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Fitness, beauty and hospitality trainers set out ambitious growth plan

The Training Room, a provider of training in the fitness, beauty and catering sectors, has revealed plans to train more 10,000 students over the next three years.

The firm, which began by specialising in personal trainer qualifications and operates a Newcastle centre, has 29 training academies across the UK.

In June, it reported record revenue of £8.5 million for financial year ending May 2013, a year-on-year increase of more than 9%.

At the close of 2013 the business announced a £20 million investment from mid-market private equity house, LDC, designed to accelerate The Training Room’s growth and facilitate its expansion into new markets.

Founder and CEO, Jonathan Davies, said: “We’ve established a highly successful business model that has seen us dominate the fitness industry, creating thousands of skilled professionals and opening doors to job opportunities with big name health clubs.

“2014 will see us apply this innovative approach to a broader range of sectors; beauty and catering is just the beginning. We’re aiming to becoming the first name in fast-track vocational training across a wide range of professions. The next few years will be vital in realising this goal, but we have the investment, the expertise and the appetite to get there.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .