Mike Ashley news

Fitness First UK has confirmed to HCM that it's in the process of restructuring, citing rising costs and working from home which has undermined some ... More

Barry’s has entered the world of retail, opening a studio in the new Flannels flagship luxury department store in Liverpool, which debuts today (23 June ... More

Fitness First UK has changed its pricing structure and is now offering a flexible membership with no contract and no joining fee, giving members the ... More

Frasers Group will open three new regional flagship Flannels-branded retail stores during 2021 – each of which will feature fitness studios. The Mike Ashley-owned retail ... More

Billionaire Mike Ashley's Frasers Group has acquired the fitness assets of DW Sports for £37m. DW Sports, which previously operated 75 sports retail stores and ... More

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to introduce measures which would allow football fans to hire and fire their club's directors – if his party ... More

Sports Direct share have fallen by 13 per cent this morning, as roughly £500m was wiped off the stock market value value of the business ... More

Mike Ashley has added to his budding Sports Direct Fitness empire with the acquisition of the former 37º health club in West London. Recently rebranded ... More

Business secretary Sajid Javid has called on companies in the private sector to play a “massive role” in increasing participation rates in UK sport. During ... More

Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley has widened his burgeoning leisure portfolio by taking a 4.94 per cent stake in five-a-side football pitch operator Goals Soccer ... 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

Sports Direct Fitness is laying the foundations for its ‘aggressive’ expansion over the next year by bringing in fresh blood and setting aside £250m to ... More

Sports Direct Fitness is planning an aggressive rollout of new health clubs in 2016, with owner Mike Ashley confident that the gym chain has found ... More

Sports Direct is bidding to scale up its dual-use gym and retail concept – part of plans to create a 200-strong UK gym empire – ... More

It’s all change at The Bannatyne Group, where just days after Health Club Management revealed Justin Musgrove to be the new MD, Ken Campling has ... More

Sports Direct’s gym chain – Sports Direct Fitness – has revealed more elements of its business model, saying it will offer memberships from as little ... More

A supporters group for Newcastle United Football Club has won its bid to protect the club’s home ground of St James’ Park in case the ... More

Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley is reportedly thought to have bought the naming rights for Ibrox Stadium – the home of Rangers Football Club – ... More

Following the news that JD Sports plans to incorporate a JD Gym into its major Newcastle store, retail and health club rival Sports Direct is ... More

The latest high-profile entrant to the health and fitness industry had analysts scratching their heads on Thursday (17 July), as shares in Sports Direct dropped ... More

Having launched the first Sports Direct Fitness.com gym earlier this week, the newest entrant to the health club industry is aiming to make an instant ... More

Sports Direct International has today taken over its first health club – the former LA fitness site in Sale, Manchester – after a deal was ... More

Sports Direct International – the company founded by Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley – is considering a high-profile arrival in the health clubs sector with ... More