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Gyms forced to end 'unfair' exit clauses in contracts to make it easier and cheaper for members to quit
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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7 March 2013 Health clubs have been forced to make it easier and cheaper for customers to cancel gym contracts. Several have agreed to change the unfair' small print that can lock members into deals as long as two years and make it difficult for them
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OFT to act on unfair gym membership contracts
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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Gyms will be forced to drop unfair conditions in their membership contracts. Photograph: Tess Peni/Rex Features For those yet to act on a new year's resolution to join a gym, the best advice may be to sit tight for a few more weeks. Lengthy contracts
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Exercise till you drop ... out?
Regina :: Canada | 6 months ago
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Here it is, folks, the secret to sticking with an exercise program longer than a few weeks or a few months: join a group fitness class. Fifty per cent of people who start working out stop after six months...To find out what, Skidnuk and other staff
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Fitness First slashes more jobs
Melbourne :: Australia | 6 months ago
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Gym chain Fitness First is set to shed 120 of its staff across Australia, as its UK parent company reported a pre-tax loss of just over $1 billion in the year to October 31. The job losses were announced on Thursday and make up almost 3 per cent of
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Two leading fitness firms in good health
Bangkok :: Thailand | 8 months ago
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Fitness First (Thailand) has earmarked Bt1.5 billion to establish 15 new clubs within the next five years, while True Fitness plans to invest more than Bt360 million for four new branches next year. Thailand is a fast-growing market for the UK-based
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Fitness First Club liable for member's stolen items—Court of Appeals
Manila :: Philippines | 11 months ago
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PhilippinesThe Court of Appeals upheld the decision of the Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) holding Fitness First Club Inc. liable for stolen items of its member. In 17-page decision dated July 2, 2012 released to the public Wednesday, the
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Fitness First saved from administration
Singapore :: Singapore | 11 months ago
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Sean Smith for the Guardian Fitness First has been saved from administration after landlords approved a deal to reduce their rates by more than 70%. The country's biggest gym chain will also shed nearly half its sites and have about £600m of its
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Fitness First slims down to trim debt
London :: United Kingdom | 12 months ago
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Georgia Wilkins June 2, 2012 Read later A quarter of Fitness First's Australian gyms will be sold as part of a restructure. Fitness First has been forced to sell a quarter of its Australian gyms as part of a restructure to wipe $890 million of debt
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Fitness First thrown CVA lifeline
London :: United Kingdom | 12 months ago
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Fitness First has about 140 gyms and is struggling to keep up rental payments after a fall in membership revenues. Two of Fitness First's biggest lenders, Oaktree Capital and Marathon, have already agreed to write off more than £560m of debt in
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Fitness First sheds clubs to shake UK debt
Sydney :: Australia | 12 months ago
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Fitness First Australia is a division of the global company Fitness First Group, which has been hit by weak consumer spending and the rise of budget gyms in the UK and Australia. In an announcement today, the company said it was hopeful the sale of
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