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  • Total Fitness is turning its back on the South after recovering from the brink of collapse

    Business

    Gym chain Total Fitness is already a well-established name in the North of England with 15 “superclubs” peppered across the region. But despite her ambitious goal of quadrupling the Cheshire-based company’s portfolio in the next five years, CEO Sophie Lawler has zero interest in expanding into the South.  It’s a bold move as, according to [...]

    Sophie Lawler became CEO of Total Fitness in 2018, just over a year before Covid-19 brought the industry to its knees
  • Pure Gym, Gym Group, Nuffield: Who owns Britain’s biggest gym chains?

    BUSINESS

    Following a forced shutdown during the pandemic, Brits have been heading back to the gym in droves helping many of the countries biggest chain to achieve bumper results over the past couple of years.

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  • Gym goers switching from low-cost rivals help Total Fitness ‘significantly exceed’ pre-Covid levels

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    Gym goers switching from low-cost rivals has helped membership at Total Fitness "significantly exceed" record levels seen prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Total Fitness is headquartered in Cheshire.

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