Fitness franchise the énergie Group is celebrating a major landmark after signing up its 100,000th member earlier this month.

énergie chair and CEO Jan Spaticchia announced the milestone at the company’s annual évolution conference held at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena. Renowned explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes was the keynote speaker at the event, which also saw entertainment from dance crew ‘Cartel’ of Britain’s Got Talent fame.

Addressing an audience of more than 450 franchisees, master franchisees and staff, Spaticchia said: “This year we mark a significant milestone as we celebrate reaching 100,000 members. As we look back on what we have achieved and look at the exciting future ahead, I truly believe we can look forward to even more exciting times.”

Spaticchia added that he expects 2015 to be an even bigger year for the group, having recently announced that next year would bring the ‘biggest growth ever’ with plans to open 36 clubs between January and December next year, across its three core brands: Fit4less, énergie Fitness for Women and énergie Fitness Clubs.