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David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has exchanged contracts to buy 16 Virgin Active health clubs for
an
undisclosed sum.
news •
07 Feb 2017
Virgin Active has launched its latest full-service Collection club in the re-generated Silo
District in Cape Town, South Africa.
news •
01 Dec 2016
Virgin Active has continued its three-year, £100m
investment in its UK portfolio with the
unveiling of the refurbished Salford Quays site in
Manchester.
news •
28 Oct 2015
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
Health club operator Virgin Active is to invest £25m in improving and refitting the 53 former Esporta venues it acquired in July 2011.
news •
12 Jun 2012
The Bannatyne Group has cast its net across the Irish Sea after buying Virgin Active's
Belfast club.
news •
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.
news •
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.
news •
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.
news •
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.
news •
04 Apr 2011
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’s Barbican health club has introduced
a new class to its line up.
product innovation •
21 Aug 2017
Holmes Place is set to open its fifth Privilege health club next month in Bank, Central London.
news •
05 Oct 2006
Virgin Active is to incorporate metabolism measurement into its member fitness programmes to offer a personalised approach to weight management.
news •
21 Apr 2004
Spa director Liz Holmes is to leave Darlington, UK's, Rockliffe Hall after six years at the
helm to take up the role of national health and beauty manager with health club chain
Virgin Active.
news •
25 Feb 2015
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 opened the doors to its Wimbledon club following a comprehensive
redevelopment and refurbishment of the site.
news •
29 Oct 2023
Property developer Terrace Hill has sold the freehold investment of the Virgin Active health club in Thundersley, Essex to AXA Real Estate for £6.6m.
news •
27 Aug 2004
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
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
Virgin Active has become the first fitness operator in Europe to introduce Apple GymKit-
enabled cardio equipment.
news •
14 Dec 2017
Virgin Active has begun the next stage of its 360-degree wellness concept by focusing on
nutrition and the mental wellbeing of its members.
news •
05 Jan 2018
Frank Reed’s gym chain Sweat! has received £3.75m (US$5m, €4.2m) worth of equity
investment that will see a roll-out of five new clubs in the next 12 months – doubling its
portfolio of sites.
news •
05 Dec 2017
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 founder Sir Richard Branson has announced that the gym chain is gearing up
for a major international expansion over the next three years.
news •
16 Sep 2015
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
Virgin Active has unveiled plans to launch two new ‘technology-focused’ clubs in
London during early 2015.
news •
12 Aug 2014
England Rugby has teamed up with Virgin Active to create a training programme aimed at
improving physical strength and mental wellbeing.
news •
26 Jan 2018
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