
Jones Lang LaSalle, has given a large vote of confidence to the trajectory of the UK health
and fitness sector with a £9m investment in two Virgin Active health clubs.
news •
09 Mar 2015
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.
news •
06 Oct 2005
Following the success of Power Plate® machines in its UK facilities, Virgin Active is installing them in a number of its key operations worldwide.
product innovation •
04 Mar 2008
Virgin Active has opened its Siam Discovery leisure club in Thailand.
news •
22 Aug 2016
Leisure operator BH Live has made another high-profile acquisition as it continues its
strong start to 2016, snapping up East Dorset’s former Virgin Active site.
news •
01 Feb 2016
Fitness equipment brand Keiser UK has promoted Garry Spreadborough to the position of
UK key account manager.
He rises up the ranks from regional business manager for the South East and London.
Before joining the company in 2015, Spreadborough gained over 10 years of industry experience...
news •
22 Nov 2017
Nuffield Health has become the UK’s second largest fitness provider after completing a deal to
acquire 35 Virgin Active clubs.
news •
01 Aug 2016
The winners of the first ever Body Confidence Awards were announced at an event
held at the House of Commons in London yesterday (19 April).
news •
20 Apr 2012
Virgin Active has unveiled plans to launch two new ‘technology-focused’ clubs in
London during early 2015.
news •
12 Aug 2014
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.
news •
14 Jul 2005
Not-for-profit healthcare organisation Nuffield Health has today (5 August)
announced the acquisition of nine Virgin Active health clubs.
news •
05 Aug 2014
Debenhams is partnering with former Virgin Active co-founder Frank Reed to launch in-store
gyms as part of the retailer’s strategy to attract more customers and a younger female
base.
news •
26 Oct 2017
Fitness franchise YourZone45 is planning to open eight studios this year, starting with a flagship gym
in Greenwich, London, in March.
news •
26 Jan 2018
Virgin Active is teaming up with the University of Bedfordshire and primary school
teachers across the country to explore pioneering teaching methods and new approaches
to getting children active.
news •
30 Jun 2015
A new approach to physical education (PE) – based on physical literacy and “fun fitness” –
could transform school sport and help all children embrace physical activity.
news •
14 Nov 2016
MoveGB has announced a partnership with leading
health club operator Virgin Active.
product innovation •
23 Nov 2015
David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has exchanged contracts to buy 16 Virgin Active health clubs for
an
undisclosed sum.
news •
07 Feb 2017
TRX has announced three new appointments to further strengthen its EMEA team, having
recently recruited Alan Holl from Virgin Active to serve as the region’s senior director.
news •
03 Mar 2015
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