Peter Lorimer-Wing, joint chief executive of newly-launched easyGym, has revealed that the low-cost health club chain has long-term ambitions of expanding beyond the UK market.

Speaking in Health Club Management (July 2011), Lorimer-Wing said the company had a "seven- to 10-year plan starting in the UK and then heading into Europe". easyGym's first club launched at Slough's Observatory Shopping Centre earlier this month - one of two due to open this summer, with the second located in Wood Green, London.

Lorimer-Wing confirmed plans to unveil five easyGym clubs within the chain's first year of trading, with growth to accelerate to 6-10 new clubs a year "once the model is settled". Further long-term ambitions include international expansion: "We see easyGym becoming a global chain in the long run," Lorimer-Wing told Health Club Management.

Read Paul Lorimer-Wing's interview in Health Club Management (July 2011, pp 28-32): www.healthclubmanagement.co.uk/a.cfm?a=c3M3z