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First Leisure has announced plans to increase the number of Esporta health and fitness clubs from 24 to 46 at a cost of £100m. 18-Jan-2000 First Leisure has sold the Trecco Bay holiday park in Porthcawl to Premier Dawn for £25m. 18-Nov-1999 First Leisure is seeking a site for a new sports centre in Derby, while its Pink Coconut nightclub in the city is being sold to management. 10-Nov-1999 First Leisure is expected to return about £100m to shareholders once it has completed the £210m sale of its nightclub division to Candover. 02-Nov-1999 First Leisure is to open a £6m health and fitness club in Oxford in January, with the creation of 70 jobs. 27-Oct-1999 First Leisure is to sell its family entertainment business to Allied Leisure and Duke Street Capital for £111m, including bowling centres, the Trecco Bay caravan site, and the Snowdome ski slope in Tamworth. 16-Aug-1999 First Leisure is in discussions to sell its family entertainment division, which includes bowling, bars and nightclubs, in order to focus on health and fitness clubs. 25-Jun-1999 First Leisure has confirmed that 200 jobs will be created with the opening of three venues at the new Barbican Leisure Park in Plymouth, including the Superbowl, the Destiny nightclub and the Heroes sports bar. 16-Jun-1999 First Leisure is seeking 150 staff for its new bowling alley, nightclub, and bar at the Barbican Leisure Centre in Plymouth, while Pizza Hut and the Old Orleans restaurant chain are also opening outlets at the site. 14-May-1999 First Leisure is in discussions to sell its nightclubs and bowling operations in order to focus on health and fitness, and a shortlist of bidders is being drawn up. 08-May-1999 First Leisure and Cannons have ended talks about a merger of their health and fitness clubs due to disagreement over the financial terms, prompting speculation that First Leisure could become a takeover target. 29-Apr-1999 First Leisure and Cannons are in discussions to merge their health and fitness operations in a move that would create the largest such business in the UK. 24-Apr-1999 First Leisure, the night clubs, bars and entertainment group, is moving its national administration headquarters to new offices at Enderby near Leicester, creating 60 jobs. 11-Nov-1998 First Leisure has sold a number of attractions to Leisure Parcs for £74m, including Blackpool Tower and piers at Eastbourne, Southsea and Blackpool. 02-Sep-1998 First Leisure is planning to build a £5m sports centre with golf clubhouse and ancillary facilities in Glasgow. 25-Aug-1998 Eurocamp is close to agreeing the sale of its recently-acquired chain of 25 Baldwin restaurants, and interested parties are said to include a Malaysian businessman and First Leisure. 24-Aug-1998 First Leisure has begun looking for purchasers for its resorts division, which it values at £95m, and hopes to complete the sale by July. 06-May-1998 First Leisure has received a number of offers for its resorts business, which includes Eastbourne Pier, Blackpool Tower, and a caravan park in south Wales. 15-Apr-1998 First Leisure has sold its Riva Clubs chain of 22 bingo clubs to a management team for £38m, in order to focus on health and fitness, bowling and night clubs. 24-Feb-1998 First Leisure has written down the value of its loss-making bingo business by £28m and it may be considering a sale. 23-Jan-1998 First Leisure is to write down the value of its bingo division in its accounts prompting speculation that it may be sold off in order to focus on nightclubs, bars, tenpin bowling and fitness centres. 15-Oct-1997 Bass is said to be considering a £650m bid for First Leisure. 19-Aug-1997 First Leisure is acquiring Riverside, the chain of three tennis and fitness clubs and two Espree gym clubs in London, for £61m. 31-May-1997 First Leisure has announced a major expansion programme, including four new nightclubs, seven bingo halls, fitness centres and indoor real snow ski slopes, with the creation of 1,400 jobs. 19-Jun-1996 Waterfall Holdings is to buy First Leisure's nine snooker and pool clubs for over £6.5m. 13-Apr-1996
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