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Managing director of The Fitness Lounge, Kevin Barclay-Webb, has announced plans to expand his vibrational fitness concept as a UK-wide franchise.
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20 Jul 2006
Fitness franchise company Curves International has launched its first club in Norway and announced plans to open 110 facilities in the country over the next five years.
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08 Jun 2006
The first two centres of new health club chain Emotion Fitness have opened in Hungary, in Balatonszárszó and Keszthely.
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08 Jun 2006
Holmes Place Health Clubs is expanding in Spain and Portugal with the launch of a new franchising concept.
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18 May 2006
Global fitness franchise Curves International is set to open 50 new sites a month in Japan from July.
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18 May 2006
Énergie Fitness clubs has launched a new ladies-only franchise in the UK – Énergie Fitness for Women.
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13 Apr 2006
Two former LA Fitness directors have teamed up with the founder of ActivKids to launch the business as a franchise.
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04 Apr 2006
US-based Hilton Hotels Corporation (HHC) is in talks to sell the LivingWell health club chain, which it acquired in February as part of its £3.3bn (US$5.7bn, 4.7bn euro) takeover of Hilton International.
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03 Apr 2006
The express fitness concept, GO! 30 Minute Workout, has sold its first two franchises in Curitiba, Brazil, as part of ambitious plans to open 25 sites in the country this year.
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14 Mar 2006
Gold’s Gym is on target to open 1,000 franchised clubs by the end of 2010, thanks to investment in new technology and the appointment of industry experts.
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14 Mar 2006
Health and fitness companies in South Korea are expanding their efforts in an attempt to reduce the country’s increasing obesity rates.
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14 Mar 2006
Health and fitness franchise company Energie Fitness has made a bid – believed to be in the region of £100-£120m – for health club chain Bannatyne Fitness.
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09 Mar 2006
Coffer Corporate Leisure (CCL), a dedicated mergers and acquisitions advisor for the leisure industry, has been launched to capitalise on the mounting activity in the sector.
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24 Feb 2006
Gold’s Gym’s ambitious expansion plans have now taken the chain to Hungary, where it has opened its first club in Budapest.
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10 Jan 2006
US-based health and fitness franchise Gold’s Gym has announced that it has signed the lease for its first franchised UK site, which will be located in Park Royal, west London.
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04 Jan 2006
International women’s fitness franchise Contours Express has opened its first studio in the UK in Aldridge, Walsall.
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02 Dec 2005
Gold’s Gym has announced the launch of its first UK franchised site, which will be located in Park Royal, west London.
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07 Oct 2005
Scandinavian health club chain SATS has acquired
the second largest fitness club chain in Sweden,
Stockholm-based e2.
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11 Aug 2005
The Club Sportif Health Club in Wilmslow, Cheshire, is the latest facility to join the expanding énergie Fitness Clubs chain.
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05 Jul 2005
Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness Clubs has been voted the UK’s top franchisor by The British Franchise Association at its annual Franchisor of the Year Awards.
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16 Jun 2005
Up to 2,000 women-only fitness and weight-loss centres are expected to open in Japan over the next five years.
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15 Apr 2005
The founder of the US-based Cuts for Men fitness club franchise,b John Gennaro, is planning to unveil Cuts for Women – taking on ladies-only operators including Curves, Contours Express and Ladies Workout Express.
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05 Apr 2005
F2 Fun and Fitness, the company which brought the Gold’s Gym brand to India, plans to open up to 20 sites in the country by the end of 2005.
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17 Feb 2005
Health and fitness industry training provider FITKID has launched a franchise package to replace its Fun Fitness Class licensing programme.
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20 Jan 2005
UK-based health club chain, Fitness First – which operates around 400 clubs throughout Europe, Australia and the Far East – has signed a franchise deal to move into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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12 Nov 2004
UK-based health club chain, Fitness First – which operates around 400 clubs throughout Europe, Australia and the Far East – has signed a franchise deal to move into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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12 Nov 2004
Cuts for Men, the franchise chain offering 30-minute circuit training and cardiovascular-based workouts, is to expand to Ireland.
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04 Oct 2004
Gold’s Gym, one of the world’s largest health club chains, is launching its franchise system in the UK.
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09 Sep 2004
A new women-only fitness and weight-loss centre is set to open in the UK.
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19 Aug 2004
Joe Gold, founder of the first Gold’s Gym, has died at the age of 82.
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14 Jul 2004
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“Go Fit’s value proposition is overwhelming. It makes us very attractive to a lot of people”
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Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a
health club, do fitness professionals need a grounding in counselling
to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
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Members are telling us they need support with their mental and spiritual health and the industry is starting to see this need. Now’s the time to fast-track our response
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