Spa expansion for Bannatyne

The Bannatyne Group has announced it will create four new spas as part of a £15m investment programme for 2010/11 in the UK.

The new developments will include spa additions to a number of the company's health clubs, as well as a hotel acquisition in the form of the 26-bed Charlton House Spa Hotel in Shepton Mallet, which has recently been bought from the administrators. The hotel will be extended to increase the number of treatment rooms and introduce a fitness area.

Bannatyne also has planning permission to add spas to its Banbury and Broadstairs health clubs, taking its UK spa portfolio to 30, while a new spa location has been identified by the company in Shrewsbury: plans for this are thought to be in the early stages.

The company plans to invest in its existing portfolio of spas with a programme of refurbishments and redesigns across the estate.

Most recently, Bannatyne invested £300,000 in its spas in Inverness and Chafford Hundred. Details: www.bannatyne.co.uk