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tomwalker@leisuremedia.com virgin active to acquire esporta PETE HAYMAN
Virgin Active is poised to expand its portfolio after agreeing a deal to acquire rival health and racquet club operator Esporta in a deal worth £77.6m. The purchase of Esporta
Racquets and Non-Racquets Holdings will see 55 locations – 35 health and fi tness and 20 racquet clubs – rebranded and added to Virgin’s existing estate. Societe Generale is to retain ownership of New Esporta Holding (NEH) as part of the deal, which is chaired by Richard Segal and owns 17 freehold or long leasehold racquet clubs. Virgin Active’s main operating company
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T e £77/6m deal will include all of Esporta’s 55 centres in the UK
part of Societe Generale’s eff orts to strengthen the management team, will now join Virgin. T e transaction is subject to the approval
will take on a 25-year lease on the NEH assets, which will see it pay rent of £13.1m a year. Esporta chief executive offi cer John Cleland, who joined the business in December 2009 as
of the Offi ce of Fair Trading, although Segal told Health Club Management it is hoped that the deal will be fi nalised within the next two to three months.
gll and nuffi eld health join forces PETE HAYMAN
Greenwich Leisure (GLL) and Nuffield Health have unveiled the formation of a strategic alliance that aims to deliver “signifi cant benefi ts” to communities across the UK. Nuffield Heal th has
withdrawn from public leisure management services as part of the new alliance and will work with GLL to develop a “clinically-led” health improvement service. The new arrangement
will see GLL take over the operation of 15 leisure centres across four local authority partnerships from Nuffi eld Health – including two venues owned by the City of York Council and three Reigate and Banstead Borough Council facilities. Three facilities in the London Borough of
Redhill’s Donyngs Recreation Centre is one venue now to be run by GLL
Kensington and Chelsea and seven in the City of Westminster are also aff ected. T e agreement sees GLL further consolidate
its position following its merger with Nexus Leisure in 2010.
tone secures north somerset management contract TOM WALKER
Leisure trust and social enterprise Tone has secured a contract to operate Churchill Sports Centre in North Somerset. Tone plans to invest more than £100,000 in green measures, equipment and improvements
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“ Power is becoming more and more an inherent part of football. We felt there is no system on the market which provides such an array of machines capable of training this parameter better than Keiser . . . Another fantastic benefit of the Keiser system is its immediate power output feedback which provides a hugely competitive environment for our players to challenge themselves and each other.”
at the facility. North Somerset Council has also earmarked £800,000 for the project. Plans include replacing the current pitch
with an all-weather pitch and the conversion of a multi-use area into a health and fi tness facility with changing area and aerobics studio.
Dr Peter Brukner Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science, Liverpool Football Club
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