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Arts / Sports 93 - Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 93.1 - Sports activities 93.13 - Activities of fitness centres
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 October 2021
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Irish gym chain FLYEfit is opening four new gyms in Dublin and is to create 120 new jobs. The gyms will be located in city centre, northside and southside of the city. The company is investing €10 million in the new gyms. The business expansion is related to an increase in demand from customers who took up exercise during the Covid-19 pandemic. Hybrid working schemes have changed people attitude to fitness.
The chain opened its first gym in Dublin in 2011 and currently has 15 gyms in the capital and one in Cork city.
Eurofound (2021), FLYEfit, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 105592, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/105592.