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Esporta Property Holdings (EPH) - owner of 17 freehold or long-leasehold racquet clubs - has been sold to a fully-owned subsidiary of the British Land Company (BLC) for £179m.
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08 Jul 2011
Virgin Active is investing £100m in its UK sites over the next three years as part
of a campaign to lure post-Christmas gym users to sign up as well as advanced
preparation for an eventual stock market flotation.
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10 Jan 2014
Virgin Active has announced the launch of its long-awaited Discovery Lab – a creative
hub made up of health and fitness experts that will drive development of products and
classes.
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08 May 2015
European premium brand Holmes Place has grown its portfolio to more than 90 clubs after
closing a deal to buy two Health City gyms in Germany - hot on the heels of its acquisition
of Virgin Active Iberia.
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26 Oct 2017
Global fitness chain Virgin Active has been sold to South African investment firm Brait.
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16 Apr 2015
Speculation is once again rife of a high-profile IPO for Virgin Active, although
this time the business is said to be preparing to float in South Africa.
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09 Dec 2014
Despite plans to increase the number of premium clubs in its portfolio, Virgin Active has
ruled following the likes of Fitness First into the ‘hyper-exclusive’ end of the health club
market.
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27 Jun 2016
Virgin Active has appointed New Yorker Israel Rivera in the newly created role of head of
group exercise – further evidence of the operator's strategic directio.
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22 Nov 2017
International health and fitness operator Virgin Active has opened its fifth club in Bangkok, Thailand,
as it continues its growth and presence in South East Asia.
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03 Feb 2017
Virgin Active and Myrtha Wellness have joined forces to provide a new sports and wellness
centre at Milan’s Bocconi University. The building has been designed by Pritzker-prize winning
architects architects SANAA, renowned for creating iconic constructions such as the New
Contemporary Art Museum building in Manhattan and the Christian Dior building in Tokyo.
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06 Jul 2022
Virgin Active investors are understood to be preparing a £60m+ funding injection into the
fitness
operator, in a bid to secure its future.
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11 Feb 2021
Virgin Active has become the latest big-box operator to signal its intention to raise cash
to
buffer it from the impact of the pandemic.
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31 Dec 2020
The first head of group exercise at Virgin Active has spoken of his plans to foster a “sense
of belonging and camaraderie” at the operator's UK clubs.
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13 Dec 2017
Nuffield Health has acquired the lease for the historic Barbican health club site
in London, which is
currently operated by Virgin Active.
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19 Mar 2021
The sale of 16 Virgin Active sites in the UK is the final step of the company's strategy to
focus its operations on metropolitan and commuter hubs in its key markets, the health
and fitness operator has said.
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07 Feb 2017
Two of the 16 health clubs which David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) intended to acquire from Virgin
Active will now not be included in the deal, after concerns were raised by a competition
watchdog.
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25 May 2017
Virgin Active has continued its three-year, £100m
investment in its UK portfolio with the
unveiling of the refurbished Salford Quays site in
Manchester.
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28 Oct 2015
A court has given Virgin Active the green light to erase the rent arrears it had accrued during the
pandemic lockdowns.
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12 May 2021
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.
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15 Jun 2017
Virtual fitness classes will form a cornerstone of Virgin Active’s member offering
for 2015, as the chain continues its commitment to technology.
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14 Jan 2015
Virgin Active has unveiled British explorer and star of Channel 4’s Walking the Nile,
Levison Wood, as the first member of its new Discovery Lab, tasked with inspiring
gymgoers to bring adventure into their everyday lives.
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26 May 2015
Health club operator Virgin Active is to invest £25m in improving and refitting the 53 former Esporta venues it acquired in July 2011.
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12 Jun 2012
The Bannatyne Group has cast its net across the Irish Sea after buying Virgin Active's
Belfast club.
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29 Nov 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.
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17 Sep 2014
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.
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29 Mar 2017
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.
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02 Sep 2015
easyGym, the new budget club concept from easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, will officially open for business this summer after signing a deal with Virgin Active.
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04 Apr 2011
UK-based Virgin Active has announced it will invest £150m in expanding its portfolio
across South East Asia.
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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.
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26 Apr 2006
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