EasyGym sites to open in summer

easyjet's founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is to launch a no-frills fitness club chain, easyGym, this summer after the venture secured its first two sites. The entrepreneur's foray into the fitness sector comes after he teamed up with the private equity-backed Fore Fitness last year.

EasyGym will offer basic gym facilities – without pools or saunas – with membership costing from £15 a month. It will open two sites, in Slough and Wood Green, London, this summer.