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Nuffield Health has appointed Steve Bluff to manage the operations of the company’s 19 Fitness and Wellbeing Centres, as the company’s new operations director. Having worked for more
Colin Averis: Northern territory sales manager
Averis is new sales manager at Keiser UK
Keiser UK has appointed a new sales manager for the northern territory. Colin Averis will be responsible for
managing sales in the north of England and Scotland. Having previously worked as an account manager for a large equipment manufacturer, as well as a leisure operations manager, Averis brings a wealth of sales experience to his new role along with a degree in business management and qualifications in leisure, sport and recreation. Keiser has also promoted UK sales
manager Gary Oleinik to national sales director. Oleinik joined Keiser in July 2009.
than 25 years in the retail industry – and recently moving from House of Fraser Department Store Group – Bluff is seen as an expert in the fields of customer experience and environment. He says: “My number one
objective is to drive home the new wellbeing proposition fully within the 19 Fitness and Wellbeing Centres. “The Wellbeing Membership is an
innovation in tailored support, which aims to provide members with their own health mentor and an option of four sessions with a physiotherapist, physiologist, personal trainer
Bluff: Driving home the new wellbeing proposition in the centres
or nutritional therapist. Most importantly, we want to ensure that our teams in the Fitness and Wellbeing Centres have the tools, training, skills and support needed to best help all our members to achieve their health and fitness goals.”
Team expansion for Fusion Lifestyle
Fusion Lifestyle has announced a series of appointments in line with its planned business growth over the coming year. Af ter successful new
Karen Seers joins Octane Fitness from Star Trac
Karen Seers joins Octane Fitness as sales manager
Karen Seers has joined cross-trainer supplier Octane Fitness UK. Seers joins Octane from Star Trac, bringing a wealth of equipment sales and fitness industry experience to the Octane team. She has previously also worked at Nautilus and David Lloyd Leisure. Seers says: “I was genuinely excited when
I saw the new Octane Fitness LateralX machine. It’s easy to understand how different and unique the other Octane Fitness cross-trainers are too – they offer something extra to almost any gym.” Octane Fitness was founded in the US in 2001 by Dennis Lee and Tim Porth.
contract mobilisations for Braintree District Council and the London Borough of Haringey in the second half of last year, Fusion has expanded both its central and field- based teams. Over the coming months,
Fusion plans to transition towards establishing a new layer of senior management, with three regional business managers to oversee a number of existing divisions across the portfolio. Two internal appointments have been made – Mark Braithwaite and Francois Smit – with a third expected in due course.
Mark Braithwaite is one of Fusion Lifestyle’s new regional managers Penny Arnold, Fusion’s commercial and
operations director, says: “The team will oversee our existing divisions to drive our commitment to effective partnership, as well as delivering key commercial outputs as part of an ongoing continuous improvement strategy.”
Pure Gym appoints acquisitions director ahead of expansion
Pure Gym has appointed Stephen Rought Whitta as group acquisitions director. Rought has vast experience in a number
of retail organisations, having worked in the business-to-consumer marketplace for the past 30 years. Rought joins Pure Gym
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from B&M Retail, the fastest growing retail organisation in the country, where he was head of property. During his time at B&M Retail, Rought
oversaw the opening of 45 stores in 2010, 47 in 2011 and more than 50 in 2012.
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