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Leisure group Whitbread has confirmed that it has received multiple offers for its David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) chain of health and fitness clubs.
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26 Mar 2007
Three operators have been shortlisted to design, build and manage a multi-million pound leisure facility in Bristol.
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26 Mar 2007
The new Willesden Sports Centre was officially opened by Culture Minister Tessa Jowell yesterday (20 February).
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20 Feb 2007
SATS, the largest fitness chain in the Nordic region, has been acquired from Nordic Capital by Danish development company Tryg i Danmark for approximately SEK1.6bn (£118m).
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23 Jan 2007
Central YMCA has announced that its new London-based health and arts centre, called One KX, will formally open in May 2007.
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30 Nov 2006
The revised plans for the Olympic Aquatic Centre have been unveiled with the new design featuring 5,000 fewer seats and a smaller overall footprint to help bring down costs.
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30 Nov 2006
Duke Street Capital (DSC), the independent private equity fund manager, has today (16 November) announced that it has sold racquets and country club company Esporta to the Halabi family trust for an undisclosed sum.
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16 Nov 2006
Hilton Hotels Corporation has signed a deal to manage a 216-bedroom hotel in Liverpool with Grosvenor, the property’s developer.
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30 Oct 2006
LA Fitness and the owner of Total Fitness, Legal and General Ventures, have reportedly teamed up in order to bid to acquire rival health club chain Esporta from its private equity owners Duke Street Capital.
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30 Oct 2006
The largest operator of health clubs across Scandinavia, SATS, is believed to be up for sale for around £150m.
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11 Oct 2006
Dubai-based investment agency Istithmar has pulled out of the bidding for UK-based health and fitness chain Esporta because it was reportedly too expensive.
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11 Oct 2006
Singapore-based health club chain True Fitness has advanced into Thailand for the first time, opening a US$5m (£2.6m, 4m euro) club in the country’s capital city.
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19 Sep 2006
Esporta, the health club chain, will launch a formal auction process next week after receiving several approaches from rival companies, according to The Times.
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11 Sep 2006
Moscow-based Strata Partners – which operates the Orange Fitness and CityFitness health club chains – is now number two in the Russian market following recent new openings.
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14 Aug 2006
US fitness club operator Healthtrax has received investments totalling US$5.5m (£2.9m, 4.3m euro) to continue its work in preventative health.
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14 Aug 2006
Duke Street Capital, the owner of health club chain Esporta, has today said that it is not looking to sell the business.
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09 Aug 2006
Esporta and Cannons, two of the UK’s largest gym chains, are believed to be up for sale in deals that could potentially be worth a combined £850m.
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07 Aug 2006
Social enterprise and not-for-profit development trust Coin Street Community Builders (CSCB) is awaiting a decision from the London Borough of Lambeth on its proposal to build a £160m mixed-use development on a site on Doon Street, adjacent to London’s National Theatre.
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04 Aug 2006
Welsh sports minister Alun Pugh has announced that the Welsh Assembly is to invest a further £11.8m in sport and physical activity over the next two years.
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01 Aug 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
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
It has been reported that health and fitness club chain Esporta, owned by Duke Street Capital, is to sell its freehold property assets for more than £300m.
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26 Jun 2006
Alfa Capital Partners and Moscow-based World Class fitness chain are to form a strategic partnership to further develop the chain and expand into Russia’s mid-market segment.
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18 May 2006
The five-a-side football centre operator, Goals Soccer Centres has noted an increase in pre-tax profits of 355 per cent for the year ended 2005 – to £2.8m from £0.6m at the end of 2004.
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06 Mar 2006
Edinburgh’s Warrender Swim Centre has reopened following a £1.6m refurbishment.
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06 Mar 2006
The second phase of the Mile End leisure complex in Tower Hamlets has been officially opened by sports minister Richard Caborn and Sport England chair Patrick Carter.
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17 Feb 2006
Fitness First Australia has entered the country’s capital, Canberra, for the first time, following the acquisition of Deakin Health Spa.
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09 Feb 2006
US capital Washington’s largest health and fitness chain, the Sport & Health company, has been acquired by a group of local investors led by the chain’s former CEO for US$75m (£42m, 62.6m euro).
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09 Feb 2006
London has been called “one of the most tolerant cities on the planet” by the fifth edition of the Lonely Planet guidebook to the capital.
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19 Jan 2006
Health club group Holmes Place has teamed up with Heart 106.2FM radio to offer Londoners a selection of free memberships, class passes and £100 worth of club discounts throughout January as part of its Tone Up and Tune In campaign.
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17 Jan 2006
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