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Whelan Confirms £83.4M Deal for JJB Fitness Clubs leisure health club sport spa hospitality tourism attractions museums property www.leisureopportunities.co.uk JOBS START ON PAGE 25 Issue No 499 £2.00 news & jobs updated daily online 31 March - 15 April 2009 Circulation 23,016 (July 07 – June 08) Whelan confirms £83.4m deal for JJB fitness clubs By Pete Hayman The deal was announced on the same day as Dave Dave Whelan, the founder and Whelan revealed that the home former owner of the JJB Sports of Wigan Athletic Football group, has acquired back the Club, the JJB Stadium, would troubled company's be renamed the DW Stadium nationwide chain of fitness from 1 August as part of his clubs in a £83.4m deal that will new venture. form part of his new DW Sports DW Sports Fitness marketing Fitness venture. director, Winston Higham, said: Under the terms of the "In this changing retail land- agreement, Whelan, who sold scape, DW Sports Fitness is an his remaining stake in JJB in authentic sporting goods 2007, will buy back 53 of JJB Whelan has acquired a total of 53 sites including MiFit in Cardiff retailer offering a broad Sports' 55 fitness facilities, with assortment of brand name Irish properties in Dundalk and included as part of the the future of the embattled JJB sporting goods. Limerick excluded from the acquisition. The MiFit site will Sports company, which now "This product offering transaction. JJB's inaugural be among the properties to be plans to enter into a company operating alongside state-of- MiFit combined dry fitness club relaunched under the DW voluntary arrangement (CVA) the-art fitness clubs with and superstore at Llanishen Sports Fitness brand. It is to secure improved terms with innovative equipment offers an Retail Park in Cardiff is also hoped that the deal will ensure all its landlords. exciting customer experience." Council approval for £35m Basildon Sports Village Alton Towers New facility set for 2010 opening after Basildon Council backs design proposals set for new ride Plans to replace the By Pete Hayman 500-station fitness suite with Corkscrew rollercoaster at changing facilities and a fitness Alton Towers with a new Plans for the construction of a assessment and referrals room. thrill ride have been given new £35m sports and fitness A gymnastics centre the green light by complex in Basildon, Essex, incorporating a specialist main Staffordshire Moorlands have been given the green hall, a training hall and District Council. light by the local authority. changing facilities will also Currently known only as Basildon Council approved feature as well as a multi-pur- 'SW6', the new 20m the designs for Basildon pose studio, function rooms (65.6ft) high roller coaster Sporting Village, which has and a climbing wall. There will is set to be 2.7m (8.9ft) already been designated as a The new facility will include an also be six floodlit five-a-side lower than the Corkscrew potential pre-Games training Olympic-sized swimming pool football pitches and a new and contain a unique camp for the London 2012 750-seat athletics stand. element to ensure that it Olympics and Paralympics. moveable boom and seating Plans for the complex were is as iconic as its predeces- The new facility is set to for 400 spectators, a learner initially approved in principle sor, which was Europe's include a 50m competition- pool, an eight badminton in April 2008, and village is set first double-loop coaster. sized swimming pool with a court-sized sports hall and a to be completed in 2010. OFFICIAL OFFICIAL OFFICIAL RECRUITMENT RECRUITMENT MEMBER AND TRAINING Read Leisure Opportunities online MAGAZINE OF: BENEFIT OF: SERVICE OF AALARA: www.leisureopportunities.com/digital LEISURE OPPORTUNITIES news & jobs at www.leisureopportunities.co.uk news & jobs updatednews & dailyjobs at www.leisureopportunities.co.uk CONTACTS More green to beat recession blues? £10m funding for rural sports projects IN THIS ISSUE THE LEISURE MEDIA COMPANY Government called upon to increase investment in urban parks and public spaces Sport England investment aims to tackle issues raised in the Active People Survey Portmill House, Portmill Lane, 04 HEALTH & FITNESS Hitchin, Herts SG5 1DJ, UK By Pete Hayman By Tom Walker Tone Leisure work complete Tel: +44 (0)1462 431385 Lincolnshire leisure plans Fax: +44 (0)1462 433909 Natural England and the Sport England has set up a e-mail: please use contacts' Commission for Architecture £10m investment fund as part 06 ATTRACTIONS [email protected] and the Built Environment of efforts to improve sporting Subscriptions (CABE) have said that the provision for people living in HLF support for three sites Julie Albone 01462 471915 government should help rural areas. New ride for Paultons Park [email protected] tackle the recession by Rural communities is the fi rst Editor investing in more green spaces of