Competition and Markets Authority news

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the US Department of Justice have given the green light for the merger of venue management giant ... More

David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has acquired The Park Club – one of the most exclusive health clubs in London – and spent £5.5m (US$7.1m, €6.3m) ... More

Two of the 16 health clubs which David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) intended to acquire from Virgin Active will now not be included in the deal, ... 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

TDR Capital, the owner of the David Lloyd gyms, is gearing up to sell the chain in a £1.3bn (US$1.6bn, €1.5bn) deal following its acquisition ... More

Around 750,000 gym users have saved £37m (US$48.1m, €42.9m) as a consequence of interventions by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). Investigations by the arms-length ... More

The long-running saga of the sale of Fitness First’s UK clubs looks to be in its final act, as up to five operators are understood ... More

Pure Gym is to put its planned IPO on ice amid the ongoing market turbulence caused by Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The ... More

The potential takeover of Fitness First UK by Dave Whelan’s DW Sports would mark the start of a mid-market fightback against the rise of the ... More

DW Fitness has bought seven former LA fitness sites from Pure Gym, Health Club Managment can exclusively reveal. Pure Gym acquired the 42-site LA fitness ... More

Pure Gym’s takeover of LA fitness and its 42 gyms has been cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), paving the way for a ... More

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, ... More

Six time Olympic gold medal winner Sir Chris Hoy has invested in Pure Gym and will partner the group as a special adviser. In his ... More

Pure Gym has emerged as the victor of the long-running race to acquire LA fitness. The gym chain helmed by Humphrey Cobbold has been in ... More

Fitness First remains firmly in the running for the £80m race to capture LA fitness, amid hopes that a successful deal would help it corner ... More

The Gym Group is “positively exploring” foreign markets and engaging in discussions with a number of parties as it bids to banish the ghost of ... More

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decision to refer the proposed merger of The Gym Group and Pure Gym to an in-depth investigation – a ... More

Low cost operator Pure Gym plans to banish the blues of its failed merger with The Gym Group by foraging ahead with a substantial expansion, ... More

Low cost health club operators Pure Gym and The Gym Group have announced the termination of their proposed merger. The move comes in the wake ... More