Brait’s gym chain is looking to buy itself bigger, even though it hasn’t yet clawed its way back to pre-Covid profits
Health and fitness chain Virgin Active — controlled by JSE-listed investment house Brait — is apparently, and surprisingly, keen to start muscling its way into new deals.
That’s scarcely a year after its £28.6m acquisition of Real Foods Group and despite the group only recently picking itself up off the canvas after the Covid body blow...A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and TimesLive Premium.
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