Sport England's "themed 08 SPORT Liz Terry 01462 431 385 for towns and cities. rounds" of funding, as it looks Managing Editor Ahead of chancellor Alistair to tackles issues raised by the £11m centre for Gosport Tom Walker 01462 471934 Darling's budget statement on Active People Survey, published Carlisle revamp plans study Journalists 22 April, both organisations CABE wants funding from road building to be diverted into parks in December 2008. Caroline Wilkinson 01462 471911 have said that funding should The minimum grant available 10 SPA Pete Hayman 01462 471938 be diverted away from well as improving the areas (1,609km) of green routes for will be £10,000, but according Rural communities will be targeted as part of the £10m initiative Helen Patenall 01462 471934 road-building schemes to where people live and work to pedestrians and cyclists. to a spokesperson, Sport New spa for Chelsea Club Sarah Todd 01462 471927 provide new parks, trees and attract increased investment. The call comes as Natural England is looking to favour reduced choice in the sports of themed funding will be Harbour Spa launches Designer open spaces, which will also It is also argued that just 10 England and CABE brought "high value, high impact available to them," he said. announced by 1 September. Ed Gallagher 01905 20198 help combat climate change. per cent of the government's together a number of leading projects" to maximise the effect "Small and declining local Stuart Burgess, chair of the 12 ARTS & CULTURE Internet According to Natural England £10bn road-building and figures from green planning of the support. populations and higher costs, Commission for Rural Commu- Dean Fox 01462 471900 and CABE, the creation of new, widening budget would pay for schemes, including Olympic "People in rural communities for instance, can hinder nities, said: "I hope the funding New gallery for Hastings Tim Nash 01462 471917 greener infrastructure in urban 40 new parks, 500,000 new Park designer George Har- are the focus of the fi rst round sustainable local provision." will bring forward many A&B unveils new strategy Sales Team Manager centres will lead to new, street trees, 1.5 million sq m greaves, across the world for an (of funding) because we know The funding will be made creative ideas that will help Annie Lovell 01462 471901 sustainable private-sector (16.1 million sq ft) of green event on open spaces in they face particular barriers to available for applications on 1 overcome barriers rural people Account Managers 14 HOSPITALITY employment opportunities, as roofs and 1,000 miles London last week. participation in sport, such as April, while the second round face in taking part in sport." Recruitment, training, tenders London hotels face decline Paul Thorman 01462 471904 Historic hotel reopened Simon Hinksman 01462 471 905 Anthony Ward 01462 471 914 Fitness First to upgrade clubs up to IFI standards Global tourism industry to be hit hard in 2009 Julie Willmott 01462 471 916 16 PARKS & COUNTRYSIDE By Jon Wallace By Tom Walker million jobs could be lost Emma Matthews 01462 471907 overall, when sectors that rely Linear park for Padiham Property desk Health club operator Fitness The global tourism industry is on tourism are also considered. Simon Hinksman 01462 471 905 Kirkharle set for makeover First is to make 24 of its sites expected to contract rapidly In the WTTC's annual report, Spa Opportunities more accessible as part of the during 2009, while the effects Jean-Claude Baumgarten, Emma Matthews 01462 471907 17 PROPERTY group's strategy to increase the of the recession could result in president and CEO, said that Financial Controller number of disabled members. millions of job cuts. the industry had suffered a Weymouth legal action Sue Davis 01395 519398 The group is one of the first The World Travel & Tourism signifi cant deterioration during Financial Administrator Café Royal architects commercial operators hoping Council (WTTC), reporting its the second half of 2008, and Denise Gildea 01462 471930 to commit to the schemes, set annual outlook on the industry, faced a bleak forecast. Circulation Manager 18 PROPERTY/TENDERS up by the IFI (Inclusive Fitness predicts that the global GDP More than one million tourism "The present downturn has Michael Emmerson 01462 471932 Initiatives) and the NSF generated by tourism will fall jobs are under threat in 2009 been sudden and deep, with 20 MARKETING To subscribe to Leisure Opportunities, (National Sports Foundation). The IFI scheme will include creating more accessible areas at clubs by 3.5 per cent during 2009. little hope of an early recovery," log on to www.leisuresubs.com email: [email protected] The scheme will include a It also expects 1.9 per cent of The expected drop in tourism he said. "Real investment Disney Store woodland deal tel +44 (0)1462 471913 fax +44 (0)1462 433909.
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