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Start Fitness

Company type	Ltd.
Industry	Retail
Founded	1991
Headquarters	Newcastle Upon Tyne United Kingdom
Key people	Anthony Wallett, Director
Products	Clothing Sportswear Bikes Running shoes Sports equipment
Number of employees	75+
Website	http://startfitness.co.uk

Start Fitness is a United Kingdom sports retailer founded in 1991 and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It is currently a UK leading bike, running and fitness retailer. It operates through retail shops and its website. It has one ^[1] retail stores in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Start Fitness supports many local running, cycling and athletics events, providing sponsorship to various young athletes, and discount to local clubs on sportswear.

Operations

Start Fitness has been in a number of different locations throughout Newcastle. Today, Start Fitness has one superstore unit based across Market Street and Grainger Street, Newcastle, with plans on opening more stores nationally. They also operate an e-commerce business distributing globally. ^{[ citation needed ]}

Awards

• The Journal Fastest 50 businesses for 2014 ^[2]

References

1. "Start Fitness opens two new sports stores in Newcastle". Journal. 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
2. "Fastest 50 businesses for 2014 revealed". Journal. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2015-02-10.