Thousands cancel gym memberships during lockdown
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One of the UK's biggest gym companies has said it lost about a fifth of its members during lockdown, despite halting membership payments.The company set out its plans to reopen nearly all of its gyms in England on 25 July,Separately, Restaurant Group, the owner of Wagamama, said one in 10 of its outlets would not open until next year.
The company, which also owns Frankie & Benny's, said sites where low custom was anticipated, such as airports, would stay closed. Meanwhile, footfall on UK High Streets fell by 63% in June, compared to the same month last year, according to the British Retail Consortium and market research firm ShopperTrak, as retailers reopened.BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson told the BBC's Today programme:"The real key now is seeing whether or not the lifting of restrictions around hospitality will take those numbers up further.
"But there is a long road ahead to get anything like a normal volume of people and, hence a normal volume of sales for those businesses that rely on people coming in."
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