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Mark Braithwaite is to join Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council as chief operating officer. Braithwaite, formerly CEO of leisure management contracting firm 1Life, will start with ... More

Virgin Active and Myrtha Wellness have joined forces to open a health club and wellness centre at Milan’s new Bocconi University. The entire campus was ... More

A battle to save Virgin Active is continuing, as the company works to secure a restructuring plan which would be approved by its creditors. Investors ... More

Virgin Active investors are understood to be preparing a £60m+ funding injection into the fitness operator, in a bid to secure its future. As reported ... More

David Lloyd Leisure has become the latest operator to have its auditors flag up the detrimental effect of the pandemic on the business. In its ... More

Virgin Active has become the latest big-box operator to signal its intention to raise cash to buffer it from the impact of the pandemic. The ... More

Neil King, the managing director of 1Life Management Solutions, is set to join énergie Fitness as its new chief operating officer, Health Club Management can ... More

British architecture practice FaulknerBrowns have been selected to design a £50m (US$64m, €54.3m) indoor sports centre for the University of Portsmouth. The building, to be ... More

A roll-out of fitness classes and improved member experience helped revenue at Virgin Active rise by 6 per cent to £483million (US$615.5m, €548.6m) in the ... More

South African investment group Brait, which owns a controlling stake in Virgin Active, has scrapped plans to transfer its registered offices from Malta to the ... More

Virgin Active's value took a slight dip in the third quarter of the financial year, according to South African investment firm Brait - the fitness ... More

Nuffield Health has become the UK’s second largest fitness provider after completing a deal to acquire 35 Virgin Active clubs. The deal, believed to be ... More

Nuffield Health will today (14 June) announce that it has secured 35 sites from Virgin Active, as the health charity moves to significantly expand its ... More

Virgin Active has continued its three-year, £100m investment in its UK portfolio with the unveiling of the refurbished Salford Quays site in Manchester. Despite having ... More

Virgin Active founder Sir Richard Branson has announced the gym chain is gearing up for a significant international expansion over the next three years. Buoyed ... More

Proposals to regenerate wasteland in the heart of London’s Shoreditch area through a modern mixed-use scheme are being carried forward by developers Hammerson and Ballymore, ... More

Virgin Active has announced an impressive set of financial figures as it gears up for expansion amid its impending acquisition South African investment firm Brait. ... More

Virgin Active has announced the launch of its long-awaited Discovery Lab – a creative hub made up of health and fitness experts that will drive ... More

Global fitness chain Virgin Active has been sold to South African investment firm Brait. Virgin Active has perennially been linked to potential IPOs – both ... More

Image: Tasmania's Port Arthur is one of the recipients Australian tourism minister Martin Ferguson has announced 77 tourism projects across the country have been successful ... More

A new £7m visitor attraction has been unveiled by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the Teeside Environmental Trust (TET) at ... More

The Event Show, taking place on 21-22 January 2009 at Olympia in London, UK, has announced the line-up of speakers for its Access Sessions. John ... More