Pure Gym Founder Peter Roberts, Simon Biltcliffe – Founder & CEO, Webmart, Sandy Chadha – CEO, Supreme Imports Limited
LeedsPure Gym Founder Peter Roberts, Simon Biltcliffe - Founder & CEO, Webmart, Sandy Chadha - CEO, Supreme Imports Limited Thursday, 12 September 2019 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm Leeds, United Kingdom (map) Google Calendar · ICS About the Event  ̄ E2E is bringing #SCALEUP2SUCCESS to Leeds and we would be delighted if you would like to join us. We have teamed up with IWG (Regus and Spaces), the UK's largest serviced office provider with a network of 360 locations in every major town and city in the UK, to create the UK's largest ecosystem of SME business leaders and entrepreneurs. We are hosting joint events with Spaces which are designed to inspire, teach and collaborate in city centres all across the UK. What is #SCALEUP2SUCCESS? Our #SCALEUP2SUCCESS events are a mixture of networking where you get the opportunity to meet like-minded entrepreneurs, followed by short syndicate sessions designed to give you some pointers on a number of different help topics including Digital Marketing and HR. This is followed by a panel of the UK’s leading scale up entrepreneurs and motivational speakers to inspire you! How will you benefit from attending? You will have the opportunity to connect with our inspirational speakers and an entrepreneurial community of Founders, CEOs, Chairman and Investors from Leeds and the surrounding areas. You will have exclusive access to E2E's ecosystem of support by becoming an E2E member for FREE, meaning invitations to our exclusive events, access to our £50m financing facility for SMEs and many more corporate services at discounted rates. At the event you will find a delicious range of drinks + canapés. Our special guest, Eminent Wines, will also be presenting a selection of wines, champagne and spirits created bespoke for their clients. Introducing our panel: Peter Roberts - Founder, Pure Gym Peter Roberts founded Pure Gym in September 2008 after conducting extensive research into the gym market. At the time, the sector was dominated by mid to high end operators whose lengthy contracts, pricing structure and rigid opening times prevented a large number of people from joining a gym and exercising regularly. Peter wanted to start a business which was disruptive by removing the barriers to gym entry, and so created Pure Gym; a gym chain with no contracts, low monthly fees, and flexible 24 hour opening. Peter set in place an experienced management team and raised initial investment through Private EIS funds, to allow the first two gyms to open in Manchester and Leeds in November 2009. Since then Pure Gym has been revolutionising the gym industry and has over 220 gyms nationwide. The aggressive expansion has been helped by the acquisition of Pure Gym Ltd by CCMP Capital Advisors, a deal which Peter oversaw in May 2013. Pure Gym is now the UK’s largest operator with nearly 1,000,000 members. Prior to setting up Pure Gym, Peter’s impressive entrepreneurial career history included forming the Langdale Group Plc and becoming a Partner at Countrywide Leisure Management, a business that identified and developed unquoted leisure investments for both high net worth