Pure Gym, the UK's largest gym operator, buys rival workout chain LA Fitness.

Pure Gym says it plans to open another 30 gyms next year — nearly reaching LA Fitness' entire footprint in just one year. These budget gyms are cheap to set up and cheap to run.

Pure Gym strips out the nice-sounding fripperies — pools, saunas, spas and cafés — leaving the punter to the business of heaving metal around an air-conditioned room.

The group, backed by New Look founder Sir Tom Singh’s private-equity firm Magenta Partners, this week opened its fifth gym in the capital in Wandsworth.

Pure Gym, the value gyms chain backed by New Look founder Tom Singh, has this month raised funding of £15m to drive its expansion.

Fitness club chain Pure Gym Group Plc <IPO-GYM.L> will cancel its initial public offering on Tuesday, Sky News reported, citing sources.

Pure Gym, the low-cost UK fitness chain, has been snapped up by a US private equity group in a deal that values the business at £600m.

The chief executive of Pure Gym has hailed a “changing of the guard” after the upstart low-cost business he leads won the auction to buy LA Fitness, its 25-year old rival. Leeds-based Pure Gym ...

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Pure Gym, which is owned by CCMP Capital, has acquired fitness chain LA Fitness. No financial terms were disclosed. Global Leisure Partners advised Pure Gym on the transaction while Canaccord ...

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 ...

The group, backed by New Look founder Sir Tom Singh’s private-equity firm Magenta Partners, this week opened its fifth gym in the capital in Wandsworth. It plans to add five more this year, in ...