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Holmes Place has announced plans to launch in India on a franchise basis,
with the signing of a master franchise agreement and the first club set to open in August 2011.
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25 Jul 2011
Portugal-based women-only health club chain Vivafit has signed a master franchise deal for 20 clubs in Uruguay – paving the way for further expansion into other South American countries.
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30 Jun 2011
US-based Fitness franchise Crunch has opened six new sites since the beginning of the year, with a seventh due to open this month.
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17 Jun 2011
German health club chain Mrs.Sporty has opened its first site in Poland in April, in the city of Czestochowa.
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17 Jun 2011
The Therapyworks Franchise - which offers
physiotherapists the opportunity to become
part of a nationwide network - has chosen
Keiser as their preferred fitness equipment
supplier.
product innovation •
07 Jun 2011
As interest in functional bodyweight training
steadily rises,'énergie fitness for women'
has installed Total Gym GTS machines in its
Milton Keynes and Redditch sites.
product innovation •
24 May 2011
US-based health club operator Crunch will open the doors to its newest location in El Cajon, California, US in July 2011.
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18 May 2011
Budget club operator Fit4less has opened a site in Milton Keynes.
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28 Mar 2011
The Indian market is being targeted by two international women-only fitness franchises: US-based Curves and Portuguese operation Vivafit.
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18 Mar 2011
Fitness industry veteran Nic Jarvis is to launch the Swedish weight loss programme Xtravaganza in the UK.
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04 Mar 2011
Portugal-based women-only fitness chain Vivafit has signed a franchising deal with entrepreneur Cecile Jamoulle-Ogren which will see 100 Vivafit-branded sites open in Singapore by 2020.
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26 Jan 2011
The owners of the truGym budget health club in Maidstone, Kent, are looking to open new sites across the UK.
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10 Dec 2010
Vivafit, the largest chain of gyms in Portugal, has signed a contract to open a club in Lepe, near the city of Huelva, southern Spain.
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30 Nov 2010
GSSG Holdings, the Middle Eastern master franchise owner of énergie Fitness, has approved a QR100m (£20m) roll out of énergie fitness clubs across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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19 Oct 2010
Wayzata Poland Z.O.O, a subsidiary of Wayzata Capital, has signed an Area Development Agreement (ADA) to operate Anytime Fitness clubs in Poland.
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19 Oct 2010
Budget health club chain Fit4less is to launch its first London site with the opening of a new 6,500sq ft (604sq m) property in Tower Hill on 21 October.
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19 Oct 2010
US-based health club operator is preparing to open its first UK club in Bristol next week.
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01 Oct 2010
Health club operator the énergie Group has appointed Mark Lemmon, former CEO of pawnbroker Cash Converters, to the role of deputy chief executive.
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21 Sep 2010
The énergie Group will open its largest ever fitness club on 1 October.
Set in the Villaggio Mall in Doha, Qatar, the US$7m (£4.5m), purpose-built club measures 3,716sq m (40,000sq ft).
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13 Sep 2010
Health club operator énergie Fitness is poised for a QAR100m (£17.7m) roll-out throughout the Middle East and North Africa under plans backed by GSSG Holdings.
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31 Aug 2010
The Running School has opened its first franchise in Ireland, at the Sports Injuries Sports Medicine Clinic in Castlebar, County Mayo.
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29 Jul 2010
US-based franchise Anytime Fitness has announced a number of deals that will see the chain expand into Benelux and Japan, as well as into the UK and Ireland as previously reported in Leisure Opportunities.
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29 Jul 2010
Vivafit, the women-only fitness chain, has signed its first master franchise deal to expand the brand into India.
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29 Jul 2010
The winners of this year's Fitness Industry Association's (FIA) FLAME Awards were announced at the Ball of Fire ceremony held in Cheltenham on Wednesday (14 July).
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16 Jul 2010
US-based women's fitness club franchise Curves International Inc has announced plans to open up to 250 fitness centres in India.
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11 Jun 2010
Fitness franchise operation énergie Group has acquired Jackie Skelly Fitness in Ireland.
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11 Jun 2010
Linzenich Fitnessgruppe, the German health club operator, opened its 11th site in the city of Cologne on 1 April.
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11 Jun 2010
US-based health club operator Anytime Fitness has revealed plans to open 50 sites in the UK and Ireland by the end of 2012 after it secured a master franchise agreement.
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26 May 2010
Fitness franchise operation énergie Group has been given the green light to acquire the Ireland-based chain, Jackie Skelly Fitness, which went into examinership in February.
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24 May 2010
Women-only franchise Vivafit opened 18 new clubs in 2009 and increased its turnover by 16 per cent, to €18.6m - a €2.5m increase on 2008.
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07 Apr 2010
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