Article: UK private health clubs: evolution: Ray Algar's timeline provides an instantly-accessible guide to the emergence of the UK private health club market, illustrating the key changes that have shaped today's marketplace.(Insight: UK fitness timeline)(Industry overview)

Article: Virgin Active reports 28% ebitda rise to 76m [pounds ...
Leisure Report;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... up 4% to 313.5m [pounds sterling], generating ebitda of 76.2m [pounds sterling], a rise of 28% year ... contribution from recent club openings. In the UK, ebitda ... price of up to 1 bn [pounds sterling] was mooted, although ...

Article: Luminar shining on at [pounds sterling]27m.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  November 12, 2002 ;     377 words ... ... year. Despite rumours of a downturn in the leisure trade, chief executive Stephen Thomas is not going to cut the number of club openings, with 33 scheduled for this year and a similar number for next. Debt stands at pound sterling233 million, reflecting a ...

Article: Three new club openings help shape up Fitness First ...
Leisure Report;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Fitness First announced it has opened clubs in three new UK locations this year: Milton Keynes; Bedford and Paternoster Square in London. These latest additions to the growing portfolio, demonstrate a slight shift in the traditional Fitness First design, with the site in Bedford also becoming the

Article: NIGHTLIFE FOR THE CORPORATE SET RECENT SURGE IN CLUB ...
The Boston Globe;  May 17, 1988 ;     700+ words ...The crowd drinking white russians and dancing to the Top 40 at Boston's newest nightclub recently was almost all over 25, and owner Robert Stickney was delighted. Stickney and five co-investors have just finished a $1.2 million renovation of the Roxy at the Quality Inn. That's how much they're

Article: Healthy growth as Fitness First steps up the pace of club ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  February 20, 2007 ;     642 words ...HEALTH club operator Fitness First posted an 18% jump in annual earnings as it said it was on course to match the 49 clubs it opened last year. The group, which operates from 501 sites in 16 countries, said total revenues increased 15.5% - up 4.2% on a like-for-like basis - to pounds 463.4m for the

Article: JJB reports strong trading at health clubs.(Health & fitness ...
Leisure Report;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... fell by 22.9% to 87.2m [pounds sterling]. The company spent 26.7m [pounds sterling] on store and health club openings during the year, with a further 3.2m [pounds sterling] spent on stores and health ...

Article: [pounds sterling]300.5m THAT'S THE BENCHMARK IN THE ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  December 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... broughtinto focus. Sunderland's [pounds sterling]9million Scotland international ... of West Ham reached a huge [pounds sterling]67.6m. All told, players ... cost their clubs a total of [pounds sterling]300.5m in feesincluding ...