Pure Gym, the UK's largest gym operator, has bought rival workout chain, LA Fitness. Pure Gym has not disclosed the value of the takeover but it is around £60m-£80m, said a source close to the deal.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Pure Gym, the low-cost UK fitness chain, has been snapped up by a US private equity group in a deal that ...

Pure Gym, the low-cost gym chain backed by New Look founder Sir Tom Singh, has booked profits of more than £1m as it gears up for a possible sale. Pure Gym agreed a £15m banking facility with ...

As with any well-populated town, Watford has an abundance of gyms, making it hard to decide which one is right for you. To help, we've rounded up five of the best, according to review data from ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Pure Gym Ltd news every morning. Pure Gym has announced plans to float on the London Stock Exchange in the second such listing of ...

Planet Fitness — the largest gym chain in the US with more than 2,000 locations — had made an 11th-hour bid to acquire Blink, which last week accepted a lower offer from UK-based Pure Gym ...

Gyms are by far the most significant contributor to the country’s health and fitnes s economy, employing hundreds of thousands of people and contributing millions in tax to the public purse. Pure Gym ...

Each Pure Gym requires investment of £1.2m but Roberts feels the UK holds attractive growth prospects. Credit: Photo: Alamy Peter Roberts is the founder and chief executive of Britain’s biggest ...

IN 2015, Pure Gym had 84 gyms. Humphrey Cobbold took over as CEO in 2015 and has steered the growth of the business to over 200 facilities. The 55-year old was born in Kenya and went on to ...