health & fitness

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After having made a name for himself in Los Angeles, the founder of LA Fitness – Fred Turok – and business partner David Stalker (formerly of UK Active) have opened their first indoor trampoline park in west London. Their name? Appropriately, Oxygen Freejumping.
This new start trampoline park harnesses the massive expertise of both Fred and David, as well as nearly £10 million in investment and fundraising, to create an ambitious plan to have 14 new clubs within the next 24 months. Their ultimate goal – after raising £15 million over the next 2 years – is to be the big name in indoor trampolining.

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The Samlesbury Hotel is a high-quality 4-star hotel based near Preston, in Lancashire. Originally starting life as the Swallow Hotel, the 2-star hotel was purchased by Squire Hotels (owners of the 4-str Etrop Grange hotel in Manchester) in April 2013 and has since been renamed, refurbished, and now rewarded with its own 4-star rating.
Since being taken over by Squire, the experienced management company undertook a rigorous schedule of modernisation at the hotel, with ambitious plans to make it a high-end destination for guests looking for a place to stay, business people looking for meeting and conference venues, diners looking for a great meal, and even couples looking to get married.

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Active4Less is a group of 9 established gyms that are situated throughout the UK. With a combined number of 15,000 members, they believe their success is based on a truly unique set up. They strive to get as much member input as possible and use that to shape how the facilities work best.
With business going strong they decided to expand by opening up a 10th gym in Luton, fitted it with all new equipment provided by Startrac, Physical Company, Wolverson, and Boditrax.

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Peter Nelson Fitness is a gym in Pickering that has a modern day approach to getting and keeping a healthy lifestyle. Peter Nelson and his team offer a wide range of contemporary fitness classes that suit everyone’s needs, whether it is one-on-one or group training.

They offer options for all levels of fitness, including an intense four-week boot camp of dynamic exercises, Pilates, Met-Box non-contact strength training, Met-Con suspension and kettlebell training, and moderate level Active Core sessions.

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David Tamplin is no stranger to running a successful tanning business. In 2000, he set up TPSS Ltd (Tamplins Professional Sunbed Studios) and had two salons in the Hove Brighton area. However after twelve years, he was faced with the decision to either invest heavily and update the sunbeds, as they were starting to look tired, or sell the shops and have a look at doing something different.

He decided to choose the latter, and over the last couple of years has spent his time mainly investing in converting a property in Brighton into a multiple student occupancy building. The property was then let to local students in September.

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Be Fitness is a Yorkshire-based fitness club which has been fighting the fat in Barnsley for many years.

The Barnsley Be Fitness gym comes fully equipped, sporting Cardio Vascular Training Equipment, Strength Training Equipment, Multi-Station Strength Training Equipment, Life fitness circuit series, free Weight Area and dual action training area. The fitness team include staff Heather and Sam, trained to help Be Fitness’ members get the most from their workout.

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The quick assessment and treatment of animal injuries can often mean the difference between life and death. When dealing with big animals – such as horses – diagnosis can be difficult, costly, and (when using sedatives) sometimes itself dangerous.

Thankfully, science and modern technology have improved in the areas of field diagnosis thanks to an amazing concept: Infrared thermography (IRt). We’re all familiar with infra-red from innumerable TV shows and action movies, but this technology can be used for the more down-to-earth practice of identifying potential injuries in animals. The technology works by measuring the heat from animals – as determined by blood flow – which can be used to identify these possible injuries.

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An important aspect of Johnson Reed’s service is the ability to work with sector specialist suppliers – it’s very often through them that we arrange many of our finance deals. One such specialist is Matrix, a fitness equipment vendor with whom we have had an important partnership recently. Matrix is our crucial link to the … Read more

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The Diplomat Hotel near Llanelli is a long-established hotel on the South Coast of Wales, owned and run by the Jenkins family. Part of the Best Western group, considerable development has been carried out over the years. With fifty luxury en-suite bedrooms, three restaurants and several function suites, the hotel has recently been restored and … Read more

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Gym 28 is a new-start business in Astley, Manchester. It has recently been developed by a husband, wife and son partnership that wanted top of the range equipment to be the basis of their member facilities. They approached Johnson Reed for gym kit finance in the form of a 36-month loan because they knew that … Read more