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LA Fitness LA Fitness is planning to create a further 100 jobs at its new headquarters in Doncaster over the next three years. 30-Mar-2007 LA Fitness is to relocate its head office and up to 120 jobs from London to a 14,000 sq ft site at the Centrix Business Park near Doncaster by March 2007. 12-Dec-2006 LA Fitness has acquired Crown Sports for £38m, taking its chain of health clubs from 61 to 90. 20-Feb-2006 LA Fitness, the fitness club operator, is to undergo a £90m management buy-out backed by MidOcean Partners. 09-May-2005 LA Fitness, the chain of 67 fitness clubs, has received a number of takeover approaches that could see the company return to private ownership. 14-Dec-2004 LA Fitness is planning to open a chain of weight-loss centres, involving the sale of slimming courses in partnership with supermarkets and hospitals, and the first site will open in Bedford next month. 14-Oct-2004 LA Fitness is planning to open up to eight fitness clubs during the next financial year. 05-Feb-2004 LA Fitness is planning to expand its chain of 64 health and fitness clubs with three new sites this year and four in 2004. 09-Apr-2003 LA Fitness has announced plans to open about 20 health clubs a year, having agreed a new £90m debt facility. 06-Sep-2002 LA Fitness, the operator of 46 UK health clubs, is on target to expand its chain to 74 clubs by July 2003, including four in Spain. 10-Apr-2002 LA Fitness has raised £8m from the sale and leaseback of properties in Birmingham Northfields, Sutton Coldfield, Sale and Kings Lynn, and the proceeds will be invested in new health and fitness clubs. 06-Feb-2002 LA Fitness is to raise £10m in a rights issue in order to speed up the expansion of its chain of fitness centres from 25 clubs to 70 by 2003. 05-Oct-2000 LA Fitness is forming a joint venture with Bupa and Video Networks to set up a health and lifestyle channel on digital TV. 29-Mar-2000 LA Fitness is planning to raise £15m in a flotation this autumn in order to fund the expansion of its chain of 15 health clubs. 20-Sep-1999 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007