{"id":10413,"date":"2025-04-25T09:12:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T09:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/?p=10413"},"modified":"2025-11-24T13:57:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:57:31","slug":"duncan-bannatyne-opens-his-health-club-in-blackpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/duncan-bannatyne-opens-his-health-club-in-blackpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Duncan Bannatyne Opens His Health Club in Blackpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"676\">Bannatyne Health Club in Blackpool opened in early August 2017, coinciding with the launch of a new spa facility that enhanced the club\u2019s offering. The spa includes treatment rooms, manicure and pedicure stations, as well as access to the club\u2019s sauna and other amenities. The health club combines state-of-the-art gym equipment and a broad selection of exercise classes with luxurious swimming pools and spa facilities, creating a balanced environment for both fitness and relaxation. The club is committed to continual investment, ensuring it remains at the forefront of industry trends while providing excellent facilities, modern equipment, and great value to its members. Duncan Bannatyne, born on 2 February 1949 in Clydebank, Scotland, is a well-known entrepreneur with diverse business interests spanning health clubs, hotels, media, television, stage schools, property, and transport. He is best recognised for his role as a business angel on the BBC\u2019s <em data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"977\">Dragons&#8217; Den<\/em>. Bannatyne began his career in business after moving to Jersey in his twenties, where he met his first wife, and then relocating to Stockton-on-Tees in the North East of England. There, he purchased an ice cream van for \u00a3450 and gradually expanded the business before selling it for \u00a328,000. He then founded a care home business, Quality Care Homes, which he sold in 1996 for \u00a326 million. He also founded a children\u2019s nursery chain, Just Learning, which sold for \u00a322 million.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1455\" data-end=\"1887\">Following these successes, Bannatyne expanded into health clubs with the Bannatyne\u2019s Health Clubs chain, as well as ventures into bars, hotels, and property. In August 2006, his company acquired 26 health clubs from Hilton Hotels, creating the largest independent health club chain in the UK. In October 2008, despite the financial crisis, Bannatyne opened the \u00a312 million Bannatyne Spa Hotel in Hastings and revamped the spa chain. Bannatyne was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his charitable contributions. He is actively involved in supporting numerous causes, particularly those benefiting children, and is closely associated with charities such as Comic Relief and UNICEF.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10417\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Bannatyne-Wide-Alt-1000.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"312\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10416\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Bannatyne-Entrance-1000.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"642\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bannatyne Health Club in Blackpool opened in early August 2017, coinciding with the launch of a new spa facility that enhanced the club\u2019s offering. 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The club is committed to continual investment, ensuring it remains at the forefront of industry trends while providing excellent facilities, modern equipment, and great value to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[121,215,251,283],"class_list":["post-10413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-250","tag-celebrities","tag-sports","tag-251","tag-entrepreneurs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Duncan Bannatyne Launches Health Club and Spa in Blackpool<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bannatyne\u2019s Health Club in Blackpool launched with a new spa, 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