DW Sports news
08 Jan 2021
Frasers Group will open three new regional flagship Flannels-branded retail stores during 2021 – each
24 Aug 2020
Billionaire Mike Ashley's Frasers Group has acquired the fitness assets of DW Sports for £37m.
12 Aug 2020
A government investment of £1.75bn – to pay 50 per cent of rents across the
03 Aug 2020
DW Sports is going into administration saying it's working to save its 73-strong gym portfolio.
16 Aug 2019
DW Fitness First has launched its new Kit & Collect service, aimed at increasing secondary
04 May 2018
Gym chain DW Fitness First has revealed its strategic vision to become the UK’s largest
11 Dec 2020
Maintaining a consistent member experience across a growing health and fitness brand can prove challenging.
20 Apr 2018
Fitness solution provider Reiver Fitness has signed a technology partnership with software specialist FunXtion. Reiver,
15 Jan 2018
DW Sports expects to offset losses of £8m (US$10.8m, €9m) from the last financial year
04 Nov 2017
Martin Seibold, former managing director of Fitness First UK, has been appointed CEO of Fitness
23 Aug 2017
Fitness First Bishopsgate, part of the DW Fitness First Group, has undergone a £1m refurbishment,
08 May 2017
Martin Seibold, the managing director of Fitness First UK, has left the company eight months
02 Mar 2017
The "annihilation" of mid-market fitness operators has been the biggest major change in the industry
19 Nov 2020
Matrix Fitness has announced an exclusive partnership with Primal Strength to target an increased strategic
01 Mar 2017
Celebrity Fitness and Fitness First Asia have merged to create one of the largest fitness
30 Sep 2016
DW Sports has become one of the largest health club operators in the UK in
30 Sep 2016
Quadrant Private Equity has agreed to acquire Fitness First Australia from hedge fund giant Oaktree
02 Sep 2016
The long-running saga of the sale of Fitness First’s UK clubs looks to be in
01 Sep 2016
DW Sports owner Dave Whelan expects to take over 63 Fitness First gyms within the
31 Aug 2016
The Gym Group has exchanged contracts to take over four sites from another operator –
23 Dec 2020
Heading into 2021, storytelling will be a key trend among fitness content creators and connected
28 Aug 2016
The fate of Fitness First looks likely to be settled within weeks. Industry sources indicate
01 Jul 2016
The potential takeover of Fitness First UK by Dave Whelan’s DW Sports would mark the
20 May 2016
DW Sports Fitness director Scott Best has moved into the booming boutique studio sector with
20 Apr 2016
Fitness First is planning to push ahead with the rollout of its microgym concept BEAT,
12 Jan 2016
Oxygen Freejumping has announced a new five-site deal with 5-a-side football operator Lucozade Powerleague which
04 Nov 2015
DW Fitness has bought seven former LA fitness sites from Pure Gym, Health Club Managment
20 Jun 2014
Having launched the first Sports Direct Fitness.com gym earlier this week, the newest entrant to
14 May 2014
Sports Direct International – the company founded by Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley – is
11 Nov 2013
Fitness industry veteran Peter Guy has launched GymWorks - a 13,000 sq ft health club
07 Jan 2013
DW Sports Fitness Club is set to launch a new £3m gym in Lincoln, UK
12 Jan 2010
DW Sports Fitness, the health club chain owned by former JJB founder Dave Whelan, has
20 Oct 2009
A DW Sports Fitness health club is set to open in Carlisle in January. The
06 May 2009
Barry Aspinall the managing director of DW Sports and Fitness, formerly JJB Fitness Clubs, has
26 Mar 2009
Dave Whelan, the founder of JJB Sports, has secured the acquisition of the troubled company's
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