'Largest gym in Bognor' to open

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An independent gym based in Bognor Regis is going to reopen in a larger premises.

Despite hearing the fitness industry is suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic, one gym based in Bognor is expanding due to the popularity. 

Dream Fitness, is a 24-hour gym has been given planning permission to move to Durban Park, after operating in Bognor High Street since 2013.

The new gym will be the 'largest gym in Bognor Regis', according to its owner Gary Kellaway.

Gary Kellaway, the owner said: "My wife and I started the gym because we wanted to offer the Bognor community something a but different than the traditional £40+ per month gym.

"We've expanded virtually every year, and have done well enough to have our second site in Selsey operating really well also.

"Lockdown has devastated us and our members, but we were adamant that we were not going to hide away and hope for the best. We wanted to use this period of intense stress and fear for the future and turn it in to something positive.

"That is why we've decided to trade in our 8,000 square feet high street gym and move over to a new premises that will be 18,000 square feet when compete."

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