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Duncan Walker Bannatyne, OBE (born 2 February 1949) [1] is a Scottish entrepreneur, philanthropist, and author. His business interests include hotels, health clubs, spas, media, TV, and property. His business interests include hotels, health clubs, spas, media, TV, and property.
As of December 2023, Bannatyne has 69 health clubs, 45 spas and three hotels across the UK. [6] On 9 August 2006, Bannatyne Fitness Ltd acquired the LivingWell Premier Health club chain from the Hilton Hotel UK Group. [7] The company also bought Clarice House and Xpect Leisure in 2015, growing its membership by 14% over the year to 186,456. [2]
In 2010 the company went onto the television show Dragons' Den on BBC Two to ask for financial backing, Duncan Bannatyne agreed to invest £200,000 for 10%. [1] In 2011 Bannatyne announced that The Wand Company had grossed £1 million in the first year.
Lee Rigby's son Jack was left shocked and speechless following a generous fundraising generation from Duncan Bannatyne. The teenager originally came up with the challenge of walking a marathon to ...
Savage Digital Ltd was a record label that was originally known as RKA Records, then as Bannatyne Music. [1] It was first established in October 2010 by Ryan Ashmore and Liam Webb, and received investment on the BBC TV Show Dragons Den .
The co-founders appeared on BBC1’s investment show Dragons' Den [4] in 2007, with an offer of £100,000 investment coming from James Caan and Duncan Bannatyne. [ 5 ] The investment deal with the Dragons later collapsed, with a £150,000 investment coming from alternative business angels.
As in previous years, the List was widely covered in other UK media on the day of its publication; The Daily Telegraph, for example, noted that "Kirsty Bertarelli, a former Miss United Kingdom from Staffordshire, is the highest placed woman, appearing at number six on the list alongside her husband, the biotechnology tycoon Ernesto Bertarelli." [3]
Jones is the sole remaining original Dragon on the BBC's Dragons' Den, which started in January 2005 and has continued with a new series approximately yearly.Jones had regular conflicts in the Den with former Dragon Duncan Bannatyne, who appeared on the show from 2005 to 2014.