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A fitness club boss says his business is facing a £100,000 increase in energy bills from April and fears some leisure facilities face the risk of closure.

Dave Courteen, managing director of Mosaic Spa & Health Clubs, who own The Shrewsbury Club, is one of around 200 signatories from the world of health, sport, recreation, and leisure who has signed a letter sent to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling for greater support for grassroots facilities and clubs amid the ongoing energy crisis.

"But all of that success is eaten away by the increase in utility bills and that's off the back of funding our way through the best part of a year being close down because of the pandemic. "It's the whole sector and we want other centres to be sustainable and it's a worry for many right now.""Clubs like ours are a valuable part of the solution to many of the current crises that the government faces," he said.

"The sector has been left to fend for itself. We have had Eat Out To Help Out for the hospitality industry, but nothing for health and leisure clubs and that's incredibly frustrating.

 

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