UK news UFC Gym to open its first two UK sites in April
F
ranchised fitness
new boutique concept class
operator UFC Gym has
UFC Gym, which focuses on a
revealed that it will open
class-centric format with HIIT
its first UK locations in
and boxing classes.
Nottingham and Woking. The US-based company
“Nottingham has always been a hotbed of combat
is set to open both sites in
sports, and with the cultural
April, kick-starting a roll-out
shift towards fitness, health
programme targeting 100
and lifestyle, it makes
clubs across the UK and
the arrival of UFC Gym so
Ireland over the next 10 years.
important,” said former UFC
The Nottingham site will be a traditional, full-sized
fighter and UFC Gym UK ambassador Dan Hardy.
UFC Gym, while in Woking the company will introduce its
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UFC Gym is set to open 100 clubs across the UK and Ireland
The cultural shift towards fitness makes the arrival of UFC Gym so important Dan Hardy
Digme acquires Tribeca fitness studio, grows portfolio to six sites
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outique operator Digme
a portfolio that includes
Fitness has acquired
existing studios in Richmond,
studios and has a timetable
Tribeca Studios, the
Moorgate, Blackfriars,
of 140 group exercise classes
New York-inspired
Rathbone Square and Oxford.
each week, ranging from
boutique fitness club located in
The Digme studios offer
dance to indoor cycling.
The Tribeca club has three
the heart of Ealing Broadway in
indoor cycle and HIIT, in
London. The club will become
addition to a yoga studio at its
with Tribeca will give us
Digme’s sixth site, joining
Oxford studio.
unparalleled scale and reach
“Our combined businesses
Our combined business will give us unparalleled scale in London Geoff Bamber
across London and balances our portfolio very nicely between prime residential and commercial hubs of London,” said Geoff Bamber, Digme CEO and co-founder. Hayley Balls, founder of Tribeca, added: “Tribeca and Digme share many similarities in our vision for the future.”
The Digme studios offer indoor cycle and HIIT
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