'Successful' fitness group doubles turnover with Haines Watt

Haines Watts is continuing to work with growing businesses including elite:together.

The company specialises in fitness and wellbeing, and has doubled its turnover in the past year, recently celebrating the opening of its sixth studio in Durham.

elite:together has opened its latest studio at Belmont Business Park in Durham, following high levels of growth across its other five locations in Newcastle, Cramlington, Stockton, Manchester and Leeds.

Ray O’Leary, director of business services at Haines Watts North East, said: “We’re excited to be helping Paul and the team at elite:together take the next steps on their journey, providing them with meaningful solutions and practical business advice to fuel their continued growth.

“Our no-nonsense, commercial approach has helped to cement us as the go-to advisers for ambitious business owners and entrepreneurs in the North East.”

Since it opened its first location back in 2012, the company has been reported to draw in customers across its expanded footprint. According to the business, some programmes helped customers lose 69,337 pounds in 2017.

To meet the high levels of demand, the company has increased staffing by 30 per cent in the last year alone, now employing over 50 people.

Haines Watts is working with elite:together on a wide range of business challenges including tax planning ideas, strategic business advice as well as general compliance – helping position the business for further growth in the near future as it continues to thrive.

Paul Alexander, Founder of elite:together, added: “We’re delighted to be working with Haines Watts as we continue to expand across the region. They came highly recommended and we’re very pleased with the support we’ve received from the team.

“It’s been a busy start to the year and we’re thrilled to have already had around 180 people through our programmes since we opened our new Durham location.

“For us, it’s not just about weight loss. We’ve achieved some amazing successes through the programme - helping change people’s lives and giving them back the confidence they needed to achieve their goals and aspirations. I’m looking forward to seeing what the next 12 months will bring!”

Haines Watts has two offices in the region, Newcastle and Darlington, and provides business owners with tax, compliance, corporate finance, and strategic business advisory services.