{"id":612910,"date":"2026-09-03T04:58:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/612910\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T04:58:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:58:24","slug":"puregym-could-open-more-suffolk-gyms-in-global-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/612910\/","title":{"rendered":"PureGym could open more Suffolk gyms in global expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  PureGym, which already operates locations in Stowmarket, Ipswich, Sudbury and Haverhill, is aiming to open more than 750 gyms worldwide as part of its long-term growth strategy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The company has already opened 17 gyms in the first half of this year, 15 of which are in the UK.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Alex Wood, chief executive of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadt.co.uk\/news\/25112325.new-puregym-sudbury-create-six-new-jobs-locals\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PureGym<\/a>, said: &#8220;The long-term fundamentals of our sector remain extremely attractive.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Consumers are placing ever greater importance on their health and wellbeing, while the increasing availability of convenient and affordable gyms is bringing more people into fitness.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Looking ahead, we remain on track to open approximately 60 high-quality new gyms across the group in 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Beyond 2026, we see substantial whitespace across our existing markets and the Republic of Ireland, and believe there are more than 750 high-quality sites we can open over the coming years.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The company currently operates 467 gyms in the UK, with further expansion planned as part of its growth plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PureGym, which already operates locations in Stowmarket, Ipswich, Sudbury and Haverhill, is aiming to open more than 750&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[499,103,61,60],"class_list":["post-612910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}