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Health club franchise énergie group has withdrawn from its planned initial
public offering (IPO) due to the combination of volatile market conditions and
a "very attractive offer" from a private equity firm.
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25 May 2012
A final round of bids for fitness chain Pure Gym is due tomorrow (2 November), according
to Reuters.
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01 Nov 2017
Lifetime Training is to be bought by its management in a deal backed by private equity
firm Silverfleet Capital.
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21 Jun 2016
Fitness equipment supplier TRX has recapitalised its business after securing capital investment from
private equity firm Equity38.
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24 Jan 2019
A number of private equity groups are considering making a bid for health and fitness operator Virgin Active.
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26 Jul 2010
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 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
Moray, a company formed by private equity group, Cinven, has announced its recommended cash offer for health club chain, Fitness First is now unconditional.
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16 Jun 2003
The deadline for interested groups to submit initial bids for the purchase of the 119-year old Queen's Club is this Friday.
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31 Oct 2005
Fitness First has refused to comment on media reports claiming the chain is in discussions regarding the possible £800m sale of the chain.
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28 Jun 2005
Nick Coutts, a former chief executive officer of health club chain Holmes Place Iberia, is to launch a new budget health club venture called Fitness Hut.
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01 Jun 2011
US operator Fitness Connection, which has 41 health clubs across three states, has been acquired by
private equity firm Roark Capital.
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08 Feb 2019
Crunch Fitness could double in size over the next five years, according to CEO Jim Rowley, following
the acquisition of the fitness chain by private equity group TPG.
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03 Jul 2019
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
Nadim Meer advises operators on how to position themselves as an attractive prospect for investment
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The Gym Group COO Jim Graham will leave by the end of this year to return to the world
of private equity, the gym chain announced in a trading update issued this morning (5
July).
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05 Jul 2016
Fitness technology giant Gantner has been acquired by the private equity backer behind
high street food chain EAT.
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19 Feb 2016
US buyout firm Leonard Green & Partners has won a two-month bidding contest for Pure
Gym.
news •
03 Nov 2017
The Gym Group’s chief operating officer Jim Graham has poured cold water on press reports of an
imminent £300m listing on the London stock market, insisting that no decision has been taken by the
company’s board.
news •
03 Aug 2015
Private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners (TSG) has acquired CorePower Yoga from L Catterton for
an undisclosed sum.
news •
25 Mar 2019
Private equity firms are battling to take over troubled health club operator Esporta.
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04 Mar 2008
Entrepreneur Richard Branson is believed to be interested in acquiring the David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) health club chain.
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12 Oct 2005
Following the sale of health club chain Fitness First to BC Partners for £835m by private equity company Cinven, David Giampaolo is to become a non-executive director of the company.
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05 Oct 2005
Venture capitalist firm BC Partners has acquired gym operator Fitness First for £830m.
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22 Sep 2005
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
Cinven, the private equity group which owns health club chain Fitness First and bingo group Gala, has been linked to a £600m bid for retailer and fitness chain JJB Sports.
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04 Oct 2004
In Scandinavia, the merger of SATS, Elixia and Fresh Fitness has been
completed following a year-long anti-trust process.
news •
12 Jun 2014
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
According to media reports, the former Asda chair Archie Norman is among the bidders for health club chain Esporta.
news •
09 Oct 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.
news •
11 Sep 2006
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