UPDATE
cuts force closure of wrexham health suites tom walker
Health suites at the Plas Madoc and Waterworld Leisure and Activity Centres in Wrexham, North Wales, closed on 1 May as part of local authority cutbacks. Wrexham Council confirmed that the
sauna, whirlpool and steamroom facilities were to be removed, although the gyms, pools and exercise classes will continue. Alan Watkin, chief leisure, libraries and
culture officer, says: “It is with regret that the council has decided to close this small element of the facilities.”
tom walker
easyGym, the new budget club concept from easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, will officially open for business this summer aſter signing a deal with Virgin Active. Te new health club operator
is to take on two locations – in Slough, Berkshire and Wood Green, London – and aims to open 10 clubs a year from 2012, in addition to other properties earmarked for 2011. easyGym is the first fitness
brand to be launched by the serial entrepreneur, who signed a licensing deal with private-equity backed Fore Fitness to develop the brand. Fore Fitness will introduce memberships starting from £15 per month across the easyGym estate. Paul Lorimer-Wing, joint chief executive officer of easyGym, says he is looking forward
Scott Brownrigg Architects designed the centre
£8.75m essex leisure centre plans revealed tom walker
Plans for a new £8.75m leisure centre and swimming pool in Witham, Essex, have been put on show at a public exhibition held by Braintree District Council. Scott Brownrigg Architects are behind
the designs of the new facility, which is to be located adjacent to the Maltings Academy and is part of a council bid to enhance local provision. Te new Witham centre will include a
health club with two dance studios and a six-lane, 25m swimming pool.
easyGym is to open this summer following its deal with Virgin Active
to the launch and the future: “We’ve worked closely with some of the best brains in the business to develop a proposition which we are confident will make us a leading player in the European market in the coming years.”
kiss gyms to pursue uk expansion plans pete hayman
Privately-owned health club group Kiss Gyms has appointed consultants Sports Solutions to identify and acquire new sites to push forward its “aggressive” expansion strategy. Led by chief executive officer Rupert
McKenzie-Hill, Kiss Gyms opened its first 15,600sq ſt (1,449sq m) site in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, earlier this year. Sports Solutions has been named as the
chain’s property advisor and has been tasked with sourcing suitable locations for an additional 20 health clubs across the UK by 2012. “Sports Solutions’ experience in identifying
sites enables us to achieve our ambition to open quality, low cost gyms,” says McKenzie-Hill.
Kiss Gyms plans to open around 20 clubs in the UK Sports Solutions’ managing director Chris
Bevan adds: “We’ve been appointed to work with Kiss to assist them in finding suitable sites in key areas in the UK and to help them achieve their exciting expansion plans.”
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