Topnotch Health Clubs has secured a deal with budget club operator Fitness4less which will allow Topnotch to operate clubs under the Fitness4Less brand.

Steve Bradley, operations director for Topnotch Health Clubs said: "We studied the affordable health club market closely and felt that Fitness4less offered the best opportunity for us to expand into this exciting new sector.

"Partnered with Fitness4less we believe that we can utilise our existing skills, knowledge and expertise in order to provide members with everything you would expect from a traditional gym but at a budget price."

Topnotch will be opening its first two Fitness4less Clubs in Nottingham and Cardiff (both due to open early 2011), and has announced "ambitious" rollout plans for 2011.

Topnotch currently operates nine clubs in London, the South East and the Midlands.