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Evening Standard
Beatrice Learmouth

The Gym Group says weight-loss jab trend helping boost business

The low-cost gym firm reported strong revenue growth and rising membership numbers (The Gym Group/PA) - (PA Archive)

The boss of The Gym Group has said weight-loss drugs are boosting demand across its fitness chain as people look to keep the weight off from jabs and maintain muscle mass.

Will Orr, chief executive of the low-cost gym firm, told the Press Association the company was “absolutely” seeing the impact of GLP-1s as a “tailwind and contributory factor” for the business, viewing their rise as an opportunity “to help people sustain the results that might come from GLP-1s”.

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