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Whitbread’s chief executive Alan Parker has insisted that the group will not be broken up or sold and denied speculation that it may bid for the budget hotel chain Travelodge.
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03 Mar 2006
Starwood Capital, the US-based hotel group, is in talks with advisors regarding a £3bn (US$5.5bn, 4.4bn euro) takeover bid for UK leisure giant Whitbread, according to the Mail on Sunday.
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24 Jul 2006
UK operator, Bannatyne Group, has revisited one of its classic brands to launch a budget gym
concept.
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21 Nov 2023
Budget health club operator Pure Gym has named Iain Watson as its new group operations manager as it looks to expand its UK portfolio over the next two years. Watson - former general manager at Total Fitness and JJB Sports Leisure - will be responsible for ensuring the smooth roll-out of 24 new clubs across the country.
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04 Jun 2010
A number of water-based initiatives are being rolled-out at UK leisure centres as pools look set to become a "major differentiating factors" between budget chains and other facilities.
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15 Jul 2011
Business rates in England will be abolished for one year for firms in the leisure and hospitality
sectors with a rateable value below £51,000.
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11 Mar 2020
Niels Gronau and Gregor Titze take a look at the key findings from the latest edition of Leading Operators – Fitness in Europe
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Budget operator McFit opened its first club in mainland Spain on 3 May.
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11 Jun 2010
Budget fitness chain Xercise4less is to open a new £1m "supergym" in Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, later this year.
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03 May 2011
The regional and national winners of the Members'
Choice Health Club Awards are set to be revealed on 24
September 2013.
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19 Sep 2013
Members of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council's (RBBC) executive are set to
discuss revised proposals for new leisure facilities in Preston, Surrey, later
this week (31 May).
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29 May 2012
Cherwell District Council (CDC) has announced the opening of the new £15m Spiceball Leisure Centre in Banbury, Oxfordshire, which has been completed on budget ahead of schedule.
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29 Dec 2009
Budget fitness club operators Pure Gym and The Gym Group have today
announced plans to merge, pending regulatory approval.
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11 Feb 2014
Budget fitness chain Xercise4Less has unveiled its second club with the opening of a 27,000sq ft (2,508sq m) property in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
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03 Nov 2010
Councillors have voted to proceed with the £24m Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre project in St Albans, Hertfordshire, following an independent review of the scheme's business case.
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09 Jun 2011
St Albans City and District Council (SACDC) has earmarked £16.7m towards a new leisure centre in its corporate plan and budget for 2011-16.
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07 Feb 2011
An alliance of consumer groups and sports nutrition manufacturers and
distributors have written to chancellor of exchequer George Osborne calling for
an end to plans to introduce VAT on some sports nutrition products.
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24 Apr 2012
UK-based health club chains Virgin Active and David Lloyd Leisure are leading
the charge of Europe’s fitness sector, with 2013 revenues that place them first
and second respectively among the continent’s top gym operators.
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02 May 2014
Budget chain The Gym Group has boldly gone where no gym has gone before
by investing in a Star trek-style virtual membership adviser at two of its city
venues.
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25 Apr 2014
Low-cost fitness operator The Gym Group today announced it has acquired 18 gyms from
fellow budget chain Lifestyle Fitness for the sum of £20.5m.
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15 Sep 2017
Dudley Council will hold a full meeting this month (October 2019) to decide whether it should
approve a capital investment programme on improving the region's leisure provision.
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02 Oct 2019
The Gym Group has been taken 16th place in a Sunday Times financial
league table ranking companies according to growth in profits over the last
three years.
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16 Apr 2014
London-based fitness chain Soho Gyms has moved to draw a line under speculation of a
potential takeover by outlining plans to develop its existing portfolio, as well as its
fledgling budget offering.
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09 Oct 2015
Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has grown its network of Better gyms with the purchase
of FitSpace - strengthening its position in the low-cost market.
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15 Dec 2016
Inverclyde Leisure has rescued a leisure centre slated for the scrap heap with an
innovative strategy to breathe new life into the ageing facility.
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29 Mar 2016
Nick Batram asks whether the investment climate is now right for some health and fitness companies to re-enter the UK stock market
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Outdoor activities and budget gyms have possibly led to fewer people willing to use local
leisure
centres, according to the latest Health and Fitness Omnibus Survey (HAFOS)
2016 report.
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15 Aug 2017
How can we broaden the appeal of health clubs to all socioeconomic groups? Are we trying hard enough?
HCM issue 3 2014
Low cost fitness chain The Gym Group has secured £50m of venture capital to expand its club
portfolio - less than a month after rival Pure Gym announced it too would be spending £50m on new
sites.
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14 Jun 2013
Low-cost fitness operator Xercise4Less is has revealed plans to double in size and have 100 clubs
open by 2021.
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18 Jan 2019
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