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The Holmes Place health club brand is to disappear this year, following a merger with Richard Branson’s Virgin Active chain. Details are expected to be announced this week.
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04 Sep 2006
A number of private equity groups are considering making a bid for health and fitness operator Virgin Active.
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26 Jul 2010
MoveGB has announced a partnership with leading
health club operator Virgin Active.
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23 Nov 2015
The Bannatyne Group has bought Virgin Active Humberston, with members and staff to
transfer over at the end of the month.
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15 Aug 2017
Nautilus has signed an agreement with Virgin Active for the supply of the TreadClimber® machine to its clubs.
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18 Jun 2007
Virgin Active is teaming up with children's television characters The Octonauts as
part of an initiative to encourage more youngsters to learn to swim.
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15 Aug 2017
Virgin Active has become the official health club of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA). As part of a three
year agreement, Virgin Active will introduce a number of LTA tennis products to its members - including
Cardio Tennis, a group fitness class.
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18 Mar 2013
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
Virgin Active has entered the Italian spa market by launching its first day spa in Milan.
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22 Feb 2005
The Virgin Group has increased its involvement in the fitness and exercise sector with the
launch of Virgin Sport, which aims to get more people active and make sport accessible to
all.
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25 Jan 2017
Virgin Active has announced plans to open 20 new clubs, the majority in Italy, as it reported a 28 per cent rise in underlying full-year earnings to £76.2m.
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12 Jun 2008
It has been widely reported that Richard Branson’s Virgin Active health and fitness chain is in advanced talks to acquire the UK assets of rival chain Holmes Place.
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12 Jul 2006
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 is poised to expand its portfolio after announcing that it had agreed a deal to acquire rival health and racquet club operator Esporta in a deal worth £77.6m.
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26 Apr 2011
Health club operator Virgin Active is preparing to float on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
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06 Dec 2007
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
Virgin has formed an alliance with one of the largest health benefits companies in the US to offer a health insurance plan that will reward people for keeping fit and healthy.
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14 Jul 2005
ADDleisure Plc's subsidiary Ez-Runner Limited has been selected to supply a total software solution to all Virgin Active Health Clubs in the UK.
product innovation •
13 May 2009
Entrepreneur Richard Branson is believed to be interested in acquiring the David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) health club chain.
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12 Oct 2005
A battle to save Virgin Active is continuing, as the company works to secure a
restructuring plan which would be approved by its creditors.
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13 Mar 2021
Recent expansions by Virgin Active Italy include the opening of new outdoor terraces at the group’s Genova and Florence clubs.
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08 Jun 2006
Virgin Active is lining up a potential £1bn-plus float or sale, with the company
close to appointing advisers on the process, according to a report in The Times.
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07 May 2014
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
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
Online gym pass provider payasUgym has announced an agreement to work
with Virgin Active, in a move that will see the website provide lead generation
services to Virgin Active clubs across the UK.
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12 Nov 2013
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 has reopened its Mayfair club with a renewed focus on group classes.
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18 Dec 2018
Cathy Desaunois has joined Virgin Active Italia as marketing manager, with a brief to adapt the brand to suit the Italian market during the company's expansion into Genova and Bologna.
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04 Jun 2003
Virgin Active has enlisted around 100 of its staff on a bespoke apprenticeship programme in a bid to
recruit more of its senior management from within the business.
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04 Sep 2019
Virgin Active has launched its first-ever global marketing campaign, which focuses on the
operator’s innovative approach to cycling, yoga and floor training.
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16 Jan 2017
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