Boardroom Stories: Pure Gym

Wake Up To Money

BBC

Business

4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Humphrey Cobbold, boss of Pure Gym talks to Sean Farrington about how the chain has gone from zero to a million members in less than a decade.

Plus how the treadmill is falling out of fashion as workouts change with the times.

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0:00.0	The Traitors is back and so is that mysterious cloaked figure with the familiar fringe.
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0:13.7	And remember, I'll be listening.
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0:25.0	and murdered and banished players.
0:27.1	The Traitors Uncloat.
0:28.4	Watch on EyePlayer, listen for more on BBC Sounds.
0:32.2	Wake Up to Money, Boardroom Stories with Sean Farrington.
0:36.2	Hello, welcome to the latest Wake Up to Money, Boardroom Stories podcast.
0:40.5	Today, treadmills, exercise bikes all around us, because we've come to meet the boss
0:44.3	who runs Britain's biggest gym chain.
0:47.2	That is pure gym.
0:48.3	Membership starts at less than a tenor a month, and its one million customers can cancel
0:53.0	their membership at any time. Seems like a bizarre
0:56.0	change of world from where we were decades ago. Humphrey Cobalt is the chief executive who's with me.
1:01.0	Humphrey, thanks very much for having us here.
1:03.0	Pleasure to be here. Now first simple question I've got for you. We've just walked down the back streets of London off Oxford Circus.
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