The Bannatyne Group news

The Bannatyne Group has bought a premium health and wellbeing facility in Basingstoke, as part of its targeted expansion strategy. Beechdown Leisure Club is the ... More

The UK fitness industry is growing in terms of members, market value and penetration, according to LeisureDB’s State of the UK Fitness Industry Report 2025. ... More

The Bannatyne Group is the latest UK health and fitness operator to announce a partnership with HealthHero to offer members access to a range of ... More

The Bannatyne Group says it has officially bounced back from the pandemic, with both turnover and profits restored to pre-2020 levels in 2023, according to ... More

Global publishing outfit, Leisure Media, has announced details of its new annual conference for decision-makers across the health, fitness and wellness markets. The event – ... More

Plans for a new spa in Leeds have been unveiled by The Bannatyne Group as part of a £1m (€1.2m, US$1.3m) investment programme at its ... More

The Bannatyne Group has opened the doors to its first airport spa at Teesside International Airport, in Northern England. Following a £100,000 (US$135,000, €118,000) investment, ... More

Gyms, health clubs and swimming pools in Scotland have finally been given an "indicative" time for a possible re-opening – but the 14 September date ... More

An industry-wide campaign will provide fitness operators with the practical resources needed to ensure a safe and successful return to business for the UK's gyms ... More

The Bannatyne Group has appointed Hugh Hanley as its new head of fitness. He joins the fitness operator from Virgin Active, where he held the ... More

Bannatyne Group has named Karen Wilkinson to the board of Bannatyne Fitness. The appointment comes just two weeks after founder Duncan Bannatyne said he will ... More

Duncan Bannatyne is to return to frontline involvement in the health club, spa and hotel business that bears his name, as current CEO, Justin Musgrove, ... More

The Bannatyne Group has completed a £750,000 redevelopment of its latest acquisition, the historic Cookridge Hall in West Yorkshire. The operator acquired the building, which ... More

A focus on ‘affordable luxury’ has seen health club operator The Bannatyne Group achieve its highest ever turnover – resulting in the group setting its ... More

The Bannatyne Group has appointed a new manager for its Ingleby Barwick health club spa launch. Ashleigh Baker, who has been with the Bannatyne Group ... More

The Bannatyne Group has opened a new spa at its Shrewsbury health club. The new spa forms part of a £650,000 investment that is designed ... More

The Bannatyne Group has completed a £750,000 upgrade of its Russell Square club in the heart of London. The works included the refurbishment of the ... More

The Bannatyne Group has introduced Speedflex to the fitness market in Scotland as it continues to roll-out studios across its portfolio of health clubs. The ... More

The Bannatyne Group has cast its net across the Irish Sea after buying Virgin Active's Belfast club. The acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, is the ... More

Former England football captain Alan Shearer has helped launch the second of seven new Speedflex studios planned by Bannatyne Group before the end of the ... More

The Bannatyne Group has added Wildmoor Spa and Health Club in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, to its portfolio after purchasing the business for an undisclosed ... More

Former Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington has cut the ribbon to reopen the day spa at the Bannatyne Health Club in Mansfield following a £1m redevelopment ... More

The Bannatyne Group will invest £1.8m (US$2.4m, €2m) in its Ingleby Barwick health club – the company’s first centre, which opened in 1997. The investment ... More

The Bannatyne Group is continuing with its aggressive investment programme, pumping £1m (US$1.3m, €1.1m) into the upgrade of its Mansfield health club. Major work at ... More

The Bannatyne Group will pump £1m (US$1.3m, €1.1m) into refurbishing its newly-acquired Humberston health club in North East Lincolnshire, which it bought from Virgin Active. ... More