BANNATYNE Fitness, the UK's largest independent health club operator, is on course to open the latest club under the "Just Fitness" banner in Coulby Newham, near Middlesbrough.

The club, in Stainton Road, is due to open on September 1.

The 20,000sq ft club will be the second launched by the company in the UK, following the success of a club in Dundee, opened in February.

A third club is due to open in Mansfield later this year with further clubs planned in the South of England.

The Just Fitness brand is the brainchild of company chairman Duncan Bannatyne, who wanted to create a format based on the success of Bannatyne Health clubs, and is aimed at the total fitness market,

concentrating on fitness rather than leisure.

Just Fitness offers the same luxury facilities as Bannatyne Health Clubs.

Membership for the club is already available, costing under £30 per month.